John Hoyt was an American film, theatre, and television actor, October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991. He began his acting career on Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series.
John Hoyt was an American film, theatre, and television actor, October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991. He began his acting career on Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series.
He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films The Lawless (1950), When Worlds Collide (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), Spartacus (1960), Cleopatra (1963), The Outer Limits (1964), Flesh Gordon (1974), and the television series Gimme a Break! (1981-87).
Hoyt was born John McArthur Hoysradt in Bronxville, New York, the son of Warren J. Hoysradt, an investment banker, and his wife, Ethel Hoysradt, née Wolf. He attended the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, where he served on the editorial board of campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He received a bachelor's and a master's degree from Yale. He worked as a history instructor at the Groton School for two years.
Hoyt shortened his surname in 1945, the year before his film debut in O.S.S. He became a familiar face in film noir and played the strict Principal Warneke in the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle, starring Glenn Ford. He played an industrialist in the 1951 film When Worlds Collide. Hoyt appeared in one Shakespearean film: MGM's Julius Caesar, reprising the role of Decius Brutus (or Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus), whom he had played in the 1937 Mercury Theatre production. In 1952, he played Cato in Androcles and the Lion. In 1953, he portrayed Elijah in the biblical film Sins of Jezebel. He had featured roles in the big-budget sixties epics Spartacus and Cleopatra.
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Filmography (Movies)
Freeing “Trapped”
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/2019
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Character:Carmine
Release Date:21/05/2013
Mulberry Street
Character:Big Vic
Release Date:23/05/2006
The Last Request
Character:Big Joe
Release Date:16/05/2006
The Pompatus of Love
Character:Big Toe
Release Date:26/07/1996
Creepy Classics
Character:Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1987
Alvin Goes Back to School
Character:
Release Date:12/09/1986
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Character:
Release Date:16/09/1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
Character:Space Commander
Release Date:29/03/1985
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1982
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Character:Barlow
Release Date:19/11/1980
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Character:Barlow
Release Date:18/11/1980
Nero Wolfe
Character:Hewitt
Release Date:19/12/1979
A Great Ride
Character:Jukebox Drunk
Release Date:17/10/1979
In Search of Historic Jesus
Character:Synagogue Man #1
Release Date:01/08/1979
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Character:Prof. Samuel Langley
Release Date:17/12/1978
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Character:Harry Longden
Release Date:12/04/1975
Flesh Gordon
Character:Professor Gordon
Release Date:30/07/1974
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Character:Minister
Release Date:30/01/1972
The Intruders
Character:Appleton
Release Date:10/11/1970
Panic in the City
Character:Dr. Milton Becker
Release Date:01/10/1968
Winchester '73
Character:Sunrider
Release Date:14/03/1967
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Character:Larkin
Release Date:26/11/1966
Duel at Diablo
Character:Chata
Release Date:15/06/1966
Gunpoint
Character:Mayor Osborne
Release Date:25/04/1966
Operation C.I.A.
