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.''
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 18.429 |
| Birthday | 1916-03-26 |
| Place of Birth | Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | Sterling Relyea Walter, Sterling Walter Hayden, |
1956
The Killing
7.665/1449
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one la...
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The Killing
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
8.122/5411
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diploma...
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1973
The Long Goodbye
7.4/602
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
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The Long Goodbye
1956
Crime of Passion
6.2/51
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburb...
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Crime of Passion
1976
1900
7.9/600
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
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1900
1978
King of the Gypsies
5.632/19
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and hi...
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King of the Gypsies
1981
Venom
5.575/73
International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a...
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Venom
1954
Johnny Guitar
7.4/403
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Anothe...
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Johnny Guitar
1954
Naked Alibi
6/36
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next...
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Naked Alibi
1949
Manhandled
5.1/16
Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing t...
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Manhandled
1979
Winter Kills
5.8/46
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the...
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Winter Kills
1973
The Final Programme
5.1/23
After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Pro...
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The Final Programme
1956
The Come On
5.045/11
A con woman tries to swindle her partner-in-crime husband with the help of one of her former marks. But is she to be trusted?
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The Come On
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
7.505/457
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of v...
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The Asphalt Jungle
1958
Terror in a Texas Town
6.667/41
Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oil man trying to buy up the Swede's land might be t...
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Terror in a Texas Town
1954
Prince Valiant
5.855/55
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
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Prince Valiant
1969
Hard Contract
4.9/9
A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for "one last score". His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and...
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Hard Contract
1954
Suddenly
6.376/101
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and...
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Suddenly
1953
Kansas Pacific
4.9/19
Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the front...
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Kansas Pacific
1953
So Big
5.6/11
A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.
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So Big
1980
Nine to Five
6.9/463
Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage of the women who work with him in the grossest manner. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own...
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Nine to Five
1953
Crime Wave
7/68
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then att...
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Crime Wave
1952
Flat Top
4/10
A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War
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Flat Top
1957
Zero Hour!
6.8/37
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land...
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Zero Hour!
1970
Loving
6/15
Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace, and also between his career as a successful il...
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Loving
1975
Deadly Strangers
5.7/11
After she misses her train, a young woman is forced to hitch a ride back to town. After managing to get away from a lecherous trucker, she is given a...
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Deadly Strangers
1975
Cry, Onion!
4.9/23
Onion Jack has bought a piece of land on which to settle, but the property is still in possession of the orphans of the original owner and is coveted...
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Cry, Onion!
1980
The Outsider
5.6/8
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterli...
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The Outsider
1952
The Star
7.2/39
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but continues to desire a comeback.
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The Star
1964
Carol for Another Christmas
5.684/19
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on C...
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Carol for Another Christmas
1956
Five Steps to Danger
6.3/14
Can a couple keep important secrets from Communist spies?
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Five Steps to Danger
1941
Bahama Passage
6/1
A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the...
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Bahama Passage
1985
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
0/0
High Seas Adventurer highlights Johnson's exciting life, beginning with his introduction to the sea aboard the PEKING in 1929. Around Cape Horn, a Mys...
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Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
1971
Angel's Leap
5.423/13
In this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean Yanne) has retired to a Thailand plantation with an Asi...
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Angel's Leap
1947
Variety Girl
6.1/9
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful...
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Variety Girl
1953
Take Me to Town
5.7/3
Saloon entertainer Vermilion O'Toole and her former partner in crime Newt Cole escape from a train ride to prison and hide out in logging town Timberl...
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Take Me to Town
1958
Ten Days To Tulara
4.8/6
Director George Sherman's 1958 western about gold thieves in Mexico stars Sterling Hayden, Grace Raynor and Rodolfo Hoyos.
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Ten Days To Tulara
1952
Denver and Rio Grande
5.4/12
Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sab...
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Denver and Rio Grande
1955
Battle Taxi
5.4/8
In the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former jet pilot how important helicopter rescue work is and tu...
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Battle Taxi
1954
Arrow In The Dust
5.9/7
Director Lesley Selander's 1954 western stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom Tully, Lee Van Cleef and Jimmy Wakely.
