Actor Sterling Hayden was born in New Jersey on Mar. 26, 1919, although his publicist once said he should have been a sea captain in the 1800s. Obsessed with sailing, Hayden eventually moved to ...
WANDERER by Sterling Hayden. 434 pages. Knopf. $6.95. He had no screen career to speak of —nothing to compare with Cooper or Gable or Bogart. But Sterling Hayden was a celebrity of sorts in Hollywood.
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.