John Hoyt
Acting
1905-10-05 · Bronxville, New York, USA
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 · Movie
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013 · Movie
Mulberry Street
2006 · Movie
The Last Request
2006 · Movie
The Pompatus of Love
1996 · Movie
Creepy Classics
1987 · Movie
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986 · Movie
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985 · Movie
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 · Movie
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982 · Movie
Gimme a Break!
1981 · Series
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Movie
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Movie
Nero Wolfe
1979 · Movie
A Great Ride
1979 · Movie
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979 · Movie
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978 · Movie
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977 · Series
Meeting of Minds
1977 · Series
Matt Helm
1975 · Series
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975 · Movie
Police Woman
1974 · Series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
Planet of the Apes
1974 · Series
Flesh Gordon
1974 · Movie
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Series
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972 · Movie
The Intruders
1970 · Movie
Panic in the City
1968 · Movie
The Outcasts
1968 · Series
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
Winchester '73
1967 · Movie
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Series
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966 · Movie
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966 · Series
The Monkees
1966 · Series
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Series
Star Trek
1966 · Series
Duel at Diablo
1966 · Movie
Gunpoint
1966 · Movie
Get Smart
1965 · Series
The Loner
1965 · Series
Hogan's Heroes
1965 · Series
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
Honey West
1965 · Series
Laredo
1965 · Series
The Big Valley
1965 · Series
Operation C.I.A.
1965 · Movie
Young Dillinger
1965 · Movie
Asylum for a Spy
1965 · Movie
Two on a Guillotine
1965 · Movie
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Series
The Time Travelers
1964 · Movie
Tom, Dick and Mary
1964 · Series
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Munsters
1964 · Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Series
Wendy and Me
1964 · Series
The Rogues
1964 · Series
The Glass Cage
1964 · Movie
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Series
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
The Outer Limits
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963 · Movie
Cleopatra
1963 · Movie
The Dakotas
1963 · Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Merrill's Marauders
1962 · Movie
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
Gunslinger
1961 · Series
Alcatraz Express
1961 · Movie
The Roaring 20's
1960 · Series
Spartacus
1960 · Movie
Bringing Up Buddy
1960 · Series
Outlaws
1960 · Series
Checkmate
1960 · Series
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · Series
Johnny Midnight
1960 · Series
Never So Few
1959 · Movie
Curse of the Undead
1959 · Movie
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Series
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · Series
The Alaskans
1959 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Series
Laramie
1959 · Series
Riverboat
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Johnny Staccato
1959 · Series
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Series
Lawman
1958 · Series
The Rifleman
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
Attack of the Puppet People
1958 · Movie
The Beast of Budapest
1958 · Movie
Baby Face Nelson
1957 · Movie
Zorro
1957 · Series
Leave It to Beaver
1957 · Series
Maverick
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
M Squad
1957 · Series
The Thin Man
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Series
God Is My Partner
1957 · Movie
Sierra Stranger
1957 · Movie
Death of a Scoundrel
1956 · Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
Wetbacks
1956 · Movie
The Come On
1956 · Movie
Telephone Time
1956 · Series
Mohawk
1956 · Movie
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956 · Series
Forever, Darling
1956 · Movie
The Conqueror
1956 · Movie
Matinee Theater
1955 · Series
Trial
1955 · Movie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955 · Movie
Navy Log
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955 · Movie
Moonfleet
1955 · Movie
The Purple Mask
1955 · Movie
Blackboard Jungle
1955 · Movie
The Big Combo
1955 · Movie
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
The Bob Cummings Show
1955 · Series
Désirée
1954 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
Studio 57
1954 · Series
The Whistler
1954 · Series
The Student Prince
1954 · Movie
Casanova's Big Night
1954 · Movie
The Danny Thomas Show
1953 · Series
Sins of Jezebel
1953 · Movie
Julius Caesar
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · Movie
The Black Castle
1952 · Movie
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952 · Series
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Death Valley Days
1952 · Series
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
Loan Shark
1952 · Movie
Dangerous Assignment
1952 · Series
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
When Worlds Collide
1951 · Movie
Lost Continent
1951 · Movie
Racket Squad
1951 · Series
New Mexico
1951 · Movie
Quebec
1951 · Movie
Inside Straight
1951 · Movie
The Company She Keeps
1951 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
The Lawless
1950 · Movie
Outside the Wall
1950 · Movie
Everybody Does It
1949 · Movie
Trapped
1949 · Movie
The Great Dan Patch
1949 · Movie
Lights Out
1949 · Series
The Lady Gambles
1949 · Movie
The Bribe
1949 · Movie
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948 · Movie
Studio One
1948 · Series
Sealed Verdict
1948 · Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
Winter Meeting
1948 · Movie
To the Ends of the Earth
1948 · Movie
Brute Force
1947 · Movie
The Unfaithful
1947 · Movie
My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Movie
O.S.S.
1946 · Movie