Acting
Sterling Hayden
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
Rat Pack
Film · 2022
Kubrick by Kubrick
Film · 2020
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
Film · 2016
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
Film · 2016
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
Film · 2016
The Albatross
Film · 2016
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Film · 1992
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
Film · 1985
Pharos of Chaos
Film · 1983
At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden
Film · 1982
The Blue and the Gray
Series · 1982
Venom
Film · 1981
Gas
Film · 1981
Nine to Five
Film · 1980
The Starlost: The Beginning
Film · 1980
Winter Kills
Film · 1979
The Outsider
Film · 1979
King of the Gypsies
Film · 1978
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Series · 1977
1900
Film · 1976
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
Film · 1976
Deadly Strangers
Film · 1975
Cry, Onion!
Film · 1975
The Long Goodbye
Film · 1973
The Final Programme
Film · 1973
The Starlost
Series · 1973
The Godfather
Film · 1972
The Big Departure
Film · 1972
Banacek
Series · 1972
Angel's Leap
Film · 1971
Loving
Film · 1970
Sweet Hunters
Film · 1970
Hard Contract
Film · 1969
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Film · 1964
Carol for Another Christmas
Film · 1964
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Terror in a Texas Town
Film · 1958
Ten Days To Tulara
Film · 1958
Old Man
Film · 1958
Days of Wine and Roses
Film · 1958
Zero Hour!
Film · 1957
Valerie
Film · 1957
Gun Battle at Monterey
Film · 1957
The Iron Sheriff
Film · 1957
A Sound of Different Drummers
Film · 1957
The Killing
Film · 1956
Crime of Passion
Film · 1956
The Come On
Film · 1956
5 Steps to Danger
Film · 1956
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Film · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Playhouse 90
Series · 1956
Battle Taxi
Film · 1955
Shotgun
Film · 1955
Top Gun
Film · 1955
The Eternal Sea
Film · 1955
Timberjack
Film · 1955
The Last Command
Film · 1955
Johnny Guitar
Film · 1954
Naked Alibi
Film · 1954
Prince Valiant
Film · 1954
Suddenly
Film · 1954
Arrow In The Dust
Film · 1954
Kansas Pacific
Film · 1953
So Big
Film · 1953
Crime Wave
Film · 1953
Take Me to Town
Film · 1953
Fighter Attack
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Flat Top
Film · 1952
The Star
Film · 1952
Denver and Rio Grande
Film · 1952
The Golden Hawk
Film · 1952
Hellgate
Film · 1952
Flaming Feather
Film · 1952
Journey Into Light
Film · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
The Asphalt Jungle
Film · 1950
Manhandled
Film · 1949
El Paso
Film · 1949
Variety Girl
Film · 1947
Blaze of Noon
Film · 1947
Bahama Passage
Film · 1941
Virginia
Film · 1941