- Films
- 48
- Avg rating
- 6.93
- Peak run
- 1964’76
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Sterling by the numbers
Average
6.93
23 rated films
Vote weighted
7.10
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.87
rating spread
Career
33y
1949 to 1981
Total votes
3.17M
across every film
Best
9.2
The Godfather
Worst
6.8
Suddenly
Newest first
Filmography
| 1981 | Gas | Duke Stuyvesant | · | 420 |
| 1981 | Venom | Howard Anderson | 5.8 | 3,783 |
| 1980 |  9 to 5 | Tinsworthy | 7.0 | 49,406 |
| 1979 | The Outsider | Seamus Flaherty | · | 351 |
| 1979 | Winter Kills | Z.K. Dawson | 6.2 | 4,451 |
| 1978 | King of the Gypsies | King Zharko Stepanowicz | 6.3 | 1,698 |
| 1976 |  1900 | Leo Dalcò | 7.6 | 28,094 |
| 1975 | Deadly Strangers | Malcolm Robarts | · | 876 |
| 1975 | Cry, Onion | Henry 'Jack' Pulitzer | · | 847 |
| 1973 | The Final Programme | Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh | 5.4 | 1,310 |
| 1973 |  The Long Goodbye | Roger Wade | 7.5 | 45,241 |
| 1972 |  The Godfather | Capt. McCluskey | 9.2 | 2.26M |
| 1971 | Angel's Leap | Mason | · | 446 |
| 1970 | Loving | Lepridon | · | 859 |
| 1969 | Hard Contract | Michael Carlson | · | 655 |
| 1964 |  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper | 8.3 | 555K |
| 1958 | Terror in a Texas Town | George Hansen | 6.8 | 2,708 |
| 1957 | The Iron Sheriff | Sheriff Sam Galt | · | 506 |
| 1957 | Valerie | John Garth | · | 532 |
| 1957 | Zero Hour! | Capt. Martin Treleaven | 6.6 | 2,791 |
Better together?
Sterling Hayden's regulars
- Lesley SelanderDirector and actor · 3 films
- Sidney SalkowDirector and actor · 2 films
- Ray NazarroDirector and actor · 2 films
- Stanley KubrickDirector and actor · 2 films · 8.10 avg▲+0.77
- Lewis R. FosterDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.24
- Gerd OswaldDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.40 avg▲+0.06
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sterling Hayden
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.