Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden
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.''
Acted Movies
Director: Piers Haggard
Writers: Robert Carrington,
Cast: Cornelia Sharpe, Klaus Kinski, Lance Holcomb, Michael Gough, Mike Gwilym, Nicol Williamson, Oliver Reed, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Susan George,
Director: Colin Higgins
Writers: Patricia Resnick,
Cast: Dabney Coleman, Dolly Parton, Elizabeth Wilson, Henry Jones, Jane Fonda, Lawrence Pressman, Lily Tomlin, Marian Mercer, Ren Woods, Sterling Hayden,
Director: Robert Altman
Writers: Leigh Brackett,
Cast: David Arkin, Elliott Gould, Henry Gibson, Jim Bouton, Jo Ann Brody, Mark Rydell, Nina van Pallandt, Stephen Coit, Sterling Hayden, Warren Berlinger,
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writers: Francis Ford Coppola,
Cast: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Gianni Russo, James Caan, John Marley, Marlon Brando, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Talia Shire,
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Jim Thompson,
Cast: Coleen Gray, Elisha Cook Jr., James Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Joe Sawyer, Marie Windsor, Sterling Hayden, Ted de Corsia, Timothy Carey, Vince Edwards,
Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Nicholas Ray,
Cast: Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Ferguson, Joan Crawford, John Carradine, Mercedes McCambridge, Royal Dano, Scott Brady, Sterling Hayden, Ward Bond,
Director: Henry Hathaway
Writers: Dudley Nichols,
Cast: Barry Jones, Brian Aherne, Debra Paget, Donald Crisp, James Mason, Janet Leigh, Mary Philips, Robert Wagner, Sterling Hayden, Victor McLaglen,
Director: John Huston
Writers: John Huston,
Cast: Anthony Caruso, Barry Kelley, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, John McIntire, Louis Calhern, Marc Lawrence, Marilyn Monroe, Sam Jaffe, Sterling Hayden,