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Sterling Hayden - underrated actor
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:51 pm
I thought he stole the show in Dr. Strangelove in spite of all those other heavyweights actors. Also, I'm just now realizing he played the crooked police commissioner in The Godfather.
What a great scene: Dr. Strangelove - Precious Bodily Fluids, General Jack D. Ripper
Scene 2: LINK
What a great scene: Dr. Strangelove - Precious Bodily Fluids, General Jack D. Ripper
Scene 2: LINK
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 10:03 pm
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Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:59 pm to tigerpawl
He was also the Chairman of the Board in 9 to 5
Posted on 3/16/21 at 10:08 pm to tigerpawl
He was in another Kubrick film, The Killing:
But perhaps his greatest role was as the chief pilot in Zero Hour. That was his finest hour, Shirley.
Zero Hour vs Airplane comparison
But perhaps his greatest role was as the chief pilot in Zero Hour. That was his finest hour, Shirley.
Zero Hour vs Airplane comparison
Posted on 3/16/21 at 10:33 pm to tigerpawl
Look up his interviews with Tom Snyder on the Tomorrow show. He was insane and an amazing interview.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 8:05 am to tigerpawl
I really liked him in The Long Goodbye
Posted on 3/17/21 at 8:16 am to tigerpawl
Recall he was caught up in McCarthyism which limited his long-term opportunities. He also did not care for Hollywood culture. However, he made the most of every opportunity. He was basically Robert Mitchum with a greater range to do things like comedy.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 9:03 am to Kafka
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He was in another Kubrick film, The Killing:
Really good movie. He was a very underrated actor. He was also great as the cop in the God Father
He was a spook in the war was in the OSS.
He received the Silver Star for gallantry in action in the Balkans and Mediterranean (according to his citation, "Lt. Hamilton displayed great courage in making hazardous sea voyages in enemy-infested waters and reconnaissance through enemy-held areas"), a Bronze Arrowhead device for parachuting behind enemy lines, and a commendation from Yugoslavia's Josip Broz Tito. He left active duty on December 24, 1945. Tito awarded him the Order of Merit.
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Posted on 3/17/21 at 9:16 am to Ace Midnight
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Recall he was caught up in McCarthyism which limited his long-term opportunities. He also did not care for Hollywood culture. However, he made the most of every opportunity. He was basically Robert Mitchum with a greater range to do things like comedy.
The guy was a fricking pit bull. In WWII he left Hollywood and crapped out of the Army when he broke his ankle parachuting. So he bought a boat to ferry supplies for the war effort but the Navy confiscated his boat. Then he joined the Marines under an assumed name, went to OCS and ended up fighting in the British OSS.
Since Hayden spent a good bit of the war fighting alongside Tito, Rolling Stone sent Hayden over to Yugoslavia to cover Tito's funeral. Hayden went back to Yugoslavia on Rolling Stone's dime. Stayed there for months and never wrote the article.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 12:51 pm to Kafka
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) is another good one he's in.
Like The Killing, it's a heist movie that has a talented cast with Hayden, James Whitmore, and Marilyn Monroe. It's pretty much Monroe's breakout as it's only her third credited role.
IMDb
Like The Killing, it's a heist movie that has a talented cast with Hayden, James Whitmore, and Marilyn Monroe. It's pretty much Monroe's breakout as it's only her third credited role.
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Storyline When the intelligent criminal Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider is released from prison, he seeks a fifty thousand-dollar investment from the bookmaker Cobby to recruit a small gang of specialists for a million-dollar heist of jewels from a jewelry. Doc is introduced to the lawyer Alonzo D. Emmerich who offers to finance the whole operation and buy the gems immediately after the burglary. Doc hires the safe cracker Louis Ciavelli, the driver Gus Minissi, and the gunman Dix Handley to the heist. His plan works perfectly but bad luck and betrayals compromise the steps after the heist and the gangsters need to flee from the police.
IMDb
Posted on 3/17/21 at 2:30 pm to tigerpawl
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Sterling Hayden
Capt. McCluskey in The Godfather.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 4:53 pm to Fewer Kilometers
He was awesome. That don't make them like that any more.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 5:00 pm to BasilFawlty
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Capt. McCluskey in The Godfather.
You know that bad-arse "Hunh?" that he would accentuate his statements with as he was dressing down Michael? That wasn't the script. That's how Hayden spoke. Tough guy through and through.
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