Sterling Hayden
Acting
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."
Known for
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movieRat Pack
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieKubrick by Kubrick
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Albatross
2016
Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
movieJohnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieTell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieJohnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
Capt. Mark McCluskey
movieThe Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
Captain Mark McCluskey
moviePharos of Chaos
1983
Self - Actor
tvThe Blue and the Gray
1982
John Brown
movieVenom
1981
Howard Anderson
movieGas
1981
Duke Stuyvesant
movieNine to Five
1980
Russell Tinsworthy
movieThe Outsider
1979
Seamus Flaherty
movieWinter Kills
1979
Z.K. Dawson
movieKing of the Gypsies
1978
King Zharko Stepanowicz
tvMario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
Capt. Mark McCluskey
movie1900
1976
Leo Dalcò
movieCry, Onion!
1975
Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
movieDeadly Strangers
1975
Malcolm Robarts
movieThe Final Programme
1973
Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
tvThe Starlost
1973
Old Jeremiah
movieThe Long Goodbye
1973
Roger Wade
movieThe Big Departure
1972
M. Nature / The Leader
tvBanacek
1972
Tony Fowler
movieThe Godfather
1972
Captain McCluskey
movieAngel's Leap
1971
Mason / Custer
movieLoving
1970
Lepridon
movieHard Contract
1969
Michael Carlson
movieCarol for Another Christmas
1964
Daniel Grudge
movieDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
movieOld Man
1958
Tall Convict
movieDays of Wine and Roses
1958
Self (introduction)
movieTerror in a Texas Town
1958
George Hansen
movieZero Hour!
1957
Captain Martin Treleaven
movieGun Battle at Monterey
1957
Jay Turner / John York
movieA Sound of Different Drummers
1957
Gordon Miller
movieValerie
1957
John Garth
movieThe Iron Sheriff
1957
Sheriff Samuel Galt
movieCrime of Passion
1956
Lt. William Doyle
movie5 Steps to Danger
1956
John Emmett
movieRequiem for a Heavyweight
1956
Self (intro/outro)
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Link Stevens
movieThe Killing
1956
Johnny Clay
movieThe Come On
1956
Dave Arnold
movieTop Gun
1955
Rick Martin
movieThe Last Command
1955
Jim Bowie
movieShotgun
1955
Clay Hardin
movieThe Eternal Sea
1955
Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
movieTimberjack
1955
Tim Chipman
movieBattle Taxi
1955
Capt. Russ Edwards
movieNaked Alibi
1954
Joe E. Conroy
movieSuddenly
1954
Sheriff Tod Shaw
movieJohnny Guitar
1954
Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
movieArrow In The Dust
1954
Bart Laish
moviePrince Valiant
1954
Sir Gawain
movieSo Big
1953
Pervis De Jong
movieCrime Wave
1953
Det. Lt. Sims
movieTake Me to Town
1953
Will Hall
movieKansas Pacific
1953
Capt. John Nelson
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Joe Turner
movieThe Star
1952
Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
movieFlat Top
1952
Commander Dan Collier
movieThe Golden Hawk
1952
Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
movieHellgate
1952
Lt. Tod Voorhees
movieFlaming Feather
1952
Tex McCloud
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Maj. Jim Curtis
movieJourney Into Light
1951
Rev, John Burrows
movieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
Dix Handley
movieManhandled
1949
Joe Cooper
movieEl Paso
1949
Bert Donner
movieVariety Girl
1947
Sterling Hayden
movieBlaze of Noon
1947
Tad McDonald
movieBahama Passage
1941
Adrian Ainsworth
movieVirginia
1941
Norman Williams
