
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