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Sterling Hayden

Actor, Additional Credits
Died May 23, 1986 (70 years)
Sterling Walter Hayden, born Sterling Relyea Walter, was an American actor and author. He didn't really harbor any aspirations of being an actor, 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.''
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Suddenly
  • Kansas Pacific
  • Deadly Strangers
  • Shotgun
Known For
  • The Godfather
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • The Killing
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • The Long Goodbye
  • Johnny Guitar
  • Nine to Five
  • Crime Wave
  • Suddenly
  • 1900
  • Terror in a Texas Town
  • The Star
  • Naked Alibi
  • King of the Gypsies
  • Crime of Passion
  • The Last Command
  • Kansas Pacific
  • Zero Hour!
  • Top Gun
  • Winter Kills
  • Venom
  • The Godfather: A Novel for Television
  • Prince Valiant
  • 5 Steps to Danger

Filmography

2016
The Albatross · as Glass Man (voice) (archive Footage)
2013
2013
2006
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · as Johnny 'guitar' Logan
1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Capt. Mccluskey
1982
The Blue and the Gray (TV Series) · as John Brown
1981
Venom · as Howard Anderson
1981
Gas · as Duke Stuyvesant
1980
Nine to Five · as Russell Tinsworthy
1980
1979
The Outsider · as Seamus Flaherty
1979
Winter Kills · as Z.k. Dawson
1979
The Wild West · as Cast
1978
King of the Gypsies · as King Zharko Stepanowicz
1977
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (TV Series) · as Capt. Mark Mccluskey
1976
America at the Movies · as Dix Handley
1976
1900 · as Leo Dalcò
1975
Cry, Onion · as Henry 'jack' Pullitzer
1975
Deadly Strangers · as Malcolm Robarts
1973
The Final Programme · as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
1973
The Starlost (TV Series) · as Old Jeremiah
1973
The Long Goodbye · as Roger Wade
1972
Le grand départ · as M. Nature / The Leader
1972
The Godfather · as Captain Mccluskey
1972
Banacek (TV Series) · as Tony Fowler
1971
Angel's Leap · as Mason / Custer
1970
Loving · as Lepridon
1969
Ternos Caçadores · as Allan
1969
Hard Contract · as Michael Carlson
1964
Carol for Another Christmas · as Daniel Grudge
1964
1958
Ten Days to Tulara · as Scotty
1958
Terror in a Texas Town · as George Hansen
1957
Zero Hour! · as Captain Martin Treleaven
1957
Gun Battle at Monterey · as Jay Turner / John York
1957
Goodyear Theatre (TV Series) · as Lt. Charles Ewell
1957
The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Ethan Frome
1957
Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Les Rand
1957
The Iron Sheriff · as Sheriff Samuel Galt
1957
Valerie · as John Garth
1956
Crime of Passion · as Lt. William Doyle
1956
5 Steps to Danger · as John Emmett
1956
Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Link Stevens
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
1956
The Killing · as Johnny Clay
1956
The Come On · as Dave Arnold
1955
Top Gun · as Rick Martin
1955
The Last Command · as Jim Bowie
1955
The Eternal Sea · as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
1955
Shotgun · as Clay Hardin
1955
Timberjack · as Tim Chipman
1955
Battle Taxi · as Capt. Russ Edwards
1954
Naked Alibi · as Joe E. Conroy
1954
Suddenly · as Sheriff Tod Shaw
1954
Johnny Guitar · as Johnny 'guitar' Logan
1954
Arrow in the Dust · as Bart Laish
1954
Prince Valiant · as Sir Gawain
1953
Take Me to Town · as Will Hall
1953
Fighter Attack · as Steve
1953
So Big · as Pervis De Jong
1953
Crime Wave · as Det. Lt. Sims
1953
Kansas Pacific · as Capt. John Nelson
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Joe Turner
1952
The Star · as Jim Johannsen Aka Barry Lester
1952
Flat Top · as Commander Dan Collier
1952
The Golden Hawk · as Kit 'the Hawk' Gerardo
1952
Denver & Rio Grande · as Mccabe
1952
Hellgate · as Lt. Tod Voorhees
1952
Flaming Feather · as Tex Mccloud
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Maj. Jim Curtis
1951
Journey Into Light · as Rev, John Burrows
1950
The Asphalt Jungle · as Dix Handley
1949
El Paso · as Bert Donner
1949
Manhandled · as Joe Cooper
1947
Blaze of Noon · as Tad Mcdonald
1941
Bahama Passage · as Adrian Ainsworth
1941
Virginia · as Norman Williams

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