John Hoyt
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.
185 acting credits
Acting · 185
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
Star Trek
1966
Ironside
1967
Maverick
1957
The Rifleman
1958
Get Smart
1965
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Petticoat Junction
1963
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Hogan's Heroes
1965
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Virginian
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Climax!
1954
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Burke's Law
1963
The Wild Wild West
1965
Lawman
1958
Daniel Boone
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Rawhide
1959
The Big Valley
1965
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Zorro
1957
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
The Outer Limits
1963
Police Woman
1974
Studio One
1948
Leave It to Beaver
1957
The Munsters
1964
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Adventures in Paradise
1959
The Time Tunnel
1966
Peter Gunn
1958
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Checkmate
1960
Laredo
1965
M Squad
1957
Studio 57
1954
The Monkees
1966
Cavalcade of America
1952
Laramie
1959
The Millionaire
1955
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Navy Log
1955
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
Gimme a Break!
1981
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Lights Out
1949
The Rogues
1964
Riverboat
1959
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Honey West
1965
Outlaws
1960
Telephone Time
1956
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
It Takes a Thief
1968
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
CBS Playhouse
1966
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Spartacus
1960
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Law of the Plainsman
1959
The Loner
1965
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
Racket Squad
1951
The Dakotas
1963
Matt Helm
1975
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Roaring 20's
1960
Planet of the Apes
1974
The Alaskans
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Cleopatra
1963
The Thin Man
1957
Profiles in Courage
1964
The Whistler
1954
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
Death Valley Days
1952
The Outcasts
1968
Gunslinger
1961
Wendy and Me
1964
Johnny Midnight
1960
General Electric Theater
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Julius Caesar
1953
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
Never So Few
1959
Blackboard Jungle
1955
Flesh Gordon
1974
When Worlds Collide
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Meeting of Minds
1977
Tom, Dick and Mary
1964
Merrill's Marauders
1962
Brute Force
1947
Duel at Diablo
1966
The Big Combo
1955
Gunpoint
1966
Moonfleet
1955
The Conqueror
1956
The Intruders
1970
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
The Lady Gambles
1949
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
Casanova's Big Night
1954
The Black Castle
1952
The Company She Keeps
1951
Désirée
1954
Curse of the Undead
1959
The Lawless
1950
Nero Wolfe
1979
Winchester '73
1967
The Unfaithful
1947
Mulberry Street
2006
Star Trek: The Menagerie
1966
Mohawk
1956
Trapped
1949
The Time Travelers
1964
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
Outside the Wall
1950
Forever, Darling
1956
Androcles and the Lion
1952
My Favorite Brunette
1947
Trial
1955
The Bribe
1949
The Student Prince
1954
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
Winter Meeting
1948
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
Lost Continent
1951
Panic in the City
1968
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
Creepy Classics
1987
Sins of Jezebel
1953
Attack of the Puppet People
1958
The Last Request
2006
New Mexico
1951
Young Dillinger
1965
Baby Face Nelson
1957
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
Wetbacks
1956
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
The Purple Mask
1955
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
Two on a Guillotine
1965
Everybody Does It
1949
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
Operation C.I.A.
1965
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
The Pompatus of Love
1996
O.S.S.
1946
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
The Beast of Budapest
1958
Quebec
1951
Inside Straight
1951
Loan Shark
1952
Sierra Stranger
1957
Sealed Verdict
1948
A Great Ride
1979
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
The Great Dan Patch
1949
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
Freeing “Trapped”
2019
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955
Asylum for a Spy
1965
God Is My Partner
1957
The Come On
1956
The Glass Cage
1964
Alcatraz Express
1961