
Sterling Hayden
Known for ActingBorn 1916-03-26Died 1986-05-23Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor and author. He 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."Read more
Movies & web series
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Rat Pack
2022 · Movie
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The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016 · Movie
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Virginia
1941 · Movie
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The Godfather
1972 · Movie
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Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977 · Series
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Banacek
1972 · Series
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The Starlost
1973 · Series
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The Starlost: The Beginning
1980 · Movie
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Movie
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Kubrick by Kubrick
2020 · Movie
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Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956 · Movie
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1900
1976 · Movie
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The Killing
1956 · Movie
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Playhouse 90
1956 · Series
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
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The Long Goodbye
1973 · Movie
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The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Movie
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Johnny Guitar
1954 · Movie
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Bahama Passage
1941 · Movie
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Days of Wine and Roses
1958 · Movie
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The Star
1952 · Movie
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The Cinema According to Bertolucci
1976 · Movie
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Nine to Five
1980 · Movie
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
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Crime Wave
1953 · Movie
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The Blue and the Gray
1982 · Series
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Pharos of Chaos
1983 · Movie
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The Albatross
2016 · Movie
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General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
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Terror in a Texas Town
1958 · Movie
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The Last Command
1955 · Movie
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Zero Hour!
1957 · Movie
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Hellgate
1952 · Movie
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The Shipwrecker
1984 · Movie
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5 Steps to Danger
1956 · Movie
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Top Gun
1955 · Movie
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The Iron Sheriff
1957 · Movie
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The Eternal Sea
1955 · Movie
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Sweet Hunters
1970 · Movie
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Take Me to Town
1953 · Movie
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Journey Into Light
1951 · Movie
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Suddenly
1954 · Movie
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Variety Girl
1947 · Movie
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Arrow In The Dust
1954 · Movie
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Flaming Feather
1952 · Movie
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
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The Big Departure
1972 · Movie
★ 6.1View details →
Crime of Passion
1956 · Movie