Sterling Hayden was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and "film noir". He is most noted for his appearance as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964). He also played the Irish policeman, Captain McCluskey, in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" in 1972. Wikipedia
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