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Sterling Hayden

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Also known as Sterling Walter Hayden

American actor (1916–1986)

Person · Open Library

Born
1916
Died
1986
Works
4

Top works

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  • Voyage
  • Wanderer

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Canada
Active from
1971-02-12
acoustic rockalternative countryfolk rockindie folkindie rocklo-fi

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
41
Total plays
956

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Quotes

  • What confuses me is I ain't all that unhappy. So why do I drink? I don't know.
  • To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen, who play with their boats at sea — "cruising," it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.
  • I'll make no bones about it, I'm thinking of quitting analysis. When a man's bogged down, when the thing he is trying to do isn't working out, then he has to damn good and well change his way of living. If you would only hold out some hope to me, then it might be different. I'll say this, too, that if it hadn't been for you I wouldn’t have turned into a stoolie for J. Edgar Hoover. I don't think you have the foggiest notion of the contempt I have had for myself since the day I did that thing.

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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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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.

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