Character:Wells
Release Date:08/09/1965
Young Dillinger
Character:Dr. Wilson
Release Date:28/04/1965
Asylum for a Spy
Character:Lowell Ritchards
Release Date:02/04/1965
Two on a Guillotine
Character:Attorney Carl Vickers
Release Date:13/01/1965
The Time Travelers
Character:Dr. Varno
Release Date:29/10/1964
The Glass Cage
Character:Lt. Max Westerman
Release Date:06/02/1964
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Character:Willard Benson
Release Date:13/07/1963
Cleopatra
Character:Cassius
Release Date:12/06/1963
Merrill's Marauders
Character:Gen. Joseph Stilwell
Release Date:16/03/1962
Spartacus
Character:Caius
Release Date:13/10/1960
Never So Few
Character:Col. Reed
Release Date:07/12/1959
Curse of the Undead
Character:Dr. Carter
Release Date:01/12/1959
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Character:Col. Ernest Walton
Release Date:01/04/1959
Attack of the Puppet People
Character:Mr. Franz
Release Date:01/04/1958
The Beast of Budapest
Character:Prof. Ernst Tolnai
Release Date:23/02/1958
Baby Face Nelson
Character:Samuel F. Parker
Release Date:11/12/1957
God Is My Partner
Character:Gordon Palmer
Release Date:01/07/1957
Sierra Stranger
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:01/05/1957
Death of a Scoundrel
Character:Mr. O'Hara
Release Date:31/10/1956
Wetbacks
Character:Steve Bodine
Release Date:04/05/1956
The Come On
Character:Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
Release Date:16/04/1956
Mohawk
Character:Butler
Release Date:01/04/1956
The Conqueror
Character:Shaman
Release Date:28/03/1956
Forever, Darling
Character:Bill Finlay
Release Date:09/02/1956
Trial
Character:Ralph Castillo
Release Date:07/10/1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Character:William Travers Jerome
Release Date:01/10/1955
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character:Poole
Release Date:28/07/1955
Moonfleet
Character:Magistrate Maskew
Release Date:24/06/1955
The Purple Mask
Character:Rochet
Release Date:15/06/1955
Blackboard Jungle
Character:Mr. Warneke
Release Date:25/03/1955
The Big Combo
Character:Nils Dreyer
Release Date:13/02/1955
Désirée
Character:Talleyrand
Release Date:16/11/1954
The Student Prince
Character:Prime Minister
Release Date:15/06/1954
Casanova's Big Night
Character:Maggiorin
Release Date:07/04/1954
Sins of Jezebel
Character:Elijah
Release Date:04/09/1953
Julius Caesar
Character:Decius Brutus
Release Date:04/06/1953
Androcles and the Lion
Character:Cato
Release Date:01/12/1952
The Black Castle
Character:Count Steiken
Release Date:31/10/1952
Loan Shark
Character:Vince Phillips
Release Date:23/05/1952
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Character:Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Release Date:16/10/1951
When Worlds Collide
Character:Sydney Stanton
Release Date:14/09/1951
Lost Continent
Character:Michael Rostov
Release Date:17/08/1951
New Mexico
Character:Sgt. Harriton
Release Date:18/05/1951
Quebec
Character:Father Antoine
Release Date:15/03/1951
Inside Straight
Character:Flutey Johnson
Release Date:01/03/1951
The Company She Keeps
Character:Judge Kendall
Release Date:06/01/1951
The Lawless
Character:Ed Ferguson
Release Date:01/06/1950
Outside the Wall
Character:Jack Bernard
Release Date:08/02/1950
Everybody Does It
Character:Wilkins
Release Date:24/10/1949
Trapped
Character:Agent John Downey
Release Date:27/09/1949
The Great Dan Patch
Character:Ben Lathrop
Release Date:22/07/1949
The Lady Gambles
Character:Dr. Rojac
Release Date:20/05/1949
The Bribe
Character:Gibbs
Release Date:03/02/1949
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Character:Mr. Caldwell
Release Date:23/12/1948
Sealed Verdict
Character:Otto Steigmann
Release Date:05/11/1948
Winter Meeting
Character:Stacy Grant
Release Date:07/04/1948
To the Ends of the Earth
Character:George C. Shannon
Release Date:07/02/1948
Brute Force
Character:Spencer
Release Date:16/07/1947
The Unfaithful
Character:Det. Lt. Reynolds
Release Date:01/07/1947
My Favorite Brunette
Character:Dr. Lundau
Release Date:19/03/1947
O.S.S.
Character:Col. Paul Meister
Release Date:26/05/1946
Television Appearances
Gimme a Break!
