The Godfather1972
As Captain McCluskey
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Sterling Hayden
Born
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."
Filmography (76)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
As Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Nine to Five1980
As Russell Tinsworthy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Long Goodbye1973
As Roger Wade
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Killing1956
As Johnny Clay
TMDb 7.6 / 10
19001976
As Leo Dalcò
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Asphalt Jungle1950
As Dix Handley
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Johnny Guitar1954
As Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-19801992
As Captain Mark McCluskey
TMDb 8.9 / 10
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–19592016
As Capt. Mark McCluskey
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Venom1981
As Howard Anderson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Kubrick by Kubrick2020
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Prince Valiant1954
As Sir Gawain
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Crime Wave1953
As Det. Lt. Sims
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Suddenly1954
As Sheriff Tod Shaw
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Rat Pack2022
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Last Command1955
As Jim Bowie
TMDb 6.7 / 10
King of the Gypsies1978
As King Zharko Stepanowicz
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Naked Alibi1954
As Joe E. Conroy
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Valerie1957
As John Garth
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Winter Kills1979
As Z.K. Dawson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Denver and Rio Grande1952
As McCabe
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Crime of Passion1956
As Lt. William Doyle
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Carol for Another Christmas1964
As Daniel Grudge
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Cry, Onion!1975
As Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
TMDb 5.3 / 10
5 Steps to Danger1956
As John Emmett
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Terror in a Texas Town1958
As George Hansen
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sweet Hunters1970
As Allan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hellgate1952
As Lt. Tod Voorhees
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Shotgun1955
As Clay Hardin
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Final Programme1973
As Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Arrow In The Dust1954
As Bart Laish
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Variety Girl1947
As Sterling Hayden
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Flaming Feather1952
As Tex McCloud
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Gas1981
As Duke Stuyvesant
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other2016
As Self (archive footage)
Zero Hour!1957
As Captain Martin Treleaven
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Albatross2016
As Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Cinema According to Bertolucci1976
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Angel's Leap1971
As Mason / Custer
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Flat Top1952
As Commander Dan Collier
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Iron Sheriff1957
As Sheriff Samuel Galt
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Star1952
As Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Outsider1979
As Seamus Flaherty
TMDb 5.8 / 10
El Paso1949
As Bert Donner
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Loving1970
As Lepridon
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Golden Hawk1952
As Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Big Departure1972
As M. Nature / The Leader
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'2016
As Self (archive footage)
Hard Contract1969
As Michael Carlson
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Top Gun1955
As Rick Martin
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Take Me to Town1953
As Will Hall
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Kansas Pacific1953
As Capt. John Nelson
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?2016
As Self (archive footage)
Blaze of Noon1947
As Tad McDonald
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Come On1956
As Dave Arnold
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Ten Days To Tulara1958
As Scotty
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Pharos of Chaos1983
As Self - Actor
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Requiem for a Heavyweight1956
As Self (intro/outro)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Manhandled1949
As Joe Cooper
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Journey Into Light1951
As Rev, John Burrows
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Fighter Attack1953
As Steve
TMDb 4.5 / 10
A Sound of Different Drummers1957
As Gordon Miller
Deadly Strangers1975
As Malcolm Robarts
TMDb 5.7 / 10
So Big1953
As Pervis De Jong
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Battle Taxi1955
As Capt. Russ Edwards
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Days of Wine and Roses1958
As Self (introduction)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Old Man1958
As Tall Convict
The Eternal Sea1955
As Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Bahama Passage1941
As Adrian Ainsworth
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Starlost: The Beginning1980
As Jeremiah
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Gun Battle at Monterey1957
As Jay Turner / John York
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Virginia1941
As Norman Williams
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer1985
As Himself
Timberjack1955
As Tim Chipman
TMDb 4.2 / 10
At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden1982
As Himself
Filmography and biography: TMDb