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Upper 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…
Known for
- Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)2022
- Kubrick by Kubrick — Self (archive footage)2020
- The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 — Capt. Mark McCluskey2016
- Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' — Self (archive footage)2016
- Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? — Self (archive footage)2016
- Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other — Self (archive footage)2016
- The Albatross — Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)2016
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 — Captain Mark McCluskey1992
- Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer — Himself1985
- Pharos of Chaos — Self - Actor1983
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Key facts
- Born
- Sterling Relyea Walter , ( 1916-03-26 ) March 26, 1916, Upper Montclair, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- May 23, 1986 (1986-05-23) (aged 70), Sausalito, California , U.S.
- Other names
- Sterling Walter Hayden, John Hamilton
- Occupations
- Actor author sailor Marine OSS agent
- Years active
- 1941–1982
- Height
- 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
- Spouses
- Madeleine Carroll ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1946 ) Betty Ann de Noon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1958 ) Catherine Devine McConnell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 )
- Relatives
- Scott McConnell (stepson)
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Service years
- 1941–1945
- Rank
- Captain
- Unit
- Office of Strategic Services
- Conflicts
- World War II
- Awards
- List
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Montclair
- Place of death
- Sausalito
- Spouse
- Madeleine Carroll
- Occupation
- author
- Employer
- Office of Strategic Services
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Silver Star
- Student of
- Michael Chekhov
- Genre
- comedy film
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Image
- Hayden-Asphalt.jpg
- Height
- 194
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- Commons category
- Sterling Hayden
- date of birth
- 1916-03-26
- date of death
- 1986-05-23
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- end of work period
- 1982-00-00
- birth name
- Sterling Relyea Walter
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Encyclopedic overview
Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor. A leading man for most of his career, he specialized in Westerns and film noir throughout the 1950s, in films such as John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar (1954), and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956). In the 1960s, he became noted for supporting roles, perhaps most memorably as General Jack D. Ripper in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
Hayden's success continued into the New Hollywood era, with roles such as Irish-American policeman Captain McCluskey in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), alcoholic novelist Roger Wade in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973), elderly peasant Leo Dalcò in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900 (1976), and chairman of the board Russell Tinsworthy in 9 to 5 (1980). With a distinctive "rapid-fire baritone" voice and an imposing stature at 6 ft 5 in (196 cm), he had a commanding screen presence in both leading and supporting roles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sterling Hayden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.