Acting
Sterling Hayden
- Titles
- 76movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1941 to 2016, with a break from 1982 to 2015, busiest in 1952 and 1955 with 6 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 52top three billing
- Average score
59/100
- Highest rated
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.3average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.7
- Crime5.3average 3.7
- Politics3.6average 2.6
- Tension6.7average 6.0
- Violence4.9average 4.2
- Mystery4.6average 4.1
- Class & Capitalism3.7average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.4
- Coming of Age1.6, average 3.0
- Situational Comedy1.5, average 2.7
- Wonder2.4, average 3.4
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Film Noir 6
- Historical Setting 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Cult Classic 4
- Psychological Tension 4
- Character Study 4
- 1950s 4
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Complex Plot 3
- Stylish Cinematography 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Tension 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Lesley SelanderDirectorArrow In The Dust, Flat Top, Shotgun, Fighter Attack- HHarry NeumannCinematographerFlat Top, Kansas Pacific, Gun Battle at Monterey, Fighter Attack
Ben CooperActorJohnny Guitar, The Last Command, The Eternal Sea
Virginia GreyActorThe Last Command, Crime of Passion, The Eternal Sea
J. Carrol NaishActorThe Last Command, Denver and Rio Grande, Fighter Attack
Ted de CorsiaActorThe Killing, Crime Wave, Gun Battle at Monterey- WWilliam AustinEditorArrow In The Dust, Flat Top, Kansas Pacific
Ernest LaszloCinematographerValerie, Manhandled, The Star- RRay RennahanCinematographerFlaming Feather, Terror in a Texas Town, Denver and Rio Grande
- PPaul DunlapComposerHellgate, Crime of Passion, The Come On
- PPaul SawtellComposerFlaming Feather, 5 Steps to Danger, Denver and Rio Grande
Ward BondActorJohnny Guitar, Hellgate
Movies and TV shows
732010s
1 title
as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
1990s
1 title · average score 91
as Captain Mark McCluskey
1980s
6 titles · average score 56
TV show · as John Brown
as Howard Anderson
as Duke Stuyvesant
as Russell Tinsworthy
as Jeremiah
1970s
16 titles · average score 65
as Seamus Flaherty
as Z.K. Dawson
as King Zharko Stepanowicz
as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
as Malcolm Robarts
as Roger Wade
as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
as Captain McCluskey
as M. Nature / The Leader
as Mason / Custer
as Lepridon
as Allan
1960s
3 titles · average score 67
as Michael Carlson
as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
as Daniel Grudge
1950s
40 titles · average score 61
as Captain Martin Treleaven
as Johnny Clay
as John Emmett
as Lt. William Doyle
as Jim Bowie
as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
as Sheriff Tod Shaw
as Joe E. Conroy
as Bart Laish
as Det. Lt. Sims
as Tex McCloud
as Dix Handley
1940s
6 titles · average score 57
as Joe Cooper
as Bert Donner
as Tad McDonald
as Sterling Hayden
as Norman Williams
as Adrian Ainsworth