Sterling Hayden: movies and TV shows
Sterling Hayden has 87 credits in the archive: 77 films and 10 TV series, from 1941 to 2022. Highest rated: The Godfather (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1941 – 2022 · busiest year: 1956 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 106 |
| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 104 |
| 2016 | The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 | Capt. Mark McCluskey | Film | 9.0 | 100 |
| 2016 | Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 100 |
| 2016 | The Albatross | Glass Man (voice) (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 100 |
| 2016 | Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 100 |
| 2016 | Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 100 |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 | Captain Mark McCluskey | Film | 8.9 | 76 |
| 1985 | Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer | Himself | Film | — | 69 |
| 1984 | The Shipwrecker | Film | 6.4 | 68 | |
| 1983 | Pharos of Chaos | Self - Actor | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | John Brown | TV | 6.7 | 66 |
| 1982 | At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden | Himself | Film | — | 66 |
| 1981 | Gas | Duke Stuyvesant | Film | 3.7 | 65 |
| 1981 | Venom | Howard Anderson | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 1980 | Nine to Five | Russell Tinsworthy | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1980 | The Starlost: The Beginning | Jeremiah | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1979 | Winter Kills | Z.K. Dawson | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 1979 | The Outsider | Seamus Flaherty | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 1978 | King of the Gypsies | King Zharko Stepanowicz | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1977 | Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television | Capt. Mark McCluskey | TV | 8.6 | 61 |
| 1976 | 1900 | Leo Dalcò | Film | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1976 | The Cinema According to Bertolucci | Self | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1975 | Cry, Onion! | Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer | Film | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1975 | Deadly Strangers | Malcolm Robarts | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1973 | The Starlost | Old Jeremiah | TV | 7.9 | 57 |
| 1973 | The Long Goodbye | Roger Wade | Film | 7.4 | 57 |
| 1973 | The Final Programme | Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh | Film | 5.4 | 57 |
| 1972 | The Godfather | Captain McCluskey | Film | 8.7 | 56 |
| 1972 | Banacek | Tony Fowler | TV | 8.4 | 56 |
| 1972 | The Big Departure | M. Nature / The Leader | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1971 | Angel's Leap | Mason / Custer | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1970 | Sweet Hunters | Allan | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1970 | Loving | Lepridon | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1969 | Hard Contract | Michael Carlson | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper | Film | 8.1 | 48 |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas | Daniel Grudge | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1958 | Terror in a Texas Town | George Hansen | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1958 | Days of Wine and Roses | Self (introduction) | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1958 | Old Man | Tall Convict | Film | — | 42 |
| 1958 | Ten Days To Tulara | Scotty | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1957 | Valerie | John Garth | Film | 4.6 | 41 |
| 1957 | Zero Hour! | Captain Martin Treleaven | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1957 | A Sound of Different Drummers | Gordon Miller | Film | — | 41 |
| 1957 | The Iron Sheriff | Sheriff Samuel Galt | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1957 | Gun Battle at Monterey | Jay Turner / John York | Film | 5.2 | 41 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Link Stevens | TV | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | TV | 7.6 | 40 | |
| 1956 | The Killing | Johnny Clay | Film | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1956 | 5 Steps to Danger | John Emmett | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1956 | Crime of Passion | Lt. William Doyle | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1956 | The Come On | Dave Arnold | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1956 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Self (intro/outro) | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1955 | The Last Command | Jim Bowie | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1955 | Shotgun | Clay Hardin | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea | Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1955 | Top Gun | Rick Martin | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1955 | Timberjack | Tim Chipman | Film | 4.2 | 39 |
| 1955 | Battle Taxi | Capt. Russ Edwards | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1954 | Prince Valiant | Sir Gawain | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar | Johnny 'Guitar' Logan | Film | 7.4 | 38 |
| 1954 | Naked Alibi | Joe E. Conroy | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1954 | Suddenly | Sheriff Tod Shaw | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1954 | Arrow In The Dust | Bart Laish | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Joe Turner | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1953 | Crime Wave | Det. Lt. Sims | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1953 | Kansas Pacific | Capt. John Nelson | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1953 | So Big | Pervis De Jong | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1953 | Take Me to Town | Will Hall | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1953 | Fighter Attack | Steve | Film | 4.5 | 37 |
| 1952 | Denver and Rio Grande | McCabe | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1952 | Hellgate | Lt. Tod Voorhees | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1952 | Flaming Feather | Tex McCloud | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1952 | Flat Top | Commander Dan Collier | Film | 4.6 | 36 |
| 1952 | The Star | Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1952 | The Golden Hawk | Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Maj. Jim Curtis | TV | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 35 | |
| 1951 | Journey Into Light | Rev, John Burrows | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Dix Handley | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1949 | El Paso | Bert Donner | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1949 | Manhandled | Joe Cooper | Film | 5.2 | 33 |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Sterling Hayden | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon | Tad McDonald | Film | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1941 | Bahama Passage | Adrian Ainsworth | Film | 7.5 | 25 |
| 1941 | Virginia | Norman Williams | Film | 9.0 | 25 |