Sterling Hayden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 26, 1916
- Died
- May 23, 1986
- Birthplace
- Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA
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."
Filmography
Rat Pack 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick 2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Albatross 2016
as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other 2016
as Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' 2016
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? 2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 1992
as Captain Mark McCluskey
- Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer 1985
as Self
The Shipwrecker 1984
Book
Pharos of Chaos 1983
as Self - Actor
At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden 1982
as Self
Venom 1981
as Howard Anderson
Gas 1981
as Duke Stuyvesant
Nine to Five 1980
as Russell Tinsworthy
The Starlost: The Beginning 1980
as Jeremiah
The Outsider 1979
as Seamus Flaherty
Winter Kills 1979
as Z.K. Dawson
King of the Gypsies 1978
as King Zharko Stepanowicz
1900 1976
as Leo Dalcò
The Cinema According to Bertolucci 1976
as Self
Cry, Onion! 1975
as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
Deadly Strangers 1975
as Malcolm Robarts
The Final Programme 1973
as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
The Long Goodbye 1973
as Roger Wade
The Big Departure 1972
as M. Nature / The Leader
The Godfather 1972
as Captain McCluskey
Angel's Leap 1971
as Mason / Custer
Sweet Hunters 1970
as Allan
Loving 1970
as Lepridon
Hard Contract 1969
as Michael Carlson
Carol for Another Christmas 1964
as Daniel Grudge
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
Old Man 1958
as Tall Convict
Ten Days To Tulara 1958
as Scotty
Days of Wine and Roses 1958
as Self (introduction)
Terror in a Texas Town 1958
as George Hansen
Zero Hour! 1957
as Captain Martin Treleaven
Gun Battle at Monterey 1957
as Jay Turner / John York
A Sound of Different Drummers 1957
as Gordon Miller
Valerie 1957
as John Garth
The Iron Sheriff 1957
as Sheriff Samuel Galt
Crime of Passion 1956
as Lt. William Doyle
5 Steps to Danger 1956
as John Emmett
Requiem for a Heavyweight 1956
as Self (intro/outro)
The Killing 1956
as Johnny Clay
The Come On 1956
as Dave Arnold
Top Gun 1955
as Rick Martin
The Last Command 1955
as Jim Bowie
Shotgun 1955
as Clay Hardin
The Eternal Sea 1955
as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
Timberjack 1955
as Tim Chipman
Battle Taxi 1955
as Capt. Russ Edwards
Naked Alibi 1954
as Joe E. Conroy
Suddenly 1954
as Sheriff Tod Shaw
Johnny Guitar 1954
as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
Arrow In The Dust 1954
as Bart Laish
Prince Valiant 1954
as Sir Gawain
Fighter Attack 1953
as Steve
So Big 1953
as Pervis De Jong
Crime Wave 1953
as Det. Lt. Sims
Take Me to Town 1953
as Will Hall
Kansas Pacific 1953
as Capt. John Nelson
The Star 1952
as Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
Flat Top 1952
as Commander Dan Collier
The Golden Hawk 1952
as Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
Hellgate 1952
as Lt. Tod Voorhees
Denver and Rio Grande 1952
as McCabe
Flaming Feather 1952
as Tex McCloud
Journey Into Light 1951
as Rev, John Burrows
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
Credits from TMDB.