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Sterling Hayden

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). In the 1960s, he became noted for supporting roles, perhaps most memorably as General Jack D. Ripper in Kubrick's Dr…

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Born 26 March 1916 · Died 23 May 1986 · Q323166

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The Guardian: Hayden Panettiere: an actor so magnetic that entire shows were rewritten for her
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2026· 4 entries

Aug 17, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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The Guardian: Hayden Panettiere: an actor so magnetic that entire shows were rewritten for her

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The Guardian: Hayden Panettiere, actor in Heroes and Nashville, dies aged 36

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Jul 18, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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Public attention spiked: 3,810 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 958, with 0 article edits.

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Jul 12, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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Public attention spiked: 3,050 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 958, with 0 article edits.

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1986· 1 entry

May 23, 1986Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1986-05-23.

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1983· 1 entry

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Appeared in a documentary of his life, Pharos of Chaos

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1981· 1 entry

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Was arrested for possession of hashish at Toronto International Airport

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1969· 1 entry

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Eventually moving it to the heart of Paris and living on it part of the year

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1964· 1 entry

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Hayden joined Mark Lane's Citizens Committee of Inquiry

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1963· 1 entry

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Stanley Kubrick coaxed Hayden out of retirement to play one of his best-known characters, the deranged General Jack D

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1959· 1 entry

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Defied a court order, which barred him from taking the children out of the U

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1958· 1 entry

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After a bitter divorce from Betty Ann de Noon, Hayden was awarded custody of their four children

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1956· 1 entry

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Hayden starred in a heist film, The Killing, by an up-and-coming filmmaker named Stanley Kubrick

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1953· 1 entry

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Co-starred with Jane Wyman in So Big, a melodrama adapted from an Edna Ferber novel

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1950· 2 entries

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Hayden appeared in one of his most celebrated roles as the "hooligan" (tough guy) Dix Handley in the Academy Award-nominated film The Asphalt Jungle

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1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Fearful that "his past might cost him his future", the actor sought the aid of entertainment lawyer Martin Gang, known as the best "clearance lawyer" in Hollywood

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1947· 1 entry

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Married Betty Ann de Noon, and they had four children

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1938· 1 entry

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Hayden's photo was taken during the annual Gloucester, Massachusetts, Fishermen's Race

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1937· 1 entry

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Served as mate on a world cruise of the brigantine Yankee

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1916· 1 entry

Mar 26, 1916Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1916-03-26.

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