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Arrow In The Dust
1955
Shotgun
5.2/18
a deputy U.S. Marshall pursue the gang of Ben Thompson after the murder of another marshall. Along with a bounty hunter and a half-breed woman they fo...
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Shotgun
1952
The Golden Hawk
5/6
A 17th-century French pirate (Sterling Hayden) sides with an English noblewoman (Rhonda Fleming) who's posing as a pirate.
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The Golden Hawk
1949
El Paso
5.6/12
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends h...
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El Paso
1952
Hellgate
6.7/9
A man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory.
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Hellgate
1957
Gun Battle at Monterey
4/3
An outlaw saved by a Mexican girl hunts the holdup partner who shot him in the back.
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Gun Battle at Monterey
1941
Virginia
0/0
Post-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.
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Virginia
1957
The Iron Sheriff
6.2/6
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of ev...
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The Iron Sheriff
1947
Blaze of Noon
5/1
In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs to become mail pilots. Because their job requires...
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Blaze of Noon
1953
Fighter Attack
4.5/2
World War II film set in German occupied Italy. A US fighter pilot is shot down in enemy territory during a raid against a German supply depot. He rec...
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Fighter Attack
1955
The Eternal Sea
6.4/7
Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.
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The Eternal Sea
1955
Timberjack
3.2/4
A young man seeks his father's killers among lumberjacks, and discovers that they are actually timber barons who also seek to control lumber mills. Ba...
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Timberjack
1955
The Last Command
6.5/8
During the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads for caution with the rebellious Texicans. They don't h...
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The Last Command
1951
Journey Into Light
6/2
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunk...
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Journey Into Light
1955
Top Gun
6/8
A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.
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Top Gun
1983
Pharos of Chaos
6.3/13
A superb, moving and thrilling interview with American actor Sterling Hayden (1916-86), held in Besançon, France, on board a dilapidated barge, when h...
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Pharos of Chaos
1952
Flaming Feather
5.8/8
A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When...
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Flaming Feather
1970
Sweet Hunters
6/5
An ornithologist goes on a field trip to a deserted island near the mainland with his wife and small son, and is joined by the wife's sister, who is g...
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Sweet Hunters
1957
Valerie
4.1/13
After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court whe...
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Valerie
1972
The Big Departure
6/2
This is the only feature directed by the famed French painter and sculptor Martial Raysse. In keeping with the revolutionary spirit of the time, the m...
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The Big Departure
1981
Gas
4/5
Susan Anspach stars in this comedy as a news reporter who investigates a story about stolen milk causing milk and gas prices to rise. During the cours...
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Gas
2016
The Albatross
6.3/5
In the center of a freezing, misty lake, a struggling writer's solitary fishing trip is disrupted by a strange creature from the bottom of a whiskey b...
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The Albatross
1976
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
6/1
Documentary on the filming of Novecento by Bernardo Bertolucci
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The Cinema According to Bertolucci
1982
Vor Anker, Land unter - Ein Film mit Sterling Hayden
0/0
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Vor Anker, Land unter - Ein Film mit Sterling Hayden
1980
The Starlost: The Beginning
0/0
Three farmers in Cypress Corners discover that farm life is not so simple. Discovering a hidden door in the earth, they break through it, discovering...
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The Starlost: The Beginning
2016
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
0/0
Critics Kent Jones, B. Ruby Rich, Joe McElhaney and Miriam Bale take a closer look at the feminist overtones in "Johnny Guitar."
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Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
0/0
Larry Ceplair, co-author of The Inquisition in Hollywood, and blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein, a former member of the Communist Party, discu...
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Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
0/0
Critics Kent Jones, B. Ruby Rich, Joe McElhaney and Miriam Bale discuss the unique qualities of "Johnny Guitar," its lasting appeal and the influence...
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Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
1981
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
9.3/3
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Comple...
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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
1972
The Godfather
8.694/19906
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corl...
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The Godfather
2022
Rat Pack
9/1
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...
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Rat Pack
1958
Old Man
0/0
In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood.
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