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John Hoyt
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 5, 1905
Day of Death
September 15, 1991
Age at Death
85 years old
Place of Birth
Bronxville, New York, USA
Popularity Score
1.4
Filmography
Freeing “Trapped”
Self (archive footage)
2019Movie
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Carmine
2013Movie
Mulberry Street
Big Vic
2006Movie
The Last Request
Big Joe
2006Movie
The Pompatus of Love
Big Toe
1996Movie
Creepy Classics
Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
1987Movie
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986Movie
Desperately Seeking Susan
Space Commander
1985Movie
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985Movie
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
General Waggenheim
1982Movie
Gimme a Break!
Stanley Kanisky
1981TV
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
1980Movie
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
1980Movie
A Great Ride
Jukebox Drunk
1979Movie
In Search of Historic Jesus
Synagogue Man #1
1979Movie
Nero Wolfe
Hewitt
1979Movie
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Prof. Samuel Langley
1978Movie
Meeting of Minds
1977TV
The Rhinemann Exchange
German scientist
1977TV
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Harry Longden
1975Movie
Matt Helm
Same Rae
1975TV
Flesh Gordon
Professor Gordon
1974Movie
Planet of the Apes
Prefect Barlow
1974TV
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Dr. Beckwith
1974TV
Police Woman
1974TV
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Spruger
1974TV
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Minister
1972Movie
The Intruders
Appleton
1970Movie
Panic in the City
Dr. Milton Becker
1968Movie
The Outcasts
1968TV
It Takes a Thief
Mundt
1968TV
Winchester '73
Sunrider
1967Movie
Ironside
Malcolm Henderson
1967TV
Duel at Diablo
Chata
1966Movie
Gunpoint
Mayor Osborne
1966Movie
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Larkin
1966Movie
The Time Tunnel
The Alien Leader
1966TV
Star Trek
Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
1966TV
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966TV
The Monkees
Mendoza
1966TV
CBS Playhouse
Hobart Waylon
1966TV
Two on a Guillotine
Attorney Carl Vickers
1965Movie
Young Dillinger
Dr. Wilson
1965Movie
Asylum for a Spy
Lowell Ritchards
1965Movie
Operation C.I.A.
Wells
1965Movie
Hogan's Heroes
1965TV
Get Smart
Mr. Bunny
1965TV
Laredo
1965TV
The Wild Wild West
1965TV
The Big Valley
Captain Waterman
1965TV
The Loner
Colonel
1965TV
Honey West
Prof. Von Kemp
1965TV
The Time Travelers
Dr. Varno
1964Movie
The Glass Cage
Lt. Max Westerman
1964Movie
The Munsters
1964TV
The Rogues
Spigal
1964TV
Daniel Boone
Patrick Henry
1964TV
Profiles in Courage
Mr. Finchley
1964TV
Wendy and Me
1964TV
Tom, Dick and Mary
Dr. Krevoy
1964TV
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
General Beeker
1964TV
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Aristide
1964TV
The Glass Cage
Writer
1964Movie
Cleopatra
Cassius
1963Movie
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Willard Benson
1963Movie
Burke's Law
Otto Veidt
1963TV
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Mr. Orbin
1963TV
Petticoat Junction
John Fisher
1963TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
The Dakotas
1963TV
The Outer Limits
Emmett Balfour
1963TV
Arrest and Trial
Mr. Satterley
1963TV
Merrill's Marauders
Gen. Joseph Stilwell
1962Movie
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962TV
The Virginian
Judge Wickersham
1962TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Dr. Knox
1962TV
Alcatraz Express
Capone's Attorney
1961Movie
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Bernard Motley
1961TV
Gunslinger
Shubel Morgan
1961TV
Spartacus
Caius
1960Movie
Bringing Up Buddy
1960TV
Outlaws
1960TV
The Roaring 20's
1960TV
Johnny Midnight
1960TV
The Chevy Mystery Show
Arnold Bellson
