Sterling Hayden

Actor, Film actor

1916 – 1986

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Who was Sterling Hayden?

Sterling Walter Hayden was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar, The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Later on he became noted as a character actor for such roles as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. He also played the Irish-American policeman, Captain McCluskey, in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather in 1972, and the novelist Roger Wade in 1973's The Long Goodbye. He played the role of Leo Dalcò in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900 in 1976. At six feet five inches, he was taller than most actors.

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Born
Mar 26, 1916
Montclair
Also known as
  • Sterling Relyea Walter
  • The Beautiful Blond Viking God
  • The Most Beautiful Man in the Movies
  • John Hamilton
  • Sterling Walter Hayden
  • Lieutenant John Hamilton
  • Lt. Hamilton
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Nationality
  • United States of America
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Died
May 23, 1986
Sausalito

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on July 23, 2013

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