Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

Date of Birth:

Mar 26, 1916

Place of Birth:

Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA

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:

Top Gun Top Gun

1955

Hellgate Hellgate

1952

El Paso El Paso

1949

Virginia Virginia

1941

Blaze of Noon Blaze of Noon

1947

The Eternal Sea The Eternal Sea

1955

Fighter Attack Fighter Attack

1953

The Iron Sheriff The Iron Sheriff

1957

Gun Battle at Monterey Gun Battle at Monterey

1957

The Golden Hawk The Golden Hawk

1952

Battle Taxi Battle Taxi

1955

Take Me to Town Take Me to Town

1953

Variety Girl Variety Girl

1947

Arrow In The Dust Arrow In The Dust

1954

Ten Days To Tulara Ten Days To Tulara

1958

Shotgun Shotgun

1955

Denver and Rio Grande Denver and Rio Grande

1952

The Starlost: The Beginning The Starlost: The Beginning

1980

Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

2016

Gas Gas

1981

The Big Departure The Big Departure

1972

Sweet Hunters Sweet Hunters

1970

The Albatross The Albatross

2016

The Cinema According to Bertolucci The Cinema According to Bertolucci

1976

Kubrick by Kubrick Kubrick by Kubrick

2020

Vor Anker, Land unter - Ein Film mit Sterling Hayden Vor Anker, Land unter - Ein Film mit Sterling Hayden

1982

Pharos of Chaos Pharos of Chaos

1983

Old Man Old Man

1958

Timberjack Timberjack

1955

Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

2016

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

2016

Rat Pack Rat Pack

2022

The Last Command The Last Command

1955

Journey Into Light Journey Into Light

1951

Flaming Feather Flaming Feather

1952

Angel's Leap Angel's Leap

1971

Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer

1985

Manhandled Manhandled

1949

The Final Programme The Final Programme

1973

Winter Kills Winter Kills

1979

The Come On The Come On

1956

The Asphalt Jungle The Asphalt Jungle

1950

Terror in a Texas Town Terror in a Texas Town

1958

Prince Valiant Prince Valiant

1954

Naked Alibi Naked Alibi

1954

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

1981

Crime of Passion Crime of Passion

1956

The Long Goodbye The Long Goodbye

1973

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964

1900 1900

1976

King of the Gypsies King of the Gypsies

1978

Johnny Guitar Johnny Guitar

1954

Venom Venom

1981

Hard Contract Hard Contract

1969

Kansas Pacific Kansas Pacific

1953

The Star The Star

1952

The Outsider The Outsider

1980

Cry, Onion! Cry, Onion!

1975

Five Steps to Danger Five Steps to Danger

1956

The Godfather The Godfather

1972

Bahama Passage Bahama Passage

1941

Carol for Another Christmas Carol for Another Christmas

1964

Deadly Strangers Deadly Strangers

1975

Loving Loving

1970

Nine to Five Nine to Five

1980

So Big So Big

1953

Suddenly Suddenly

1954

Flat Top Flat Top

1952

Crime Wave Crime Wave

1953

Valerie Valerie

1957

Zero Hour! Zero Hour!

1957

The Killing The Killing

1956

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