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Sterling Hayden

Cast & creator

Sterling Hayden

1916-03-26 (died at 70) Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USAIMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Godfather, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

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."

Also known as: Sterling Relyea Walter, Sterling Walter Hayden, استرلینگ هایدن

Movies

76

film credits

Series

10

television credits

Career

85

1941–2022 · acting roles

Credit score

6.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Godfather

The Godfather

Captain McCluskey · 1972

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Link Stevens · 1956

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

Acting · 1956

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper · 1964

Across film & television

Filmography (86)

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Godfather

The Godfather

Captain McCluskey

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Link Stevens

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper

Banacek

Banacek

Tony Fowler

The Killing

The Killing

Johnny Clay

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Capt. Mark McCluskey

The Starlost

The Starlost

Old Jeremiah

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

Russell Tinsworthy

The Blue and the Gray

The Blue and the Gray

John Brown

Kubrick by Kubrick

Kubrick by Kubrick

Self (archive footage)

The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

Roger Wade

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Joe Turner

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Maj. Jim Curtis

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

Dix Handley

1900

1900

Leo Dalcò

The Iron Sheriff

The Iron Sheriff

Sheriff Samuel Galt

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

Captain Mark McCluskey

King of the Gypsies

King of the Gypsies

King Zharko Stepanowicz

Prince Valiant

Prince Valiant

Sir Gawain

Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

Johnny 'Guitar' Logan

Winter Kills

Winter Kills

Z.K. Dawson

The Last Command

The Last Command

Jim Bowie

Naked Alibi

Naked Alibi

Joe E. Conroy

Rat Pack

Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)

Crime of Passion

Crime of Passion

Lt. William Doyle

Crime Wave

Crime Wave

Det. Lt. Sims

Suddenly

Suddenly

Sheriff Tod Shaw

5 Steps to Danger

5 Steps to Danger

John Emmett

Denver and Rio Grande

Denver and Rio Grande

McCabe

Venom

Venom

Howard Anderson

Arrow In The Dust

Arrow In The Dust

Bart Laish

Valerie

Valerie

John Garth

Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

Self (archive footage)

Angel's Leap

Angel's Leap

Mason / Custer

Sweet Hunters

Sweet Hunters

Allan

The Albatross

The Albatross

Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)

Terror in a Texas Town

Terror in a Texas Town

George Hansen

So Big

So Big

Pervis De Jong

Days of Wine and Roses

Days of Wine and Roses

Self (introduction)

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

Self

The Eternal Sea

The Eternal Sea

Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins

Flaming Feather

Flaming Feather

Tex McCloud

The Final Programme

The Final Programme

Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh

Cry, Onion!

Cry, Onion!

Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer

Carol for Another Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas

Daniel Grudge

Old Man

Old Man

Tall Convict

Gun Battle at Monterey

Gun Battle at Monterey

Jay Turner / John York

A Sound of Different Drummers

A Sound of Different Drummers

Gordon Miller

Variety Girl

Variety Girl

Sterling Hayden

Shotgun

Shotgun

Clay Hardin

Gas

Gas

Duke Stuyvesant

Flat Top

Flat Top

Commander Dan Collier

The Starlost: The Beginning

The Starlost: The Beginning

Jeremiah

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Self (intro/outro)

The Star

Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester

Hard Contract

Hard Contract

Michael Carlson

Ten Days To Tulara

Ten Days To Tulara

Scotty

Blaze of Noon

Blaze of Noon

Tad McDonald

Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!

Captain Martin Treleaven

Take Me to Town

Take Me to Town

Will Hall

Top Gun

Top Gun

Rick Martin

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

Self (archive footage)

Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific

Capt. John Nelson

El Paso

El Paso

Bert Donner

The Come On

The Come On

Dave Arnold

Manhandled

Manhandled

Joe Cooper

The Golden Hawk

The Golden Hawk

Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo

Hellgate

Hellgate

Lt. Tod Voorhees

Deadly Strangers

Deadly Strangers

Malcolm Robarts

Pharos of Chaos

Pharos of Chaos

Self - Actor

Timberjack

Timberjack

Tim Chipman

The Big Departure

The Big Departure

M. Nature / The Leader

The Outsider

The Outsider

Seamus Flaherty

Journey Into Light

Journey Into Light

Rev, John Burrows

Fighter Attack

Fighter Attack

Steve

Loving

Loving

Lepridon

Bahama Passage

Bahama Passage

Adrian Ainsworth

Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer

Himself

The Shipwrecker

The Shipwrecker

Book

At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden

At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden

Himself

Virginia

Virginia

Norman Williams

Battle Taxi

Battle Taxi

Capt. Russ Edwards