Sterling Hayden was an American actor and author known for his work in 'The Asphalt Jungle', 'The Killing', 'Dr. Strangelove', and 'The Godfather' — typically playing large, weary, morally compromised men.
Hayden's Johnny Clay in 'The Killing' established the archetype of the meticulous heist planner whose professional perfection is undermined by one irrational human variable — a template for the institutional man destroyed by personal weakness.
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