Acting
Sterling Hayden
FR, EN, DE, IT cinema · 76 credits
Born
26 March 1916
Died
23 May 1986 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Sterling Relyea Walter · Sterling Walter Hayden · استرلینگ هایدن
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
Filmography
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
as Self (archive footage)
The Albatross
as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Captain Mark McCluskey
Pharos of Chaos
as Self - Actor
Venom
as Howard Anderson
Gas
as Duke Stuyvesant
Nine to Five
as Russell Tinsworthy
The Starlost: The Beginning
as Jeremiah
Winter Kills
as Z.K. Dawson
The Outsider
as Seamus Flaherty
King of the Gypsies
as King Zharko Stepanowicz
1900
as Leo Dalcò
Deadly Strangers
as Malcolm Robarts
Cry, Onion!
as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
The Long Goodbye
as Roger Wade
The Final Programme
as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
The Godfather
as Captain McCluskey
The Big Departure
as M. Nature / The Leader
Angel's Leap
as Mason / Custer
Loving
as Lepridon
Sweet Hunters
as Allan
Hard Contract
as Michael Carlson
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
Carol for Another Christmas
as Daniel Grudge
Terror in a Texas Town
as George Hansen
Ten Days To Tulara
as Scotty
Old Man
as Tall Convict
Days of Wine and Roses
as Self (introduction)
Zero Hour!
as Captain Martin Treleaven
Valerie
as John Garth
Gun Battle at Monterey
as Jay Turner / John York
The Iron Sheriff
as Sheriff Samuel Galt
A Sound of Different Drummers
as Gordon Miller
The Killing
as Johnny Clay
Crime of Passion
as Lt. William Doyle
The Come On
as Dave Arnold
5 Steps to Danger
as John Emmett
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Self (intro/outro)
Battle Taxi
as Capt. Russ Edwards
Shotgun
as Clay Hardin
Top Gun
as Rick Martin
The Eternal Sea
as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
Timberjack
as Tim Chipman
The Last Command
as Jim Bowie
Johnny Guitar
as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
Naked Alibi
as Joe E. Conroy
Prince Valiant
as Sir Gawain
Suddenly
as Sheriff Tod Shaw
Arrow In The Dust
as Bart Laish
Kansas Pacific
as Capt. John Nelson
So Big
as Pervis De Jong
Crime Wave
as Det. Lt. Sims
Take Me to Town
as Will Hall
Fighter Attack
as Steve
Flat Top
as Commander Dan Collier
The Star
as Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
Denver and Rio Grande
as McCabe
The Golden Hawk
as Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
Hellgate
as Lt. Tod Voorhees
Flaming Feather
as Tex McCloud
Journey Into Light
as Rev, John Burrows
The Asphalt Jungle
as Dix Handley
Manhandled
as Joe Cooper
El Paso
as Bert Donner
Variety Girl
as Sterling Hayden
Blaze of Noon
as Tad McDonald
Bahama Passage
as Adrian Ainsworth
Virginia
as Norman Williams