Real name: Sterling Relyea Walter
Born March 26, 1916 - Upper Montclair, New Jersey
Died (of cancer) May 23, 1986 - Sausalito, California
During the Hollywood blacklisting of the 1950s,
Sterling Hayden confessed to prior membership
in the Communist party and named colleagues
as members.
His life interest was sailing. He wrote two books
about life at sea, "Wanderer" and "Voyage."
Filmography
1. The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
2. Lighthouse of Chaos (1983)
3. Venom (1982)
4. The Blue and the Gray (1982)
5. Gas (1981) - Duke Stuyvesant
6. Nine to Five (1980) - Tinsworthy
7. The Outsider (1979) - Seamus Flaherty
8. Winter Kills (1979) - Z.K. Dawson
9. King of the Gypsies (1978) - King Zharko Stepanowicz
10. 1900 (1976) - Leo Dalco
11. The Cinema According to Bertolucci (1975)
12. Spaghetti Western (1975) - Jack Pulitzer
13. Is It Any Wonder? (1975)
14. Los Locos del oro negro (1975)
15. Deadly Strangers (1974) - Malcolm Robarts
16.
The Long Goodbye (1973) - Roger Wade
17. Beginning (1973)
18. The Last Days of Man on Earth (1973) - Maj.
Wrongway Lindbergh
19. The Godfather (1972) - Police Captain McCluskey
20. The Big Departure (1972) - "The Leader"
21. Operation: Cobra (1971) - Custer
22. Loving (1970) - Lepridon
23. Shadows in the Dark (1970) - Joe
24. Hard Contract (1969) - Michael Carlson
25. Jailbird (1969) - Allan
26.
Dr. Strangelove (1964) - General Jack
D. Ripper
27. Carol for Another Christmas (1964) - Grudge
28. Ten Days to Tulara (1958) - Scotty
29. Terror in a Texas Town (1958) - George Hansen
30. Crime of Passion (1957) - Bill Doyle
31. The Iron Sheriff (1957) - Sheriff Galt
32. Five Steps to Danger (1957) - John Emmett
33. Gun Battle at Monterey (1957) - Turner/York
34. Valerie (1957) - John Garth
35. Zero Hour (1957) - Treleaven
36. The Come-On (1956) - Dane Arnold
37.
The Killing (1956) - Johnny Clay
38. Battle Taxi (1955) - Capt. Russ Edwards
39. The Eternal Sea (1955) - Admiral John M. Hoskins
40. The Last Command (1955) - Jim Bowie
41. Shotgun (1955) - Clay
42. Timberjack (1955) - Tim Chipman
43. Top Gun (1955) - Rick Martin
44.
Johnny Guitar (1954) - Johnny Guitar
45.
Suddenly (1954) - Sheriff Tod Shaw
46. Crime Wave (1954) - Detective Lieutenant Sims
47. Arrow In the Dust (1954) - Bart Laish
48. Naked Alibi (1954) - Chief Joe Conroy
49. Prince Valiant (1954) - Sir Gawain
50. Fighter Attack (1953) - Steve
51. Kansas Pacific (1953) - Capt. John Nelson
52. So Big (1953) - Pervis DeJong
53. Take Me to Town (1953) - Will Hall
54. The Denver and Rio Grande (1952) - McCabe
55. Flat Top (1952) - Dan Collier
56. The Golden Hawk (1952) - Kit Gerardo
57. Hellgate (1952)
58. The Star (1952) - Jim Johannson
59. Flaming Feather (1951) - Tex McCloud
60. Journey Into Light (1951) - John Burrows
61.
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) - Dix Handley
62. Manhandled (1949) - Joe Cooper
63. El Paso (1949) - Bert Donner
64. Variety Girl (1947)
65. Blaze of Noon (1947) - Tad McDonald
66. Bahama Passage (1941) - Adrian
67. Virginia (1941) - Norman Williams