Sterling Hayden was an American actor.
Films
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Virginia | Norman Williams | Film debut |
| Bahama Passage | Adrian Ainsworth | ||
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon | Tad McDonald | |
| 1949 | El Paso | Bert Donner | |
| Manhandled | Joe Cooper | ||
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Dix Handley | |
| 1951 | Journey into Light | Reverend John Burrows | Alternate title: Skid Road |
| 1952 | The Star | Jim Johannson Barry Lester | |
| Flaming Feather | Tex McCloud | ||
| Denver and Rio Grande | McCabe | Promoted as Denver & Rio Grande in the United States | |
| Hellgate | Gilman Hanley | ||
| The Golden Hawk | Kit Gerardo/The Hawk | ||
| Flat Top | Commander Dan Collier | United Kingdom title: Eagles of the Fleet | |
| 1953 | Fighter Attack | Steve | |
| So Big | Pervis DeJong | ||
| Take Me to Town | Will Hall | ||
| Kansas Pacific | Captain John Nelson | ||
| 1954 | Crime Wave | Det. Lt. Sims | Also called The City is Dark |
| Prince Valiant | Sir Gawain | ||
| Arrow in the Dust | Bart Laish | ||
| Johnny Guitar | Johnny "Guitar" Logan | Title role | |
| Naked Alibi | Chief Joe Conroy | ||
| Suddenly | Sheriff Tod Shaw | ||
| 1955 | Battle Taxi | Capt. Russ Edwards | United States title: Operation Air Rescue |
| Timberjack | Tim Chipman | ||
| Shotgun | Clay Hardin | ||
| The Eternal Sea | Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins | Alternate title: The Admiral Hoskins Story | |
| Top Gun | Rick Martin | ||
| The Last Command | Jim Bowie | United States title: San Antonio de Bexar | |
| 1956 | The Come On | Dave Arnold | |
| The Killing | Johnny Clay | ||
| 1957 | Crime of Passion | Police Lt. Bill Doyle | |
| 5 Steps to Danger | John Emmett | ||
| Gun Battle at Monterey | Jay Turner/John York | ||
| Valerie | John Garth | ||
| Zero Hour! | Captain Martin Treleaven | ||
| The Iron Sheriff | Sheriff Samuel 'Sam' Galt | ||
| 1958 | Ten Days to Tulara | Scotty | |
| Terror in a Texas Town | George Hansen | ||
| 1964 | Dr. Strangelove | Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper | |
| Carol for Another Christmas | Daniel Grudge | TV movie | |
| 1969 | Hard Contract | Michael Carlson | |
| 1970 | Ternos Caçadores | Allan | |
| Loving | Lepridon | ||
| 1971 | Le Saut de l'ange | Mason/Custer | |
| 1972 | The Godfather | Captain McCluskey | |
| Le Grand départ | M. Nature/The Leader | ||
| 1973 | The Long Goodbye | Roger Wade/Billy Joe Smith | |
| The Final Programme | Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh | ||
| 1974 | Deadly Strangers | Malcolm Robarts | |
| 1975 | Is It Any Wonder? | ||
| Cipolla Colt | "Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer" | Alternate titles: Cry, Onion!, Spaghetti Western, The Smell of Onion | |
| 1976 | 1900 | Leo Dalcò | |
| 1978 | King of the Gypsies | King Zharko Stepanowicz | |
| 1979 | Winter Kills | Z.K. Dawson | |
| 1980 | The Outsider | Seamus Flaherty | |
| 9 to 5 | Russell Tinsworthy | ||
| 1981 | Gas | Duke Stuyvesant | |
| Venom | Howard Anderson | Final film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Episode | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | The Philip Morris Playhouse | "Nightmare" | Episode 1.5 | |
| 1954 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | "Delay at Fort Bess" | ||
| 1956 | Celebrity Playhouse | "Girl at Large" | ||
| 1957 | Zane Grey Theater | "The Necessary Breed" | Link Stevens | |
| Wagon Train | "The Les Rand Story" | Les Rand | ||
| General Electric Theater | "The Iron Horse" | Joe Turner | ||
| Playhouse 90 | "A Sound of Different Drummers" | Gordon Miller | ||
| 1958 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | "East of the Moon" | Neal Norton | |
| Goodyear Theatre | "Points Beyond" | Lieutenant Charley Ewell | ||
| Playhouse 90 | "The Last Man" | Mitch Barrett | ||
| Playhouse 90 | "The Long March" | Col. Rocky Templeton | ||
| Playhouse 90 | "Old Man" | J.J. Taylor | ||
| 1960 | The DuPont Show of the Month | "Ethan Frome" | Ethan Frome | |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas | Daniel Grudge | ||
| 1973 | The Starlost | "Voyage of Discovery" | Old Jeremiah | |
| 1974 | Banacek | "Fly Me – If You Can Find Me" | Tony Fowler | |
| 1977 | The Godfather: A Novel for Television | No.1.1 – 1.4 | Capt. McCluskey | |
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | John Brown | Last appearance |