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