Sterling Hayden

Acting · Born 1916-03-26 in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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.…

Filmography

• The Killing as Johnny Clay
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
• The Long Goodbye as Roger Wade
• 1900 as Leo Dalcò
• Johnny Guitar as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
• The Asphalt Jungle as Dix Handley
• Nine to Five as Russell Tinsworthy
• The Godfather as Captain McCluskey
• Crime of Passion as Lt. William Doyle
• King of the Gypsies as King Zharko Stepanowicz

TV

• General Electric Theater as Joe Turner
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Maj. Jim Curtis
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Link Stevens
• Playhouse 90
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• Banacek as Tony Fowler
• Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television as Capt. Mark McCluskey
• The Blue and the Gray as John Brown
• The Starlost as Old Jeremiah