Highest rated as cast or director
Sterling Hayden's 8 titles from the 1950s have a median Balasaur Score of 76, led by The Killing (85) and The Asphalt Jungle (83), against 68 for those from the 1970s.
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."
Acted in 72
2010s
- 2016
The Albatross
Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
1990s
- 1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Captain Mark McCluskey
1980s
- 1982
The Blue and the Gray
John Brown · 3 episodes
- 1981
Gas
Duke Stuyvesant
- 1980
The Starlost: The Beginning
Jeremiah
1970s
- 1979
The Outsider
Seamus Flaherty
- 1978
King of the Gypsies
King Zharko Stepanowicz
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
Deadly Strangers
Malcolm Robarts
- 1973
The Final Programme
Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
- 1972
The Big Departure
M. Nature / The Leader
- 1971
Angel's Leap
Mason / Custer
- 1970
Sweet Hunters
Allan
Loving
Lepridon
1960s
- 1969
Hard Contract
Michael Carlson
- 1964
1950s
- 1958
Old Man
Tall Convict
Ten Days To Tulara
Scotty
- 1957
Zero Hour!
Captain Martin Treleaven
Gun Battle at Monterey
Jay Turner / John York
A Sound of Different Drummers
Gordon Miller
- 1956
The Come On
Dave Arnold
- 1955
Top Gun
Rick Martin
The Eternal Sea
Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
Timberjack
Tim Chipman
Battle Taxi
Capt. Russ Edwards
- 1954
Naked Alibi
Joe E. Conroy
Arrow In The Dust
Bart Laish
- 1953
Fighter Attack
Steve
So Big
Pervis De Jong
Crime Wave
Det. Lt. Sims
Take Me to Town
Will Hall
General Electric Theater
Joe Turner · 1 episode
- 1952
Flat Top
Commander Dan Collier
The Golden Hawk
Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
Denver and Rio Grande
McCabe
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Maj. Jim Curtis · 1 episode
Journey Into Light
Rev, John Burrows
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
Manhandled
Joe Cooper
- 1947
Variety Girl
Sterling Hayden
Blaze of Noon
Tad McDonald
- 1941
Bahama Passage
Adrian Ainsworth
Virginia
Norman Williams
Wrote 1
1980s
- 1984
The Shipwrecker
Book
Appearances11
2020s
- 2022
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
- 2020
2010s
- 2016
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1983
Pharos of Chaos
Self - Actor
- 1982
At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden
Self
1970s
- 1976
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
Self
