Still of Sterling Hayden and Jean Hagen in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Caption: Still of Sterling Hayden and Jean Hagen in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
Born: March 26, 1916
Star sign: Aries
Height: 6' 5" (1.96 m)
Known for: The Godfather (1972), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), The Killing (1956), The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Source: IMDB
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. Though very poor, attended prep school at Wassookeag School in Dexter, Maine. Ran away to sea at 17,...