Illustrated portrait of Sterling HaydenFLM.RED

STERLING
HAYDEN

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From film noir to The Godfather

Sterling Hayden was an American actor whose films include The Asphalt Jungle, Dr. Strangelove and The Godfather.

A career across genres

Sterling Hayden was an American actor whose screen career included film noir, westerns, satire and crime drama.

His films include John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing, both associated with crime stories and their consequences.

Hayden later appeared in Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove and played police captain McCluskey in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.

The list below shows films available on FLM.RED rather than his complete filmography.

Selected performances

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

Film appearance

1956

The Killing

Film appearance

1964

Dr. Strangelove

Film appearance

1972

The Godfather

Captain McCluskey

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.