Character:Stanley Kanisky
The Rhinemann Exchange
Character:German scientist
Meeting of Minds
Character:
Matt Helm
Character:Same Rae
Planet of the Apes
Character:Prefect Barlow
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Character:Dr. Beckwith
Police Woman
Character:
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Dr. Spruger
The Outcasts
Character:
Ironside
Character:Malcolm Henderson
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Character:
The Monkees
Character:Mendoza
The Time Tunnel
Character:The Alien Leader
The Time Tunnel
Character:Dr. Steinholtz
Star Trek
Character:Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
Get Smart
Character:
The Loner
Character:Colonel
Hogan's Heroes
Character:
The Wild Wild West
Character:
Honey West
Character:Prof. Von Kemp
Hogan's Heroes
Character:General Bruner
Hogan's Heroes
Character:Field Marshall Von Galter
Hogan's Heroes
Character:Colonel Braun
Hogan's Heroes
Character:General von Behler
Laredo
Character:
The Big Valley
Character:Captain Waterman
The Big Valley
Character:Don Alfredo
Profiles in Courage
Character:Mr. Finchley
Profiles in Courage
Character:Lodge
Tom, Dick and Mary
Character:Dr. Krevoy
The Munsters
Character:
Daniel Boone
Character:Patrick Henry
Daniel Boone
Character:Colonel James Lamport
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Aristide
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Expert
Wendy and Me
Character:
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Character:General Beeker
The Rogues
Character:Spigal
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character:Mr. Orbin
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:
Petticoat Junction
Character:John Fisher
Petticoat Junction
Character:Jeremiah Priddy
Burke's Law
Character:Otto Veidt
The Outer Limits
Character:Emmett Balfour
The Outer Limits
Character:Bifrost Alien
The Outer Limits
Character:Professor Hebbel
The Dakotas
Character:
The Beverly Hillbillies
Character:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Dr. Knox
The Virginian
Character:Judge Wickersham
The Virginian
Character:Judge Harper
The Virginian
Character:Mr. Marshall
The Virginian
Character:Judge Manton
Dr. Kildare
Character:Dr. Bernard Motley
Gunslinger
Character:Shubel Morgan
The Roaring 20's
Character:
Bringing Up Buddy
Character:
Outlaws
Character:
Checkmate
Character:
The Chevy Mystery Show
Character:Arnold Bellson
Johnny Midnight
Character:
Bourbon Street Beat
Character:John Cavanagh
Adventures in Paradise
Character:Sebastian
The Alaskans
Character:
The Twilight Zone
Character:Ross
The Twilight Zone
Character:Dr. Loren
Law of the Plainsman
Character:Col. Efram Springer
Laramie
Character:
Riverboat
Character:Antoine Rigaud
Bonanza
Character:Major Sutcliffe
Johnny Staccato
Character:
Rawhide
Character:
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:Capone's Attorney
Lawman
Character:
Lawman
Character:Judge Loren Grant
The Rifleman
Character:
Peter Gunn
Character:B.E. Raleigh
Zorro
Character:
Leave It to Beaver
Character:Doctor Compton
Maverick
Character:
Perry Mason
Character:Joseph Harrison
Perry Mason
Character:Philip Reynolds
Perry Mason
Character:William Harper Caine
Perry Mason
Character:Darwin Norland
Perry Mason
Character:Thomas Webber
The Thin Man
Character:Florist Sitwell
M Squad
Character:Dr. Carter
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Character:Burnison
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Character:Harding
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Frank Hale
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Walt Matthews
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Hannigan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Judge Parker
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Character:
Telephone Time
Character:
The Count of Monte Cristo
Character:
Matinee Theater
Character:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Reverend
Navy Log
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:Rex Propter
Gunsmoke
Character:Jeff
The Millionaire
Character:Dr. Knut Sorens
Climax!
Character:Poole
Studio 57
Character:
The Whistler
Character:
The Danny Thomas Show
Character:Montague Brooks
General Electric Theater
Character:Dietz
General Electric Theater
Character:Beaumont
Mr. & Mrs. North
Character:
Cavalcade of America
Character:Hessian officer
Cavalcade of America
Character:
Cavalcade of America
Character:Com. Smedley
Death Valley Days
Character:Crandel
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Bentridge
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Simpson
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Roger Webb
Dangerous Assignment
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Capt. McCall
Racket Squad
Character:
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Captain Louis Renault
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Musley
Lights Out
Character:
Studio One
Character:Judge Cass
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
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