Sterling Hayden
American actor (1916-1986) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 70
Sterling Walter Hayden was an American actor. 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 Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956).
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Pharos of ChaosFilm1982
The Blue and the GraySeries, John Brown1980
Nine to FiveFilm, Russell Tinsworthy1979
Winter KillsFilm, Z.K. Dawson1977
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for TelevisionSeries, Capt. Mark McCluskey1976
1900Film, Leo Dalcò1973
The StarlostSeries, Old Jeremiah
The Final ProgrammeFilm, 1973Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh1972
BanacekSeries, Tony Fowler1971
Angel's LeapFilm, Mason / Custer1970
LovingFilm, Lepridon1964
Carol for Another ChristmasFilm, Daniel Grudge1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1957
ValerieFilm, John Garth1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Link Stevens
Playhouse 90Series, 19561955
ShotgunFilm, Clay Hardin1954
Arrow In The DustFilm, Bart Laish1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Joe Turner1952
Denver and Rio GrandeFilm, McCabe1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, Maj. Jim Curtis1949
El PasoFilm, Bert Donner1916Born26 March 1916People around Sterling
- Lesley Selander Directed Flat Top, Shotgun and Arrow In the Dust
Michael Chekhov Taught Sterling
Stanley Kubrick Directed Dr. Strangelove and The Killing
Francis Ford Coppola Directed The Godfather and The Godfather Saga- Albert S. Ruddy Produced The Godfather and The Godfather Saga
Gerd Oswald Directed Crime of Passion and Valerie- Walter Mirisch Produced Flat Top and Fighter Attack
Ross Hunter Produced Naked Alibi and Take Me to Town
Stuart Heisler Directed The Star and Journey into Light- Sidney Salkow Directed The Golden Hawk and The Iron Sheriff
- Edward Small Produced Top Gun and The Iron Sheriff
Ray Nazarro Directed Kansas Pacific and Top Gun
Robert De Niro Also in 1900 and The Godfather
John Huston Directed The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Slim Pickens Also in Dr. Strangelove and The Last Command- Michael V. Gazzo Also in The Godfather and King of the Gypsies
Gianni Russo Also in Winter Kills and The Godfather Saga
Hank Mann Also in Prince Valiant and Crime of Passion
Frank Ferguson Also in Terror in a Texas Town and Variety Girl
James B. Harris Produced The Killing (1956)
Lewis R. Foster Directed Manhandled (1950)
Don Haggerty Also in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Herbert Yates Produced Johnny Guitar (1954)
John Pickard Also in Arrow In The Dust and Shotgun
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The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 1992
The Godfather 1972
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
1900 1976
The Killing 1956
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In the 1960s, he became noted for supporting roles, perhaps most memorably as General Jack D. Ripper in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
