John Hoyt

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

211

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-10-05

Day of death

1991-09-15 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Bronxville, New York, USA

John Hoyt

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

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Star Trek

    Star Trek

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Get Smart

    Get Smart

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • Leave It to Beaver

    Leave It to Beaver

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • The Wild Wild West

    The Wild Wild West

  • Zorro

    Zorro

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • The Munsters

    The Munsters

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • The Monkees

    The Monkees

  • Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

  • Laramie

    Laramie

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • The Time Tunnel

    The Time Tunnel

  • The Time Tunnel

    The Time Tunnel

  • The Whistler

    The Whistler

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

  • Laredo

    Laredo

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Checkmate

    Checkmate

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • The Great Dan Patch

    The Great Dan Patch

  • Studio 57

    Studio 57

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • M Squad

    M Squad

  • Navy Log

    Navy Log

  • The Danny Thomas Show

    The Danny Thomas Show

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • The Roaring 20's

    The Roaring 20's

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • Gimme a Break!

    Gimme a Break!

  • Flesh Gordon

    Flesh Gordon

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Law of the Plainsman

    Law of the Plainsman

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • Inside Straight

    Inside Straight

  • The Conqueror

    The Conqueror

  • Forever, Darling

    Forever, Darling

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • The Thin Man

    The Thin Man

  • Wetbacks

    Wetbacks

  • Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

  • Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes

  • Bourbon Street Beat

    Bourbon Street Beat

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico

  • Mulberry Street

    Mulberry Street

  • Lost Continent

    Lost Continent

  • Brute Force

    Brute Force

  • Gunpoint

    Gunpoint

  • Creepy Classics

    Creepy Classics

  • Matt Helm

    Matt Helm

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

  • Trapped

    Trapped

  • Johnny Staccato

    Johnny Staccato

  • Profiles in Courage

    Profiles in Courage

  • Profiles in Courage

    Profiles in Courage

  • The Beast of Budapest

    The Beast of Budapest

  • Sierra Stranger

    Sierra Stranger

  • Moonfleet

    Moonfleet

  • Racket Squad

    Racket Squad

  • The Rogues

    The Rogues

  • The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

    The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

  • Quebec

    Quebec

  • Johnny Midnight

    Johnny Midnight

  • Winter Meeting

    Winter Meeting

  • The Unfaithful

    The Unfaithful

  • Winchester '73

    Winchester '73

  • Trial

    Trial

  • The Dakotas

    The Dakotas

  • The Loner

    The Loner

  • The Outcasts

    The Outcasts

  • Desperately Seeking Susan

    Desperately Seeking Susan

  • Nero Wolfe

    Nero Wolfe

  • Loan Shark

    Loan Shark

  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

  • Duel at Diablo

    Duel at Diablo

  • The Chevy Mystery Show

    The Chevy Mystery Show

  • Young Dillinger

    Young Dillinger

  • The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

  • The Lawless

    The Lawless

  • Dangerous Assignment

    Dangerous Assignment

  • The Student Prince

    The Student Prince

  • Wendy and Me

    Wendy and Me

  • The Big Combo

    The Big Combo

  • X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

    X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

  • Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

    Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

  • Désirée

    Désirée

  • Attack of the Puppet People

    Attack of the Puppet People

  • Merrill's Marauders

    Merrill's Marauders

  • Baby Face Nelson

    Baby Face Nelson

  • The Company She Keeps

    The Company She Keeps

  • Curse of the Undead

    Curse of the Undead

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • Blackboard Jungle

    Blackboard Jungle

  • Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

  • The Purple Mask

    The Purple Mask

  • The Pompatus of Love

    The Pompatus of Love

  • Outside the Wall

    Outside the Wall

  • The Rhinemann Exchange

    The Rhinemann Exchange

  • Two on a Guillotine

    Two on a Guillotine

  • Asylum for a Spy

    Asylum for a Spy

  • Bringing Up Buddy

    Bringing Up Buddy

  • Operation C.I.A.

    Operation C.I.A.

  • Fame Is the Name of the Game

    Fame Is the Name of the Game

  • O.S.S.

    O.S.S.

  • Gunslinger

    Gunslinger

  • Riot in Juvenile Prison

    Riot in Juvenile Prison

  • The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

  • Sins of Jezebel

    Sins of Jezebel

  • Meeting of Minds

    Meeting of Minds

  • When Worlds Collide

    When Worlds Collide

  • The Black Castle

    The Black Castle

  • The Come On

    The Come On

  • Death of a Scoundrel

    Death of a Scoundrel

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  • Everybody Does It

    Everybody Does It

  • The Last Request

    The Last Request

  • Freeing “Trapped”

    Freeing “Trapped”

  • The Lady Gambles

    The Lady Gambles

  • The Decision of Christopher Blake

    The Decision of Christopher Blake

  • To the Ends of the Earth

    To the Ends of the Earth

  • Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

    Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Never So Few

    Never So Few

  • The Intruders

    The Intruders

  • God Is My Partner

    God Is My Partner

  • Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

    Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Forty Days of Musa Dagh

    Forty Days of Musa Dagh

  • The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

    The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

  • My Favorite Brunette

    My Favorite Brunette

  • Casanova's Big Night

    Casanova's Big Night

  • Panic in the City

    Panic in the City

  • The Time Travelers

    The Time Travelers

  • Tom, Dick and Mary

    Tom, Dick and Mary

  • Mohawk

    Mohawk

  • The Glass Cage

    The Glass Cage

  • Sealed Verdict

    Sealed Verdict

  • In Search of Historic Jesus

    In Search of Historic Jesus

  • The Bribe

    The Bribe

  • The Winds of Kitty Hawk

    The Winds of Kitty Hawk

  • Alvin Goes Back to School

    Alvin Goes Back to School

  • A Great Ride

    A Great Ride