John Hoyt
Known for Acting · 184 credits
- Born
- 1905-10-05
- Died
- 1991-09-15
- Place of birth
- Bronxville, New York, USA
- Also known as
- John Glen Hoyt · John McArthur Hoysradt
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.
Known For
TV Shows (97)
Ironside
1967
as Malcolm Henderson
Perry Mason
1957
as Joseph Harrison / Philip Reynolds / William Harper Caine / Darwin Norland / Thomas Webber
The Rifleman
1958
as Gus Fremont
Star Trek
1966
as Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
Bonanza
1959
as Major Sutcliffe
Matinee Theater
1955
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Dr. Knox
Peter Gunn
1958
as B.E. Raleigh
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as Field Marshall Von Galter / General Bruner / Colonel Braun / General von Behler
Get Smart
1965
as Mr. Bunny
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ross / Dr. Loren
Petticoat Junction
1963
as John Fisher / Jeremiah Priddy
Maverick
1957
The Wild Wild West
1965
Climax!
1954
as Poole
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Leave It to Beaver
1957
as Doctor Compton
Studio One
1948
as Judge Cass
Lawman
1958
as Judge Loren Grant
Burke's Law
1963
as Otto Veidt
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Bentridge / Simpson / Roger Webb
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Dr. Spruger
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Bernard Motley
Daniel Boone
1964
as Patrick Henry / Colonel James Lamport
The Virginian
1962
as Judge Wickersham / Judge Harper / Mr. Marshall / Judge Manton
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Burnison / Harding
Gunsmoke
1955
as Rex Propter / Jeff
The Big Valley
1965
as Captain Waterman / Don Alfredo
Rawhide
1959
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
as Montague Brooks
Police Woman
1974
Zorro
1957
The Outer Limits
1963
as Emmett Balfour / Bifrost Alien / Professor Hebbel
Lights Out
1949
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Frank Hale / Walt Matthews / Hannigan / Judge Parker
The Millionaire
1955
as Dr. Knut Sorens
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Reverend
Gimme a Break!
1981
as Stanley Kanisky
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Telephone Time
1956
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Brig. General Frank Tallman / Brig. Gen. Frank Tallman (AKA Old Ramrod)
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Sebastian
The Munsters
1964
The Monkees
1966
as Mendoza
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as General Beeker
Studio 57
1954
Checkmate
1960
as Louis Roche
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Mr. Orbin
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Mundt
Laramie
1959
The Time Tunnel
1966
as The Alien Leader / Dr. Steinholtz
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Aristide / Expert
Navy Log
1955
M Squad
1957
as Dr. Carter
Racket Squad
1951
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Laredo
1965
Movies (87)
Cleopatra
1963
as Cassius
Spartacus
1960
as Caius
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Space Commander
Désirée
1954
as Talleyrand
Julius Caesar
1953
as Decius Brutus
Brute Force
1947
as Spencer
Trial
1955
as Ralph Castillo
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Sydney Stanton
Young Dillinger
1965
as Dr. Wilson
Never So Few
1959
as Col. Reed
Freeing “Trapped”
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Flesh Gordon
1974
as Professor Gordon
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Cato
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Maggiorin
The Lady Gambles
1949
as Dr. Rojac
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
as Mr. O'Hara
Duel at Diablo
1966
as Chata
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
as Willard Benson
Baby Face Nelson
1957
as Samuel F. Parker
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
as William Travers Jerome
The Big Combo
1955
as Nils Dreyer
The Purple Mask
1955
as Rochet
Moonfleet
1955
as Magistrate Maskew
The Conqueror
1956
as Shaman
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Judge Kendall
Quebec
1951
as Father Antoine
Blackboard Jungle
1955
as Mr. Warneke
Curse of the Undead
1959
as Dr. Carter
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Dr. Lundau
The Pompatus of Love
1996
as Big Toe
Panic in the City
1968
as Dr. Milton Becker
The Time Travelers
1964
as Dr. Varno
The Unfaithful
1947
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
New Mexico
1951
as Sergeant Harriton
Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Two on a Guillotine
1965
as Attorney Carl Vickers
The Glass Cage
1964
as Lt. Max Westerman
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
as Mr. Caldwell
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
as General Waggenheim
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
as Col. Ernest Walton
Lost Continent
1951
as Michael Rostov
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
as George C. Shannon
Mulberry Street
2006
as Big Vic
Mohawk
1956
as Butler
The Intruders
1970
as Appleton
O.S.S.
1946
as Col. Paul Meister
Alcatraz Express
1961
as Capone's Attorney
Forever, Darling
1956
as Bill Finlay
The Black Castle
1952
as Count Steiken
Gunpoint
1966
as Mayor Osborne
Loan Shark
1952
as Vince Phillips
Creepy Classics
1987
as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
Outside the Wall
1950
as Jack Bernard
Sins of Jezebel
1953
as Elijah
The Beast of Budapest
1958
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
as Prof. Samuel Langley
The Come On
1956
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
Operation C.I.A.
1965
as Wells
Asylum for a Spy
1965
as Lowell Ritchards
The Student Prince
1954
as Prime Minister
The Lawless
1950
as Ed Ferguson
The Bribe
1949
as Gibbs
The Last Request
2006
as Big Joe
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955
as Poole
Wetbacks
1956
as Steve Bodine
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
as Carmine
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
as Synagogue Man #1
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
as Larkin
Sealed Verdict
1948
as Otto Steigmann
Attack of the Puppet People
1958
as Mr. Franz
God Is My Partner
1957
as Gordon Palmer
Trapped
1949
as Agent John Downey
Winchester '73
1967
as Sunrider
The Great Dan Patch
1949
as Ben Lathrop
Winter Meeting
1948
as Stacy Grant
Sierra Stranger
1957
as Sheriff
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Barlow
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Minister
Inside Straight
1951
as Flutey Johnson
Nero Wolfe
1979
as Hewitt
A Great Ride
1979
as Jukebox Drunk
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Barlow
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
Everybody Does It
1949
as Wilkins
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
as Harry Longden
About John Hoyt
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… With 184 credits spanning from 1946 to 2019, John Hoyt has appeared in 87 films and 97 TV shows.
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- Cleopatra (1963) — as Cassius
- Spartacus (1960) — as Caius
- Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) — as Space Commander
- Désirée (1954) — as Talleyrand
- Julius Caesar (1953) — as Decius Brutus
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