Sterling Hayden

He appeared in many films, among them:. Series in which he had a starring role are listed here. He died of cancer in 1986. Keith worked steadily in television from the 1950s until the end of his life and made numerous guest appearances. Both books were well received. [1]. He wrote his autobiography Wanderer in 1963 and an adventure novel of the tall ships, Voyage: A Novel of 1896 in 1976. Keith was a strong and capable actor who spent many years playing second leads and gruff sidekicks, He may be best known for his role as "Uncle Bill" on the television series Family Affair (1966-1971).

He defied a court order once and sailed to Tahiti with his children following a divorce. He is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California. He professed distaste for film acting, claiming that he did it mainly to pay for his sailing vessels. He was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 24, 1997, just two months after his daughter had committed suicide. Ever after regretted this action, holding himself in enormous contempt for what he considered 'ratting'.". During the later part of his life he suffered from emphysema and lung cancer. According to his IMDB biography (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001330/bio), "As Red Scare deepens in U.S., he cooperated with the House Un-American Activities Committee, confessing his brief Communist ties. After the war, he became a stage actor, branching into television and films in the late 1940s.

His admiration for the Communist partisans led to a brief involvement with the Communist Party. Marines (1942-1945) where he served during World War II as an aerial gunner and received an Air Medal. He won the Silver Star and a commendation from Yugoslavia's Marshall Tito. After high school, he joined the U.S. His World War 2 service included running guns through German lines to the Yugoslav partisans and parachuting into Croatia. He made his acting debut in a silent film, Pied Piper Malone (1924). He also joined the Marines under the name John Hamilton. in Bayonne, New Jersey to actor Robert Keith and stage actress Helena Shipman (born in Aberdeen, Washington).

After only two film roles, however, he left Hollywood to serve as an undercover agent with the with William J. Donovan's COI office and remained after it became the OSS. Brian Keith was born Robert Keith Richey, Jr. His first film role starred Madeleine Carroll, with whom he fell in love and married. Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 - June 24, 1997) was an American stage, film and television actor. He became a print model and eventually was signed to a contract with Paramount Studios, who dubbed the 6' 5" (1.96 m) actor The Most Beautiful Man in the Movies and The Beautiful Blond Viking God. Pied Piper Malone (1924). After serving as sailor and fireman on larger vessels, he was awarded his first command at 19, and sailed around the world several times. The Other Kind of Love (1924).

He ran away to sea at 17, as a ship's boy, then later was a fisherman on the Grand Banks. Arrowhead (1953). Hayden was a genuine adventurer and man of action, not dissimilar from many of his movie parts. Alaska Seas (1954). As a child, he lived in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and Maine, where he attended Wassookeag School in Dexter, Maine. Jivaro (1954). After his father died, he was adopted at the age of nine by James Hayden and renamed Sterling Walter Hayden. The Bamboo Prison (1954).

Hayden's parents were George and Frances Walter, who named him Sterling Relyea Walter. The Violent Men (1955). He also played the Irish policeman, Captain McCluskey, who was gunned down by Al Pacino, in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather in 1972. Tight Spot (1955). Strangelove (1964). 5 Against the House (1955). Ripper in Dr. Storm Center (1956).

Zero Hour!(1957). Krakatoa, East of Java (1969). Ten Days to Tulara (1958). Gaily, Gaily (1969). Terror in a Texas Town (1958). Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970). Strangelove (1964). The MacKenzie Break (1970).

Dr. Something Big (1971). Carol for Another Christmas TV (1964). Scandalous John (1971). Hard Contract (1969). The Yakuza (1975). Ternos Cacadores (1969). The Wind and the Lion (1975).