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