Acting · Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA · Born March 26, 1916
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 1950's and later weathered into a rough-hewn solid character actor in films such as "Dr. Strangelove", "The Godfather," "Nine to Five" and "King of the Gypsies". He appeared in 71 feature films and tv-productions from the debut in "Virginia" 1941 to the tv mini-series "The Blue and the Gray" in 1982. He wrote of his obsessive fascination with the sea in a 1963 autobiography, "Wanderer," and in 1970 his 700-page epic novel of the sea, "Voyage," was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Sterling Hayden appeared in the German documentary, "Pharos of Chaos," (1983) filmed aboard his barge in Europe, and seemed to be in an alcoholic stupor much of the time, supplementing his wine intake with hashish. On camera he said: "What confuses me is I ain't all that unhappy. So why do I drink, I don't know."
MovieRat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieKubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Albatross
2016
as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
MovieTell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJohnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJohnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Capt. Mark McCluskey
MovieThe Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Captain Mark McCluskey
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
1985
as Himself
MoviePharos of Chaos
1983
as Self - Actor
TVThe Blue and the Gray
1982
as John Brown
MovieAt Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden
1982
as Himself
MovieVenom
1981
as Howard Anderson
MovieGas
1981
as Duke Stuyvesant
MovieNine to Five
1980
as Russell Tinsworthy
MovieThe Starlost: The Beginning
1980
as Jeremiah
MovieThe Outsider
1979
as Seamus Flaherty
MovieWinter Kills
1979
as Z.K. Dawson
MovieKing of the Gypsies
1978
as King Zharko Stepanowicz
TVMario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Capt. Mark McCluskey
Movie1900
1976
as Leo Dalcò
MovieThe Cinema According to Bertolucci
1976
as Self
MovieCry, Onion!
1975
as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
MovieDeadly Strangers
1975
as Malcolm Robarts
MovieThe Final Programme
1973
as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
TVThe Starlost
1973
as Old Jeremiah
MovieThe Long Goodbye
1973
as Roger Wade
MovieThe Big Departure
1972
as M. Nature / The Leader
TVBanacek
1972
as Tony Fowler
MovieThe Godfather
1972
as Captain McCluskey
MovieAngel's Leap
1971
as Mason / Custer
MovieSweet Hunters
1970
as Allan
MovieLoving
1970
as Lepridon
MovieHard Contract
1969
as Michael Carlson
MovieCarol for Another Christmas
1964
as Daniel Grudge
MovieDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieOld Man
1958
as Tall Convict
MovieTen Days To Tulara
1958
as Scotty
MovieDays of Wine and Roses
1958
as Self (introduction)
MovieTerror in a Texas Town
1958
as George Hansen
MovieZero Hour!
1957
as Captain Martin Treleaven
MovieGun Battle at Monterey
1957
as Jay Turner / John York
MovieA Sound of Different Drummers
1957
as Gordon Miller
MovieValerie
1957
as John Garth
MovieThe Iron Sheriff
1957
as Sheriff Samuel Galt
MovieCrime of Passion
1956
as Lt. William Doyle
Movie5 Steps to Danger
1956
as John Emmett
MovieRequiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Self (intro/outro)
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Link Stevens
TVPlayhouse 90
1956
MovieThe Killing
1956
as Johnny Clay
MovieThe Come On
1956
as Dave Arnold
MovieTop Gun
1955
as Rick Martin
MovieThe Last Command
1955
as Jim Bowie
MovieShotgun
1955
as Clay Hardin
MovieThe Eternal Sea
1955
as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
MovieTimberjack
1955
as Tim Chipman
MovieBattle Taxi
1955
as Capt. Russ Edwards
MovieNaked Alibi
1954
as Joe E. Conroy
MovieSuddenly
1954
as Sheriff Tod Shaw
MovieJohnny Guitar
1954
as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
MovieArrow In The Dust
1954
as Bart Laish
MoviePrince Valiant
1954
as Sir Gawain
MovieFighter Attack
1953
as Steve
MovieSo Big
1953
as Pervis De Jong
MovieCrime Wave
1953
as Det. Lt. Sims
MovieTake Me to Town
1953
as Will Hall
MovieKansas Pacific
1953
as Capt. John Nelson
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Joe Turner
MovieThe Star
1952
as Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
MovieFlat Top
1952
as Commander Dan Collier
MovieThe Golden Hawk
1952
as Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
MovieHellgate
1952
as Lt. Tod Voorhees
MovieDenver and Rio Grande
1952
as McCabe
MovieFlaming Feather
1952
as Tex McCloud
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Maj. Jim Curtis
MovieJourney Into Light
1951
as Rev, John Burrows
MovieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Dix Handley
MovieManhandled
1949
as Joe Cooper
MovieEl Paso
1949
as Bert Donner
MovieVariety Girl
1947
as Sterling Hayden
MovieBlaze of Noon
1947
as Tad McDonald
MovieBahama Passage
1941
as Adrian Ainsworth
MovieVirginia
1941
as Norman Williams
