9.4
9.4
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
1981
as Capt. Mark McCluskey
Sterling Hayden
Also known as: Sterling Walter Hayden
Acting
Born:March 26, 1916
Died:May 23, 1986(aged 70)
Birthplace:Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:6'4" (194 cm)
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CommunityBiography
Sterling Walter Hayden, born Sterling Relyea Walter, was an American actor and author. He didn't really harbor any aspirations of being an actor, 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.''
Filmography (74 movies)
8.7
8.7
The Godfather
1972
as Captain McCluskey
8.1
8.1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
8.0
8.0
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Self (intro/outro)
7.8
7.8
1900
1976
as Leo Dalcò
7.6
7.6
The Killing
1956
as Johnny Clay
7.5
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Dix Handley
7.4
7.4
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
7.4
7.4
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self
7.4
7.4
The Long Goodbye
1973
as Roger Wade
7.2
7.2
The Star
1952
as Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
7.1
7.1
Crime Wave
1953
as Det. Lt. Sims
7.0
7.0
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
as Self (introduction)
6.9
6.9
Nine to Five
1980
as Russell Tinsworthy
6.7
6.7
Terror in a Texas Town
1958
as George Hansen
6.7
6.7
Hellgate
1952
as Lt. Tod Voorhees
6.6
6.6
Zero Hour!
1957
as Captain Martin Treleaven
6.5
6.5
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
1976
as Self
6.5
6.5
Pharos of Chaos
1983
as Self - Actor
6.4
6.4
The Last Command
1955
as Jim Bowie
6.4
6.4
The Eternal Sea
1955
as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
6.3
6.3
5 Steps to Danger
1956
as John Emmett
6.3
6.3
The Albatross
2016
as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
Suddenly
1954
as Sheriff Tod Shaw
6.1
6.1
Variety Girl
1947
as Sterling Hayden
6.1
6.1
Crime of Passion
1956
as Lt. William Doyle
6.0
6.0
Bahama Passage
1941
as Adrian Ainsworth
6.0
6.0
Naked Alibi
1954
as Joe E. Conroy
6.0
6.0
The Iron Sheriff
1957
as Sheriff Samuel Galt
6.0
6.0
Journey Into Light
1951
as Rev, John Burrows
6.0
6.0
Sweet Hunters
1970
as Allan
6.0
6.0
Prince Valiant
1954
as Sir Gawain
5.9
5.9
Top Gun
1955
as Rick Martin
5.8
5.8
Flaming Feather
1952
as Tex McCloud
5.8
5.8
Arrow In The Dust
1954
as Bart Laish
5.8
5.8
Winter Kills
1979
as Z.K. Dawson
5.8
5.8
Loving
1970
as Lepridon
5.7
5.7
El Paso
1949
as Bert Donner
5.7
5.7
Take Me to Town
1953
as Will Hall
5.7
5.7
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Daniel Grudge
5.6
5.6
King of the Gypsies
1978
as King Zharko Stepanowicz
5.6
5.6
Venom
1981
as Howard Anderson
5.5
5.5
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as McCabe
5.5
5.5
Angel's Leap
1971
as Mason / Custer
5.4
5.4
Battle Taxi
1955
as Capt. Russ Edwards
5.4
5.4
Deadly Strangers
1975
as Malcolm Robarts
5.3
5.3
Shotgun
1955
as Clay Hardin
5.3
5.3
So Big
1953
as Pervis De Jong
5.2
5.2
The Outsider
1979
as Seamus Flaherty
5.2
5.2
Cry, Onion!
1975
as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
5.1
5.1
The Golden Hawk
1952
as Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
5.0
5.0
The Come On
1956
as Dave Arnold
5.0
5.0
The Final Programme
1973
as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
4.9
4.9
Manhandled
1949
as Joe Cooper
4.8
4.8
Kansas Pacific
1953
as Capt. John Nelson
4.8
4.8
Ten Days To Tulara
1958
as Scotty
4.7
4.7
Hard Contract
1969
as Michael Carlson
4.7
4.7
The Big Departure
1972
as M. Nature / The Leader
4.6
4.6
Gun Battle at Monterey
1957
as Jay Turner / John York
4.5
4.5
Fighter Attack
1953
as Steve
4.2
4.2
Flat Top
1952
as Commander Dan Collier
4.1
4.1
Valerie
1957
as John Garth
4.0
4.0
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Tad McDonald
3.2
3.2
Timberjack
1955
as Tim Chipman
2.9
2.9
Gas
1981
as Duke Stuyvesant
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Virginia
1941
as Norman Williams
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
as Gordon Miller
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Old Man
1958
as Tall Convict
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
2016
as Self (archive footage)
At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden
1982
as Himself
The Starlost: The Beginning
1980
as Jeremiah
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
1985
as Himself
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