John Hoyt
Acting
- Born:
- 1905-10-05
- Died:
- 1991-09-15
- Place of birth:
- Bronxville, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Freeing “Trapped”
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Mulberry Street
The Last Request
The Pompatus of Love
Creepy Classics
Alvin Goes Back to School
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Desperately Seeking Susan
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Gimme a Break!
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Nero Wolfe
A Great Ride
In Search of Historic Jesus
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
The Rhinemann Exchange
Meeting of Minds
Matt Helm
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Planet of the Apes
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Police Woman
Flesh Gordon
The Six Million Dollar Man
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
The Intruders
Panic in the City
The Outcasts
It Takes a Thief
Ironside
Winchester '73
CBS Playhouse
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
The Monkees
The Time Tunnel
Star Trek
Duel at Diablo
Gunpoint
Get Smart
The Loner
Hogan's Heroes
The Wild Wild West
Honey West
Laredo
The Big Valley
Operation C.I.A.
Young Dillinger
Asylum for a Spy
Two on a Guillotine
Profiles in Courage
The Time Travelers
Tom, Dick and Mary
The Munsters
Daniel Boone
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Wendy and Me
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Rogues
The Glass Cage
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Petticoat Junction
Burke's Law
The Outer Limits
Arrest and Trial
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Cleopatra
The Dakotas
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
Merrill's Marauders
Dr. Kildare
Gunslinger
Alcatraz Express
The Roaring 20's
Spartacus
Bringing Up Buddy
Outlaws
Checkmate
The Chevy Mystery Show
Johnny Midnight
Never So Few
Curse of the Undead
Bourbon Street Beat
Adventures in Paradise
The Alaskans
The Twilight Zone
Law of the Plainsman
Laramie
Riverboat
Bonanza
Johnny Staccato
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Rawhide
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Lawman
The Rifleman
Peter Gunn
Attack of the Puppet People
The Beast of Budapest
Baby Face Nelson
Zorro
Leave It to Beaver
Maverick
Perry Mason
The Thin Man
M Squad
Have Gun, Will Travel
God Is My Partner
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Sierra Stranger
Death of a Scoundrel
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Wetbacks
The Come On
Telephone Time
Mohawk
The Count of Monte Cristo
Forever, Darling
The Conqueror
Matinee Theater
Trial
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Navy Log
Gunsmoke
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Moonfleet
The Purple Mask
Blackboard Jungle
The Big Combo
The Millionaire
The Bob Cummings Show
Désirée
Climax!
Studio 57
The Whistler
The Student Prince
Casanova's Big Night
The Danny Thomas Show
Sins of Jezebel
Julius Caesar
General Electric Theater
Androcles and the Lion
The Black Castle
Mr. & Mrs. North
Cavalcade of America
Death Valley Days
Four Star Playhouse
Loan Shark
Dangerous Assignment
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
When Worlds Collide
Lost Continent
Racket Squad
New Mexico
Quebec
Inside Straight
The Company She Keeps
Lux Video Theatre
The Lawless
Outside the Wall
Everybody Does It
Trapped
The Great Dan Patch
Lights Out
The Lady Gambles
The Bribe
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Studio One
Sealed Verdict
The Philco Television Playhouse
Winter Meeting
To the Ends of the Earth
Brute Force
The Unfaithful
My Favorite Brunette
O.S.S.