1960TV
Checkmate
Louis Roche
1960TV
Curse of the Undead
Dr. Carter
1959Movie
Never So Few
Col. Reed
1959Movie
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Col. Ernest Walton
1959Movie
Bourbon Street Beat
John Cavanagh
1959TV
The Twilight Zone
Ross
1959TV
Johnny Staccato
1959TV
Rawhide
1959TV
Adventures in Paradise
Sebastian
1959TV
The Alaskans
1959TV
Laramie
1959TV
Law of the Plainsman
Col. Efram Springer
1959TV
Riverboat
Antoine Rigaud
1959TV
Bonanza
Major Sutcliffe
1959TV
Attack of the Puppet People
Mr. Franz
1958Movie
The Beast of Budapest
Prof. Ernst Tolnai
1958Movie
Peter Gunn
B.E. Raleigh
1958TV
Lawman
1958TV
The Rifleman
1958TV
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Capone's Attorney
1958TV
Baby Face Nelson
Samuel F. Parker
1957Movie
Sierra Stranger
Sheriff
1957Movie
God Is My Partner
Gordon Palmer
1957Movie
Perry Mason
Joseph Harrison
1957TV
Zorro
1957TV
Leave It to Beaver
Doctor Compton
1957TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
The Thin Man
Florist Sitwell
1957TV
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Burnison
1957TV
M Squad
Dr. Carter
1957TV
Maverick
1957TV
Forever, Darling
Bill Finlay
1956Movie
Death of a Scoundrel
Mr. O'Hara
1956Movie
The Come On
Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
1956Movie
Wetbacks
Steve Bodine
1956Movie
The Conqueror
Shaman
1956Movie
Mohawk
Butler
1956Movie
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956TV
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956TV
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Frank Hale
1956TV
Telephone Time
1956TV
The Big Combo
Nils Dreyer
1955Movie
Blackboard Jungle
Mr. Warneke
1955Movie
Moonfleet
Magistrate Maskew
1955Movie
The Purple Mask
Rochet
1955Movie
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
William Travers Jerome
1955Movie
Trial
Ralph Castillo
1955Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Poole
1955Movie
Gunsmoke
Rex Propter
1955TV
The Millionaire
Dr. Knut Sorens
1955TV
Matinee Theater
1955TV
Navy Log
1955TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Reverend
1955TV
The Bob Cummings Show
Brig. General Frank Tallman
1955TV
The Student Prince
Prime Minister
1954Movie
Désirée
Talleyrand
1954Movie
Casanova's Big Night
Maggiorin
1954Movie
Climax!
Poole
1954TV
The Whistler
1954TV
Studio 57
1954TV
Julius Caesar
Decius Brutus
1953Movie
Sins of Jezebel
Elijah
1953Movie
General Electric Theater
Dietz
1953TV
The Danny Thomas Show
Montague Brooks
1953TV
The Black Castle
Count Steiken
1952Movie
Loan Shark
Vince Phillips
1952Movie
Androcles and the Lion
Cato
1952Movie
Cavalcade of America
Hessian officer
1952TV
Dangerous Assignment
1952TV
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952TV
Four Star Playhouse
Bentridge
1952TV
Death Valley Days
Crandel
1952TV
The Company She Keeps
Judge Kendall
1951Movie
Lost Continent
Michael Rostov
1951Movie
When Worlds Collide
Sydney Stanton
1951Movie
Quebec
Father Antoine
1951Movie
New Mexico
Sergeant Harriton
1951Movie
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
1951Movie
Inside Straight
Flutey Johnson
1951Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Capt. McCall
1951TV
Racket Squad
1951TV
The Lawless
Ed Ferguson
1950Movie
Outside the Wall
Jack Bernard
1950Movie
Lux Video Theatre
Captain Louis Renault
1950TV
The Bribe
Gibbs
1949Movie
Trapped
Agent John Downey
1949Movie
The Lady Gambles
Dr. Rojac
1949Movie
Everybody Does It
Wilkins
1949Movie
The Great Dan Patch
Ben Lathrop
1949Movie
Lights Out
1949TV
Winter Meeting
Stacy Grant
1948Movie
To the Ends of the Earth
George C. Shannon
1948Movie
Sealed Verdict
Otto Steigmann
1948Movie
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Mr. Caldwell
1948Movie
Studio One
Judge Cass
1948TV
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948TV
Brute Force
Spencer
1947Movie
My Favorite Brunette
Dr. Lundau
1947Movie
The Unfaithful
Det. Lt. Reynolds
1947Movie
O.S.S.
Col. Paul Meister
1946Movie