Sterling Hayden
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1916-03-26
- Died
- 1986-05-23
- Place of birth
- Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Sterling Relyea Walter · Sterling Walter Hayden · استرلینگ هایدن
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 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
TV Shows (9)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Link Stevens
Playhouse 90
1956
Banacek
1972
as Tony Fowler
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Capt. Mark McCluskey
The Starlost
1973
as Old Jeremiah
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as John Brown
General Electric Theater
1953
as Joe Turner
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Maj. Jim Curtis
Movies (75)
The Godfather
1972
as Captain McCluskey
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
The Long Goodbye
1973
as Roger Wade
1900
1976
as Leo Dalcò
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Capt. Mark McCluskey
Nine to Five
1980
as Russell Tinsworthy
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
The Killing
1956
as Johnny Clay
Cry, Onion!
1975
as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Dix Handley
Crime Wave
1953
as Det. Lt. Sims
King of the Gypsies
1978
as King Zharko Stepanowicz
Winter Kills
1979
as Z.K. Dawson
Suddenly
1954
as Sheriff Tod Shaw
Loving
1970
as Lepridon
The Star
1952
as Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Venom
1981
as Howard Anderson
Crime of Passion
1956
as Lt. William Doyle
Naked Alibi
1954
as Joe E. Conroy
Prince Valiant
1954
as Sir Gawain
The Last Command
1955
as Jim Bowie
Zero Hour!
1957
as Captain Martin Treleaven
Gas
1981
as Duke Stuyvesant
Hellgate
1952
as Lt. Tod Voorhees
Kansas Pacific
1953
as Capt. John Nelson
Fighter Attack
1953
as Steve
5 Steps to Danger
1956
as John Emmett
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Self (intro/outro)
Shotgun
1955
as Clay Hardin
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Daniel Grudge
Variety Girl
1947
as Sterling Hayden
Valerie
1957
as John Garth
Bahama Passage
1941
as Adrian Ainsworth
The Final Programme
1973
as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
So Big
1953
as Pervis De Jong
Flaming Feather
1952
as Tex McCloud
El Paso
1949
as Bert Donner
Top Gun
1955
as Rick Martin
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
1976
as Self
Manhandled
1949
as Joe Cooper
Virginia
1941
as Norman Williams
The Eternal Sea
1955
as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
The Iron Sheriff
1957
as Sheriff Samuel Galt
Old Man
1958
as Tall Convict
The Starlost: The Beginning
1980
as Jeremiah
Gun Battle at Monterey
1957
as Jay Turner / John York
Terror in a Texas Town
1958
as George Hansen
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as McCabe
Take Me to Town
1953
as Will Hall
The Golden Hawk
1952
as Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
Arrow In The Dust
1954
as Bart Laish
Deadly Strangers
1975
as Malcolm Robarts
The Outsider
1979
as Seamus Flaherty
Ten Days To Tulara
1958
as Scotty
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Tad McDonald
Hard Contract
1969
as Michael Carlson
Flat Top
1952
as Commander Dan Collier
Battle Taxi
1955
as Capt. Russ Edwards
Timberjack
1955
as Tim Chipman
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
as Self (introduction)
Journey Into Light
1951
as Rev, John Burrows
Angel's Leap
1971
as Mason / Custer
Sweet Hunters
1970
as Allan
Pharos of Chaos
1983
as Self - Actor
The Albatross
2016
as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
The Big Departure
1972
as M. Nature / The Leader
The Come On
1956
as Dave Arnold
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016
as Self (archive footage)
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
as Gordon Miller
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
1985
as Himself
At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden
1982
as Himself
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)
About Sterling Hayden
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 c… With 84 credits spanning from 1941 to 2022, Sterling Hayden has appeared in 75 films and 9 TV shows.
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- The Godfather (1972) — as Captain McCluskey
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) — as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
- The Long Goodbye (1973) — as Roger Wade
- 1900 (1976) — as Leo Dalcò
- The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 (2016) — as Capt. Mark McCluskey
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