John Hoyt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1905
- Died
- September 15, 1991 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Bronxville, New York, USA
Biography
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
Freeing “Trapped”
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Movie · as Carmine
Mulberry Street
Movie · as Big Vic
The Last Request
Movie · as Big Joe
The Pompatus of Love
Movie · as Big Toe
Creepy Classics
Movie · as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
Alvin Goes Back to School
Movie · as Mr. Quickstudy
Desperately Seeking Susan
Movie · as Space Commander
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Movie
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Movie · as General Waggenheim
Gimme a Break!
TV · as Stanley Kanisky · 118 eps
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Barlow
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Barlow
A Great Ride
Movie · as Jukebox Drunk
In Search of Historic Jesus
Movie · as Synagogue Man #1
Nero Wolfe
Movie · as Hewitt
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Movie · as Prof. Samuel Langley
Meeting of Minds
TV · 4 eps
The Rhinemann Exchange
TV · as German scientist · 3 eps
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Movie · as Harry Longden
Matt Helm
TV · as Same Rae · 1 ep
Flesh Gordon
Movie · as Professor Gordon
Planet of the Apes
TV · as Prefect Barlow · 2 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV · as Dr. Beckwith · 1 ep
Police Woman
TV · 1 ep
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Dr. Spruger · 1 ep
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Movie · as Minister
The Intruders
Movie · as Appleton
Panic in the City
Movie · as Dr. Milton Becker
The Outcasts
TV · 1 ep
It Takes a Thief
TV · as Mundt · 2 eps
Winchester '73
Movie · as Sunrider
Ironside
TV · as Malcolm Henderson · 1 ep
Duel at Diablo
Movie · as Chata
Gunpoint
Movie · as Mayor Osborne
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Movie · as Larkin
The Time Tunnel
TV · as The Alien Leader, Dr. Steinholtz · 1 ep
Star Trek
TV · as Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage) · 1 ep
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
TV · 1 ep
The Monkees
TV · as Mendoza · 1 ep
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Hobart Waylon · 1 ep
Two on a Guillotine
Movie · as Attorney Carl Vickers
Young Dillinger
Movie · as Dr. Wilson
Asylum for a Spy
Movie · as Lowell Ritchards
Operation C.I.A.
Movie · as Wells
Hogan's Heroes
TV · as General Bruner, Field Marshall Von Galter, Colonel Braun, General von Behler · 2 eps
Get Smart
TV · as Mr. Bunny · 1 ep
Laredo
TV · 2 eps
The Wild Wild West
TV · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Captain Waterman, Don Alfredo · 1 ep
The Loner
TV · as Colonel · 1 ep
Honey West
TV · as Prof. Von Kemp · 1 ep
The Time Travelers
Movie · as Dr. Varno
The Glass Cage
Movie · as Lt. Max Westerman
The Munsters
TV · 2 eps
The Rogues
TV · as Spigal · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Patrick Henry, Colonel James Lamport · 1 ep
Profiles in Courage
TV · as Mr. Finchley, Lodge · 1 ep
Wendy and Me
TV · 1 ep
Tom, Dick and Mary
TV · as Dr. Krevoy · 13 eps
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV · as General Beeker · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Aristide, Expert · 1 ep
Cleopatra
Movie · as Cassius
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Movie · as Willard Benson
Burke's Law
TV · as Otto Veidt · 1 ep
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Mr. Orbin · 1 ep
Petticoat Junction
TV · as John Fisher, Jeremiah Priddy · 2 eps
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The Dakotas
TV · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Emmett Balfour, Bifrost Alien, Professor Hebbel · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Mr. Satterley · 1 ep
Merrill's Marauders
Movie · as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Judge Wickersham, Judge Harper, Mr. Marshall, Judge Manton · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Dr. Knox · 1 ep
Alcatraz Express
Movie · as Capone's Attorney
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Dr. Bernard Motley · 1 ep
Gunslinger
TV · as Shubel Morgan · 1 ep
Spartacus
Movie · as Caius
Bringing Up Buddy
TV · 1 ep
Outlaws
TV · 2 eps
The Roaring 20's
TV · 2 eps
Johnny Midnight
TV · 1 ep
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV · as Arnold Bellson · 1 ep
Checkmate
TV · as Louis Roche · 1 ep
Curse of the Undead
Movie · as Dr. Carter
Never So Few
Movie · as Col. Reed
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Movie · as Col. Ernest Walton
