Sterling Hayden
1916–1986 · American actor
Sterling Walter Hayden was an American actor. A leading man for most of his career, he specialized in Westerns and film noir throughout the 1950s, in films such as John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar (1954), and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956). In the 1960s, he became noted for supporting roles, perhaps most memorably as General Jack D. Ripper in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
Sterling Hayden, in order
- 1941 Bahama Passage: acted · directed by Edward H. Griffith
- 1947 Blaze of Noon: acted · directed by John Farrow
- 1947 Variety Girl: acted · directed by George Marshall
- 1950 Manhandled: acted · directed by Lewis R. Foster
- 1950 The Asphalt Jungle: acted · directed by John Huston
- 1951 Journey into Light: acted · directed by Stuart Heisler
- 1952 Denver and Rio Grande: acted · directed by Byron Haskin
- 1952 Flaming Feather: acted · directed by Ray Enright
- 1952 Flat Top: acted · directed by Lesley Selander
- 1952 Hellgate: acted · directed by Charles Marquis Warren
- 1952 The Golden Hawk: acted · directed by Sidney Salkow
- 1952 The Star: acted · directed by Stuart Heisler
- 1953 Fighter Attack: acted · directed by Lesley Selander
- 1953 Kansas Pacific: acted · directed by Ray Nazarro
- 1953 So Big: acted · directed by Robert Wise
- 1953 Take Me to Town: acted · directed by Douglas Sirk
- 1954 Arrow In the Dust: acted · directed by Lesley Selander
- 1954 Crime Wave: acted · directed by André de Toth
- 1954 Johnny Guitar: acted · directed by Nicholas Ray · critics 94%, audiences 85% · streaming on Kanopy, Pluto TV, YouTube (free)
- 1954 Naked Alibi: acted · directed by Jerry Hopper
- 1954 Prince Valiant: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway · audiences 33%
- 1954 Suddenly: acted · directed by Lewis Allen
- 1955 Battle Taxi: acted · directed by Herbert L. Strock
- 1955 Shotgun: acted · directed by Lesley Selander
- 1955 The Eternal Sea: acted · directed by John H. Auer
- 1955 The Last Command: acted · directed by Frank Lloyd · audiences 40%
- 1955 Timberjack: acted · directed by Joseph Kane
- 1955 Top Gun: acted · directed by Ray Nazarro
- 1956 The Come On: acted · directed by Russell Birdwell
- 1956 The Killing: acted · directed by Stanley Kubrick · critics 96%, audiences 92% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1957 5 Steps to Danger: acted · directed by Henry S. Kesler
- 1957 Crime of Passion: acted · directed by Gerd Oswald
- 1957 Gun Battle at Monterey: acted · directed by Carl K. Hittleman and Sidney Franklin Jr.
- 1957 The Iron Sheriff: acted · directed by Sidney Salkow
- 1957 Valerie: acted · directed by Gerd Oswald
- 1957 Zero Hour!: acted · directed by Hall Bartlett
- 1958 Ten Days to Tulara: acted · directed by George Sherman
- 1958 Terror in a Texas Town: acted · directed by Joseph H. Lewis
- 1964 Dr. Strangelove: acted · directed by Stanley Kubrick · critics 97%, audiences 94% · streaming on Tubi
- 1969 Hard Contract: acted · directed by S. Lee Pogostin
- 1970 Loving: acted · directed by Irvin Kershner
- 1970 Ternos Caçadores: acted · directed by Ruy Guerra
- 1971 Angel's Leap: acted · directed by Yves Boisset
- 1972 Le grand départ: acted · directed by Martial Raysse
- 1972 The Godfather: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 97%, audiences 98% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
- 1973 The Final Programme: acted · directed by Robert Fuest
- 1973 The Long Goodbye: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 93%, audiences 86% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
- 1975 Cry, Onion!: acted · directed by Enzo G. Castellari
- 1976 1900: acted · directed by Bernardo Bertolucci · critics 57%, audiences 84% · streaming on MGM+
- 1977 The Godfather Saga (TV movie): acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- 1978 King of the Gypsies: acted · directed by Frank Pierson
- 1979 Winter Kills: acted · directed by William Richert · critics 86%, audiences 52% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
- 1980 9 to 5: acted · directed by Colin Higgins
- 1981 Gas: acted · directed by Les Rose
- 1981 Venom: acted · directed by Piers Haggard and Tobe Hooper
- 1983 Leuchtturm des Chaos: acted · directed by Manfred Blank and Wolf-Eckart Bühler
- 1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola