Sterling Hayden
| Sterling Hayden | |
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In The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
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| Born |
Sterling Relyea Walter March 26, 1916 Upper Montclair, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | May 23, 1986 (aged 70) Sausalito, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Sterling Walter Hayden John Hamilton |
| Occupation | Actor, author, sailor, model, Marine, OSS agent |
| Years active | 1941–82 |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Spouse(s) |
Madeleine Carroll (1942–46) Betty Ann de Noon (1947–58) Catherine Devine McConnell (1960–86) |
| Children |
via de Noon: Christian, Dana and Matthew, and Gretchen Ruckert via McConnell; Andrew, David |
via de Noon: Christian, Dana and Matthew, and Gretchen Ruckert
Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) 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 for appearing in supporting roles such as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). 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 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m), he towered over most other actors.
Hayden was born in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, to George and Frances Walter, who named him Sterling Relyea Walter. After his father died, he was adopted at age 9 by James Hayden and renamed Sterling Walter Hayden. As a child he lived in coastal towns of New England, and in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Maine. He attended Wassookeag School in Dexter, Maine.
Hayden dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and took a job as mate on a schooner. His first voyage was to Newport Beach, California, from New London, Connecticut. Later, he was a fisherman on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, ran a charter yacht, and served as a fireman on 11 trips to Cuba aboard a steamer. He skippered a trading schooner in the Caribbean after earning his master's license, and in 1937 he served as mate on a world cruise of the schooner Yankee. After serving as sailor and fireman on larger vessels and sailing around the world several times, he was awarded his first command at age 22, skippering the square rigger Florence C. Robinson 7,700 miles from Gloucester, Massachusetts, to Tahiti in 1938. Hayden spoke of his nautical experiences before the monthly meeting of the Adventurers' Club of New York on March 21, 1940.
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