Alternating between films and television, Sterling appeared in several television anthology series during the 1950s, and played film roles in "Caged" (1950), "Mystery Street" (1950), "Union Station" (1950), "The Mating Season" (1951), "Ace in the Hole" (1951), "Flesh and Fury" (1952), "The High and the Mighty" (1954), "Female on the Beach" (1955), and "High School Confidential" (1958).