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Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor, author, sailor, model and Marine. A leading man for most of his career, he specialized in westerns and film noir throughout the 1950s, in films such as John Huston 's The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Nicholas Ray 's Johnny Guitar (1954), and ...
Sterling Hayden. Actor: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Born to George & Frances Simonson Walter, and named Sterling Relyea Walter. Father died in 1925. Adopted by stepfather 'James Hayden' renamed Sterling Walter Hayden. Grew up in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and Maine.
- Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
- March 26, 1916
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- May 23, 1986
Sterling Hayden. Actor: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Born to George & Frances Simonson Walter, and named Sterling Relyea Walter. Father died in 1925. Adopted by stepfather 'James Hayden' renamed Sterling Walter Hayden. Grew up in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and Maine.
- March 26, 1916
- May 23, 1986
May 24, 1986 · Sterling Hayden, the handsome 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....
A True Renaissance Man. It almost sounds like a classic Hollywood screenplay: A handsome Hollywood leading man leaves fame and fortune behind to become a real-life spy. During World War II, Sterling Hayden did exactly that. He left a promising career on the silver screen to join General William “Wild Bill” Donovan and the “glorious ...
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Sterling Hayden, Hollywood Actor, Viking Hero of the OSS. Actor Sterling Hayden served with distinction as a clandestine operative for the OSS during World War II. This article appears in: February 2020. By Michael D. Hull.
May 24, 1986 · Maverick actor Sterling Hayden, the one-time Hollywood leading man whose restlessness led him through careers as a sea captain, OSS agent and gun-runner to ultimate success as an author and...
