Sterling Hayden

Personal Info

Birthday

March 26, 1916

Day of Death

1986-05-23

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Sterling Relyea Walter

Sterling Walter Hayden

استرلینگ هایدن

Sterling Hayden

Biography

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".