John Hoyt
Acting
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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.
Filmography
Freeing “Trapped”
2019
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
Mulberry Street
2006
The Last Request
2006
The Pompatus of Love
1996
Creepy Classics
1987
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
Gimme a Break!
1981
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
Nero Wolfe
1979
A Great Ride
1979
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
Meeting of Minds
1977
Matt Helm
1975
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
Planet of the Apes
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Police Woman
1974
Flesh Gordon
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
The Intruders
1970
Panic in the City
1968
The Outcasts
1968
It Takes a Thief
1968
Ironside
1967
Winchester '73
1967
CBS Playhouse
1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Monkees
1966
The Time Tunnel
1966
Star Trek
1966
Duel at Diablo
1966
Gunpoint
1966
Get Smart
1965
The Loner
1965
Hogan's Heroes
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
Honey West
1965
Laredo
1965
The Big Valley
1965
Operation C.I.A.
1965
Young Dillinger
1965
Asylum for a Spy
1965
Two on a Guillotine
1965
Profiles in Courage
1964
The Time Travelers
1964
Tom, Dick and Mary
1964
The Munsters
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Wendy and Me
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
The Rogues
1964
The Glass Cage
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Petticoat Junction
1963
Burke's Law
1963
The Outer Limits
1963
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
Cleopatra
1963
The Dakotas
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Virginian
1962
Merrill's Marauders
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Gunslinger
1961
Alcatraz Express
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960
Spartacus
1960
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
Outlaws
1960
Checkmate
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
Johnny Midnight
1960
Never So Few
1959
Curse of the Undead
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959
The Alaskans
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Law of the Plainsman
1959
Laramie
1959
Riverboat
1959
Bonanza
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
Rawhide
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Lawman
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Attack of the Puppet People
1958
The Beast of Budapest
1958
Baby Face Nelson
1957
Zorro
1957
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Maverick
1957
Perry Mason
1957
The Thin Man
1957
M Squad
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
God Is My Partner
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Sierra Stranger
1957
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Wetbacks
1956
The Come On
1956
Telephone Time
1956
Mohawk
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Forever, Darling
1956
The Conqueror
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
Trial
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955
Moonfleet
1955
The Purple Mask
1955
Blackboard Jungle
1955
The Big Combo
1955
The Millionaire
1955
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
Désirée
1954
Climax!
1954
Studio 57
1954
The Whistler
1954
The Student Prince
1954
Casanova's Big Night
1954
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
Sins of Jezebel
1953
Julius Caesar
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Androcles and the Lion
1952
The Black Castle
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Death Valley Days
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Loan Shark
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
When Worlds Collide
1951
Lost Continent
1951
Racket Squad
1951
New Mexico
1951
Quebec
1951
Inside Straight
1951
The Company She Keeps
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Lawless
1950
Outside the Wall
1950
Everybody Does It
1949
Trapped
1949
The Great Dan Patch
1949
Lights Out
1949
The Lady Gambles
1949
The Bribe
1949
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
Studio One
1948
Sealed Verdict
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Winter Meeting
1948
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
Brute Force
1947
The Unfaithful
1947
My Favorite Brunette
1947
O.S.S.
1946