Sterling Hayden
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor and author. He dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and hired on as mate on a schooner. He was a ship's captain at 22, and in need of cash to buy his own boat, established himself as a model in New York, discovered by Paramount Studios talent scouts and offered a contract. Sterling Hayden, the handsome tall blond actor who played wholesome leading-man movie roles in the 1940's and 19...
Known For
Filmography
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Capt. Mark McCluskey
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Albatross
2016
as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
1985
as Himself
Pharos of Chaos
1983
as Self - Actor
At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden
1982
as Himself
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as John Brown
Venom
1981
as Howard Anderson
Gas
1981
as Duke Stuyvesant
Nine to Five
1980
as Russell Tinsworthy
The Starlost: The Beginning
1980
as Jeremiah
Winter Kills
1979
as Z.K. Dawson
The Outsider
1979
as Seamus Flaherty
King of the Gypsies
1978
as King Zharko Stepanowicz
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Capt. Mark McCluskey
1900
1976
as Leo Dalcò
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
1976
as Self
Deadly Strangers
1975
as Malcolm Robarts
Cry, Onion!
1975
as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
The Long Goodbye
1973
as Roger Wade
The Final Programme
1973
as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
The Starlost
1973
as Old Jeremiah
The Godfather
1972
as Captain McCluskey
The Big Departure
1972
as M. Nature / The Leader
Banacek
1972
as Tony Fowler
Angel's Leap
1971
as Mason / Custer
Loving
1970
as Lepridon
Sweet Hunters
1970
as Allan
Hard Contract
1969
as Michael Carlson
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Daniel Grudge
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Terror in a Texas Town
1958
as George Hansen
Ten Days To Tulara
1958
as Scotty
Old Man
1958
as Tall Convict
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
as Self (introduction)
Zero Hour!
1957
as Captain Martin Treleaven
Valerie
1957
as John Garth
Gun Battle at Monterey
1957
as Jay Turner / John York
The Iron Sheriff
1957
as Sheriff Samuel Galt
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
as Gordon Miller
The Killing
1956
as Johnny Clay
Crime of Passion
1956
as Lt. William Doyle
The Come On
1956
as Dave Arnold
5 Steps to Danger
1956
as John Emmett
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Self (intro/outro)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Link Stevens
Playhouse 90
1956
Battle Taxi
1955
as Capt. Russ Edwards
Shotgun
1955
as Clay Hardin
Top Gun
1955
as Rick Martin
The Eternal Sea
1955
as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
Timberjack
1955
as Tim Chipman
The Last Command
1955
as Jim Bowie
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
Naked Alibi
1954
as Joe E. Conroy
Prince Valiant
1954
as Sir Gawain
Suddenly
1954
as Sheriff Tod Shaw
Arrow In The Dust
1954
as Bart Laish
Kansas Pacific
1953
as Capt. John Nelson
So Big
1953
as Pervis De Jong
Crime Wave
1953
as Det. Lt. Sims
Take Me to Town
1953
as Will Hall
Fighter Attack
1953
as Steve
General Electric Theater
1953
as Joe Turner
Flat Top
1952
as Commander Dan Collier
The Star
1952
as Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as McCabe
The Golden Hawk
1952
as Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
Hellgate
1952
as Lt. Tod Voorhees
Flaming Feather
1952
as Tex McCloud
Journey Into Light
1951
as Rev, John Burrows
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Maj. Jim Curtis
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Dix Handley
Manhandled
1949
as Joe Cooper
El Paso
1949
as Bert Donner
Variety Girl
1947
as Sterling Hayden
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Tad McDonald
Bahama Passage
1941
as Adrian Ainsworth
Virginia
1941
as Norman Williams