John Hoyt
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
209
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
Bonanza
Ironside
Star Trek
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
The Philco Television Playhouse
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
Police Woman
The Wild Wild West
The Beverly Hillbillies
Maverick
Peter Gunn
The Rifleman
Matinee Theater
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
Climax!
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Rawhide
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Studio One
Dr. Kildare
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
The Six Million Dollar Man
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Get Smart
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction
Leave It to Beaver
The Munsters
Lawman
Lawman
Zorro
Burke's Law
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
M Squad
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Adventures in Paradise
Laramie
The Millionaire
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lights Out
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Bourbon Street Beat
The Monkees
Checkmate
Laredo
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Studio 57
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Navy Log
Gimme a Break!
Honey West
Racket Squad
Riverboat
The Thin Man
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
Telephone Time
Spartacus
The Rogues
Duel at Diablo
The Alaskans
Law of the Plainsman
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America
The Danny Thomas Show
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
The Roaring 20's
The Outcasts
The Dakotas
The Loner
Mr. & Mrs. North
Planet of the Apes
Outlaws
Cleopatra
Merrill's Marauders
Dangerous Assignment
Forever, Darling
Matt Helm
Desperately Seeking Susan
Trapped
The Chevy Mystery Show
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Whistler
Meeting of Minds
Johnny Staccato
Death Valley Days
Operation C.I.A.
Johnny Midnight
Two on a Guillotine
Mulberry Street
Gunpoint
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Death of a Scoundrel
Loan Shark
Wendy and Me
Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage
Flesh Gordon
The Pompatus of Love
The Intruders
Julius Caesar
Wetbacks
Winchester '73
The Company She Keeps
Panic in the City
New Mexico
Blackboard Jungle
Sealed Verdict
Alvin Goes Back to School
Nero Wolfe
Fame Is the Name of the Game
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Brute Force
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
The Rhinemann Exchange
To the Ends of the Earth
The Conqueror
Sins of Jezebel
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Winter Meeting
Bringing Up Buddy
When Worlds Collide
Désirée
Creepy Classics
The Purple Mask
The Great Dan Patch
Never So Few
Androcles and the Lion
Trial
The Lawless
O.S.S.
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Moonfleet
Lost Continent
Inside Straight
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Riot in Juvenile Prison
The Beast of Budapest
The Unfaithful
The Come On
Quebec
Sierra Stranger
Outside the Wall
Baby Face Nelson
The Lady Gambles
God Is My Partner
Mohawk
The Bribe
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Attack of the Puppet People
Asylum for a Spy
Everybody Does It
Tom, Dick and Mary
Young Dillinger
The Last Request
The Black Castle
The Student Prince
The Big Combo
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Curse of the Undead
Freeing “Trapped”
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
My Favorite Brunette
The Glass Cage
The Time Travelers
Casanova's Big Night
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
A Great Ride
In Search of Historic Jesus
