John Hoyt
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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
Credits
Spartacus (1960)
as Caius
Cleopatra (1963)
as Cassius
When Worlds Collide (1951)
as Sydney Stanton
Flesh Gordon (1974)
as Professor Gordon
Julius Caesar (1953)
as Decius Brutus
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
as Space Commander
Brute Force (1947)
as Spencer
Never So Few (1959)
as Col. Reed
Duel at Diablo (1966)
as Chata
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
as Mr. Warneke
The Unfaithful (1947)
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
Désirée (1954)
as Talleyrand
The Big Combo (1955)
as Nils Dreyer
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
as Maggiorin
The Conqueror (1956)
as Shaman
Merrill's Marauders (1962)
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
Young Dillinger (1965)
as Dr. Wilson
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
as Willard Benson
Curse of the Undead (1959)
as Dr. Carter
Trial (1955)
as Ralph Castillo
The Lady Gambles (1949)
as Dr. Rojac
Gunpoint (1966)
as Mayor Osborne
Moonfleet (1955)
as Magistrate Maskew
The Time Travelers (1964)
as Dr. Varno
Lost Continent (1951)
as Michael Rostov
Winchester '73 (1967)
as Sunrider
Trapped (1949)
as Agent John Downey
Loan Shark (1952)
as Vince Phillips
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
as Attorney Carl Vickers
The Purple Mask (1955)
as Rochet
Nero Wolfe (1979)
as Hewitt
New Mexico (1951)
as Sgt. Harriton
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
as Dr. Lundau
Quebec (1951)
as Father Antoine
The Company She Keeps (1951)
as Judge Kendall
Alcatraz Express (1961)
as Capone's Attorney
The Lawless (1950)
as Ed Ferguson
The Intruders (1970)
as Appleton
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There (1985)
Actor
Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
as Mr. O'Hara
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
as Samuel F. Parker
The Student Prince (1954)
as Prime Minister
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
as William Travers Jerome
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
as Cato
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
as George C. Shannon
Mulberry Street (2006)
as Big Vic
The Pompatus of Love (1996)
as Big Toe
O.S.S. (1946)
as Col. Paul Meister
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
as Mr. Franz
The Black Castle (1952)
as Count Steiken
Mohawk (1956)
as Butler
Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966)
as Larkin
The Bribe (1949)
as Gibbs
Winter Meeting (1948)
as Stacy Grant
The Come On (1956)
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
Sins of Jezebel (1953)
as Elijah
Wetbacks (1956)
as Steve Bodine
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn (2013)
as Carmine
Sierra Stranger (1957)
as Sheriff
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Barlow
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Barlow
Outside the Wall (1950)
as Jack Bernard
Operation C.I.A. (1965)
as Wells
Panic in the City (1968)
as Dr. Milton Becker
Creepy Classics (1987)
as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
The Last Request (2006)
as Big Joe
The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948)
as Mr. Caldwell
Everybody Does It (1949)
as Wilkins
A Great Ride (1979)
as Jukebox Drunk
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975)
as Harry Longden
The Great Dan Patch (1949)
as Ben Lathrop
Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1982)
Actor
Forever, Darling (1956)
as Bill Finlay
In Search of Historic Jesus (1979)
as Synagogue Man #1
The Beast of Budapest (1958)
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
God Is My Partner (1957)
as Gordon Palmer
The Glass Cage (1964)
as Lt. Max Westerman
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972)
as Minister
Inside Straight (1951)
as Flutey Johnson
Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
as Col. Ernest Walton
The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978)
as Prof. Samuel Langley
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1955)
as Poole
Freeing “Trapped” (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Sealed Verdict (1948)
as Otto Steigmann
Alvin Goes Back to School (1986)
Actor
Asylum for a Spy (1965)
as Lowell Ritchards