Sterling Hayden

Acting

1950 — 1981 · 20 films

Lived

26 March 1916 — d. 1986

From

Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor and author. He 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.