Sterling Hayden

Career timeline

1. 1916 · Born

   Born in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA

2. 1941 · Screen debut

   Virginia (Movie)

3. 1956 · Breakthrough

   The Killing (Movie)

4. 1986 · Died

   May 23, 1986

5. 2016 · Latest release

   The Albatross (Movie)

Career in numbers

6 1940s

40 1950s

3 1960s

16 1970s

5 1980s

1 1990s

1 2010s

• Drama38
• Western19
• Crime16
• Comedy11
• Thriller11
• Romance9

Highest-rated title The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 1992 8.9 Most popular title The Godfather 1972 8.7

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Sterling Hayden in our catalogue.

Mario Puzo

3 titles together

Diane Keaton

2 titles together

John Cazale

2 titles together

Al Pacino

2 titles together

James Caan

2 titles together

1. 2016 The Albatross as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage) Movie
2. 1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 as Captain Mark McCluskey 8.9 Movie
3. 1982 The Blue and the Gray as John Brown 6.8 TV
4. 1981 Venom as Howard Anderson 5.7 Movie
5. 1981 Gas as Duke Stuyvesant Movie
6. 1980 Nine to Five as Russell Tinsworthy 7.0 Movie
7. 1980 The Starlost: The Beginning as Jeremiah Movie
8. 1979 The Outsider as Seamus Flaherty Movie
9. 1979 Winter Kills as Z.K. Dawson 5.7 Movie
10. 1978 King of the Gypsies as King Zharko Stepanowicz 5.8 Movie
11. 1977 Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television as Capt. Mark McCluskey 8.6 TV
12. 1976 1900 as Leo Dalcò 7.8 Movie
13. 1975 Cry, Onion! as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer 5.3 Movie
14. 1975 Deadly Strangers as Malcolm Robarts Movie
15. 1973 The Final Programme as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh 5.4 Movie
16. 1973 The Starlost as Old Jeremiah TV
17. 1973 The Long Goodbye as Roger Wade 7.4 Movie
18. 1972 The Big Departure as M. Nature / The Leader Movie
19. 1972 Banacek as Tony Fowler 8.4 TV
20. 1972 The Godfather as Captain McCluskey 8.7 Movie
21. 1971 Angel's Leap as Mason / Custer Movie
22. 1970 Sweet Hunters as Allan Movie
23. 1970 Loving as Lepridon Movie
24. 1969 Hard Contract as Michael Carlson Movie
25. 1964 Carol for Another Christmas as Daniel Grudge 5.9 Movie
26. 1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper 8.1 Movie
27. 1958 Old Man as Tall Convict Movie
28. 1958 Ten Days To Tulara as Scotty Movie
29. 1958 Terror in a Texas Town as George Hansen 6.7 Movie
30. 1957 Zero Hour! as Captain Martin Treleaven 6.6 Movie
31. 1957 Gun Battle at Monterey as Jay Turner / John York Movie
32. 1957 A Sound of Different Drummers as Gordon Miller Movie
33. 1957 Valerie as John Garth Movie
34. 1957 The Iron Sheriff as Sheriff Samuel Galt Movie
35. 1956 Crime of Passion as Lt. William Doyle 6.1 Movie
36. 1956 5 Steps to Danger as John Emmett Movie
37. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Link Stevens TV
38. 1956 Playhouse 90 TV
39. 1956 The Killing as Johnny Clay 7.6 Movie
40. 1956 The Come On as Dave Arnold Movie
41. 1955 Top Gun as Rick Martin Movie
42. 1955 The Last Command as Jim Bowie Movie
43. 1955 Shotgun as Clay Hardin 5.6 Movie
44. 1955 The Eternal Sea as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins Movie
45. 1955 Timberjack as Tim Chipman Movie
46. 1955 Battle Taxi as Capt. Russ Edwards Movie
47. 1954 Naked Alibi as Joe E. Conroy 6.1 Movie
48. 1954 Suddenly as Sheriff Tod Shaw 6.4 Movie
49. 1954 Johnny Guitar as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan 7.4 Movie
50. 1954 Arrow In The Dust as Bart Laish Movie
51. 1954 Prince Valiant as Sir Gawain 6.1 Movie
52. 1953 Fighter Attack as Steve Movie
53. 1953 So Big as Pervis De Jong Movie
54. 1953 Crime Wave as Det. Lt. Sims 7.1 Movie
55. 1953 Take Me to Town as Will Hall Movie
56. 1953 Kansas Pacific as Capt. John Nelson 5.0 Movie
57. 1953 General Electric Theater as Joe Turner TV
58. 1952 The Star as Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester 7.2 Movie
59. 1952 Flat Top as Commander Dan Collier Movie
60. 1952 The Golden Hawk as Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo Movie
61. 1952 Hellgate as Lt. Tod Voorhees Movie
62. 1952 Denver and Rio Grande as McCabe Movie
63. 1952 Flaming Feather as Tex McCloud Movie
64. 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Maj. Jim Curtis TV
65. 1951 Journey Into Light as Rev, John Burrows Movie
66. 1950 The Asphalt Jungle as Dix Handley 7.5 Movie
67. 1949 Manhandled as Joe Cooper Movie
68. 1949 El Paso as Bert Donner Movie
69. 1947 Variety Girl as Sterling Hayden Movie
70. 1947 Blaze of Noon as Tad McDonald Movie
71. 1941 Bahama Passage as Adrian Ainsworth Movie
72. 1941 Virginia as Norman Williams Movie

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