John Hoyt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1905
- Died
- September 15, 1991
- Birthplace
- 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
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn 2013
as Carmine
Mulberry Street 2006
as Big Vic
The Last Request 2006
as Big Joe
The Pompatus of Love 1996
as Big Toe
Creepy Classics 1987
as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
Alvin Goes Back to School 1986
as Mr. Quickstudy
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There 1985
Actor
Desperately Seeking Susan 1985
as Space Commander
Forty Days of Musa Dagh 1982
as General Waggenheim
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes 1980
as Barlow
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes 1980
as Barlow
Nero Wolfe 1979
as Hewitt
A Great Ride 1979
as Jukebox Drunk
In Search of Historic Jesus 1979
as Synagogue Man #1
The Winds of Kitty Hawk 1978
as Prof. Samuel Langley
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy 1975
as Harry Longden
Flesh Gordon 1974
as Professor Gordon
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol 1972
as Minister
The Intruders 1970
as Appleton
Panic in the City 1968
as Dr. Milton Becker
Winchester '73 1967
as Sunrider
Fame Is the Name of the Game 1966
as Larkin
Duel at Diablo 1966
as Chata
Gunpoint 1966
as Mayor Osborne
Operation C.I.A. 1965
as Wells
Young Dillinger 1965
as Dr. Wilson
- Asylum for a Spy
Asylum for a Spy 1965
as Lowell Ritchards
Two on a Guillotine 1965
as Attorney Carl Vickers
The Time Travelers 1964
as Dr. Varno
The Glass Cage 1964
as Lt. Max Westerman, Writer
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963
as Willard Benson
Cleopatra 1963
as Cassius
Merrill's Marauders 1962
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
- Alcatraz Express
Alcatraz Express 1961
as Capone's Attorney
Spartacus 1960
as Caius
Never So Few 1959
as Col. Reed
Curse of the Undead 1959
as Dr. Carter
Riot in Juvenile Prison 1959
as Col. Ernest Walton
Attack of the Puppet People 1958
as Mr. Franz
The Beast of Budapest 1958
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
Baby Face Nelson 1957
as Samuel F. Parker
God Is My Partner 1957
as Gordon Palmer
Sierra Stranger 1957
as Sheriff
Death of a Scoundrel 1956
as Mr. O'Hara
Wetbacks 1956
as Steve Bodine
The Come On 1956
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
Mohawk 1956
as Butler
Forever, Darling 1956
as Bill Finlay
The Conqueror 1956
as Shaman
Trial 1955
as Ralph Castillo
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing 1955
as William Travers Jerome
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1955
as Poole
Moonfleet 1955
as Magistrate Maskew
The Purple Mask 1955
as Rochet
Blackboard Jungle 1955
as Mr. Warneke
The Big Combo 1955
as Nils Dreyer
Désirée 1954
as Talleyrand
The Student Prince 1954
as Prime Minister
Casanova's Big Night 1954
as Maggiorin
Sins of Jezebel 1953
as Elijah
Julius Caesar 1953
as Decius Brutus
Androcles and the Lion 1952
as Cato
The Black Castle 1952
as Count Steiken
Loan Shark 1952
as Vince Phillips
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel 1951
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
When Worlds Collide 1951
as Sydney Stanton
Lost Continent 1951
as Michael Rostov
New Mexico 1951
as Sergeant Harriton
Quebec 1951
as Father Antoine
Inside Straight 1951
as Flutey Johnson
The Company She Keeps 1951
as Judge Kendall
The Lawless 1950
as Ed Ferguson
Outside the Wall 1950
as Jack Bernard
Everybody Does It 1949
as Wilkins
Trapped 1949
as Agent John Downey
The Great Dan Patch 1949
as Ben Lathrop
The Lady Gambles 1949
as Dr. Rojac
The Bribe 1949
as Gibbs
The Decision of Christopher Blake 1948
as Mr. Caldwell
Sealed Verdict 1948
as Otto Steigmann
Winter Meeting 1948
as Stacy Grant
To the Ends of the Earth 1948
as George C. Shannon
Brute Force 1947
as Spencer
The Unfaithful 1947
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
My Favorite Brunette 1947
as Dr. Lundau
O.S.S. 1946
as Col. Paul Meister
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