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