Sterling Hayden
1916-03-26 ( 109 years old ) in 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.''

Movies

Rat Pack 2022-01-11
The Albatross 2016-12-01
Venom 1981-11-28
Gas 1981-07-24
Nine to Five 1980-12-18
The Outsider 1979-11-26
Winter Kills 1979-05-11
1900 1976-08-28
Cry, Onion! 1975-08-25
The Godfather 1972-03-14
Angel's Leap 1971-09-21
Sweet Hunters 1970-03-22
Loving 1970-03-04
Hard Contract 1969-04-30
Old Man 1958-11-20
Zero Hour! 1957-11-13
Valerie 1957-08-01
The Killing 1956-06-06
The Come On 1956-04-16
Top Gun 1955-12-01
Shotgun 1955-04-23
Timberjack 1955-02-18
Battle Taxi 1955-01-03
Naked Alibi 1954-10-01
Suddenly 1954-09-17
Johnny Guitar 1954-05-26
Prince Valiant 1954-04-05
Fighter Attack 1953-11-29
So Big 1953-10-31
Crime Wave 1953-10-22
Kansas Pacific 1953-02-22
The Star 1952-12-11
Flat Top 1952-10-26
Hellgate 1952-09-04
Manhandled 1949-07-21
El Paso 1949-03-22
Variety Girl 1947-08-29
Blaze of Noon 1947-05-02
Bahama Passage 1941-12-10
Virginia 1941-01-28