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