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Sterling Hayden
Actor
Died May 23, 1986 (70 years)
Sterling Walter Hayden, born Sterling Relyea Walter, was an American actor and author. He didn't really harbor any aspirations of being an actor, dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and hired on as mate on a schooner. He was a ship's captain at 22, and in need of cash to buy his own boat, established himself as a model in New York, discovered by Paramount Studios talent scouts and offered a contract.
Sterling Hayden, the handsome tall blond actor who played wholesome leading-man movie roles in the 1940's and 1950's and later weathered into a rough-hewn solid character actor in films such as ''Dr. Strangelove'', ''The Godfather,'' "Nine to Five" and "King of the Gypsies". He appeared in 71 feature films and tv-productions from the debut in "Virginia" 1941 to the tv mini-series "The Blue and the Gray" in 1982.
He wrote of his obsessive fascination with the sea in a 1963 autobiography, ''Wanderer,'' and in 1970 his 700-page epic novel of the sea, ''Voyage,'' was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club.
Sterling Hayden appeared in the German documentary, ''Pharos of Chaos,'' (1983) filmed aboard his barge in Europe, and seemed to be in an alcoholic stupor much of the time, supplementing his wine intake with hashish. On camera he said: ''What confuses me is I ain't all that unhappy. So why do I drink, I don't know.''
Filmography
| 2016 | The Albatross · as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage) |
| 2013 | The Long Goodbye: Tom Williams on Raymond Chandler · as Roger Wade |
| 2013 | The Long Goodbye: David Thompson on Robert Altman · as Roger Wade |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Capt. McCluskey |
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray (TV Series) · as John Brown |
| 1981 | Gas · as Duke Stuyvesant |
| 1981 | Venom · as Howard Anderson |
| 1980 | 9 to 5 · as Russell Tinsworthy |
| 1980 | The Starlost: The Beginning · as Jeremiah |
| 1979 | The Outsider · as Seamus Flaherty |
| 1979 | Winter Kills · as Z.K. Dawson |
| 1979 | The Wild West · as actor |
| 1978 | King of the Gypsies · as King Zharko Stepanowicz |
| 1977 | The Godfather Saga (TV Series) · as Capt. Mark McCluskey |
| 1976 | 1900 · as Leo Dalcò |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Dix Handley |
| 1975 | Deadly Strangers · as Malcolm Robarts |
| 1975 | Cry, Onion · as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer |
| 1973 | The Long Goodbye · as Roger Wade |
| 1973 | The Final Programme · as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh |
| 1973 | The Starlost (TV Series) · as Old Jeremiah |
| 1972 | The Godfather · as Capt. Mark McCluskey |
| 1972 | Banacek (TV Series) · as Tony Fowler |
| 1971 | Angel's Leap · as Mason / Custer |
| 1970 | Loving · as Lepridon |
| 1969 | Hard Contract · as Michael Carlson |
| 1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas · as Daniel Grudge |
| 1958 | Terror in a Texas Town · as George Hansen |
| 1957 | Valerie · as John Garth |
| 1957 | Gun Battle at Monterey · as Jay Turner / John York |
| 1957 | Zero Hour! · as Captain Martin Treleaven |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Les Rand |
| 1956 | The Killing · as Johnny Clay |
| 1956 | Crime of Passion · as Lt. William Doyle |
| 1956 | The Come On · as Dave Arnold |
| 1956 | 5 Steps to Danger · as John Emmett |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Link Stevens |
| 1955 | The Last Command · as Jim Bowie |
| 1955 | Shotgun · as Clay Hardin |
| 1955 | Battle Taxi · as Capt. Russ Edwards |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea · as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar · as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan |
| 1954 | Prince Valiant · as Sir Gawain |
| 1953 | Kansas Pacific · as Capt. John Nelson |
| 1953 | Crime Wave · as Det. Lt. Sims |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Joe Turner |
| 1952 | Flat Top · as Commander Dan Collier |
| 1952 | The Star · as Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester |
| 1952 | Denver & Rio Grande · as McCabe |
| 1952 | Hellgate · as Lt. Tod Voorhees |
| 1952 | Flaming Feather · as Tex McCloud |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle · as Dix Handley |
| 1949 | El Paso · as Bert Donner |