Bourbon Street Beat
TV · as John Cavanagh · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Ross, Dr. Loren · 1 ep
Johnny Staccato
TV · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Sebastian · 1 ep
The Alaskans
TV · 1 ep
Laramie
TV · 1 ep
Law of the Plainsman
TV · as Col. Efram Springer · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Antoine Rigaud · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Major Sutcliffe · 1 ep
Attack of the Puppet People
Movie · as Mr. Franz
The Beast of Budapest
Movie · as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
Peter Gunn
TV · as B.E. Raleigh · 1 ep
Lawman
TV · as Judge Loren Grant · 1 ep
The Rifleman
TV · as Gus Fremont · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Capone's Attorney · 1 ep
Baby Face Nelson
Movie · as Samuel F. Parker
Sierra Stranger
Movie · as Sheriff
God Is My Partner
Movie · as Gordon Palmer
Perry Mason
TV · as Joseph Harrison, Philip Reynolds, William Harper Caine, Darwin Norland, Thomas Webber · 1 ep
Zorro
TV · 1 ep
Leave It to Beaver
TV · as Doctor Compton · 3 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 2 eps
The Thin Man
TV · as Florist Sitwell · 1 ep
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Burnison, Harding · 1 ep
M Squad
TV · as Dr. Carter · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · as General Bassington · 1 ep
Forever, Darling
Movie · as Bill Finlay
Death of a Scoundrel
Movie · as Mr. O'Hara
The Come On
Movie · as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
Wetbacks
Movie · as Steve Bodine
The Conqueror
Movie · as Shaman
Mohawk
Movie · as Butler
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · 1 ep
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 1 ep
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Frank Hale, Walt Matthews, Hannigan, Judge Parker · 2 eps
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
The Big Combo
Movie · as Nils Dreyer
Blackboard Jungle
Movie · as Mr. Warneke
Moonfleet
Movie · as Magistrate Maskew
The Purple Mask
Movie · as Rochet
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Movie · as William Travers Jerome
Trial
Movie · as Ralph Castillo
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Poole
Gunsmoke
TV · as Rex Propter, Jeff · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Dr. Knut Sorens · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 9 eps
Navy Log
TV · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Reverend · 1 ep
The Bob Cummings Show
TV · as Brig. General Frank Tallman, Brig. Gen. Frank Tallman (AKA Old Ramrod) · 1 ep
The Student Prince
Movie · as Prime Minister
Désirée
Movie · as Talleyrand
Casanova's Big Night
Movie · as Maggiorin
Climax!
TV · as Poole · 1 ep
The Whistler
TV · 1 ep
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Decius Brutus
Sins of Jezebel
Movie · as Elijah
General Electric Theater
TV · as Dietz, Beaumont · 1 ep
The Danny Thomas Show
TV · as Montague Brooks · 1 ep
The Black Castle
Movie · as Count Steiken
Loan Shark
Movie · as Vince Phillips
Androcles and the Lion
Movie · as Cato
Cavalcade of America
TV · as Hessian officer, Com. Smedley · 1 ep
Dangerous Assignment
TV · 1 ep
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV · 1 ep
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Bentridge, Simpson, Roger Webb · 1 ep
Death Valley Days
TV · as Crandel · 1 ep
The Company She Keeps
Movie · as Judge Kendall
Lost Continent
Movie · as Michael Rostov
When Worlds Collide
Movie · as Sydney Stanton
Quebec
Movie · as Father Antoine
New Mexico
Movie · as Sergeant Harriton
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Movie · as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Inside Straight
Movie · as Flutey Johnson
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Capt. McCall · 1 ep
Racket Squad
TV · 1 ep
The Lawless
Movie · as Ed Ferguson
Outside the Wall
Movie · as Jack Bernard
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Captain Louis Renault, Musley · 1 ep
The Bribe
Movie · as Gibbs
Trapped
Movie · as Agent John Downey
The Lady Gambles
Movie · as Dr. Rojac
Everybody Does It
Movie · as Wilkins
The Great Dan Patch
Movie · as Ben Lathrop
Lights Out
TV · 1 ep
Winter Meeting
Movie · as Stacy Grant
To the Ends of the Earth
Movie · as George C. Shannon
Sealed Verdict
Movie · as Otto Steigmann
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Movie · as Mr. Caldwell
Studio One
TV · as Judge Cass · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Brute Force
Movie · as Spencer
My Favorite Brunette
Movie · as Dr. Lundau
The Unfaithful
Movie · as Det. Lt. Reynolds
O.S.S.
Movie · as Col. Paul Meister