John Hoyt
86 movies · 95 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 5, 1905
- Died
- Sep 15, 1991 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Bronxville, New York, USA
- Also known as
- John Glen Hoyt · John McArthur Hoysradt
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).
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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.
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Known for
John Hoyt: movies and TV shows
Acting (181)
- 2013 Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
as Carmine
- 2006 Mulberry Street
as Big Vic
- 2006 The Last Request
as Big Joe
- 1996 The Pompatus of Love
as Big Toe
- 1987 Creepy Classics
as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985 Desperately Seeking Susan
as Space Commander
- 1982 Forty Days of Musa Dagh
as General Waggenheim
- 1981
- 1980
- 1980
- 1979 Nero Wolfe
as Hewitt
- 1979 A Great Ride
as Jukebox Drunk
- 1979 In Search of Historic Jesus
as Synagogue Man #1
- 1978 The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as Prof. Samuel Langley
- 1977
- 1977
- 1975
- 1975 The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
as Harry Longden
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974 Flesh Gordon
as Professor Gordon
- 1974
- 1972 Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Minister
- 1970 The Intruders
as Appleton
- 1968 Panic in the City
as Dr. Milton Becker
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967 Winchester '73
as Sunrider
- 1966
- 1966 Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Larkin
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 Duel at Diablo
as Chata
- 1966 Gunpoint
as Mayor Osborne
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 Hogan's Heroes · TV
as General Bruner / Field Marshall Von Galter / Colonel Braun / General von Behler · 7 episodes
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 Operation C.I.A.
as Wells
- 1965 Young Dillinger
as Dr. Wilson
- 1965 Asylum for a Spy
as Lowell Ritchards
- 1965 Two on a Guillotine
as Attorney Carl Vickers
- 1964
- 1964 The Time Travelers
as Dr. Varno
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 The Glass Cage
as Lt. Max Westerman
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as Willard Benson
- 1963 Cleopatra
as Cassius
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Merrill's Marauders
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Alcatraz Express
as Capone's Attorney
- 1960
- 1960 Spartacus
as Caius
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959 Never So Few
as Col. Reed
- 1959 Curse of the Undead
as Dr. Carter
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Col. Ernest Walton
- 1959 Rawhide · TV
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Attack of the Puppet People
as Mr. Franz
- 1958 The Beast of Budapest
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
- 1957 Baby Face Nelson
as Samuel F. Parker
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Perry Mason · TV
as Joseph Harrison / Philip Reynolds / William Harper Caine / Darwin Norland / Thomas Webber · 5 episodes
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 God Is My Partner
as Gordon Palmer
- 1957
- 1957 Sierra Stranger
as Sheriff
- 1956 Death of a Scoundrel
as Mr. O'Hara
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · TV
as Frank Hale / Walt Matthews / Hannigan / Judge Parker · 5 episodes
- 1956
- 1956 Wetbacks
as Steve Bodine
- 1956 The Come On
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
- 1956
- 1956 Mohawk
as Butler
- 1956
- 1956 Forever, Darling
as Bill Finlay
- 1956 The Conqueror
as Shaman
- 1955
- 1955 Trial
as Ralph Castillo
- 1955
- 1955 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
as William Travers Jerome
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Poole
- 1955 Moonfleet
as Magistrate Maskew
- 1955 The Purple Mask
as Rochet
- 1955 Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Warneke
- 1955 The Big Combo
as Nils Dreyer
- 1955
- 1955 The Bob Cummings Show · TV
as Brig. General Frank Tallman / Brig. Gen. Frank Tallman (AKA Old Ramrod) · 2 episodes
- 1954 Désirée
as Talleyrand
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 The Student Prince
as Prime Minister
- 1954 Casanova's Big Night
as Maggiorin
- 1953
- 1953 Sins of Jezebel
as Elijah
- 1953 Julius Caesar
as Decius Brutus
- 1953
- 1952 Androcles and the Lion
as Cato
- 1952 The Black Castle
as Count Steiken
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Loan Shark
as Vince Phillips
- 1952
- 1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
- 1951
- 1951 When Worlds Collide
as Sydney Stanton
- 1951 Lost Continent
as Michael Rostov
- 1951
- 1951 New Mexico
as Sergeant Harriton
- 1951 Quebec
as Father Antoine
- 1951 Inside Straight
as Flutey Johnson
- 1951 The Company She Keeps
as Judge Kendall
- 1950
- 1950 The Lawless
as Ed Ferguson
- 1950 Outside the Wall
as Jack Bernard
- 1949 Everybody Does It
as Wilkins
- 1949 Trapped
as Agent John Downey
- 1949 The Great Dan Patch
as Ben Lathrop
- 1949 The Lady Gambles
as Dr. Rojac
- 1949 The Bribe
as Gibbs
- 1948 The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Mr. Caldwell
- 1948
- 1948 Sealed Verdict
as Otto Steigmann
- 1948
- 1948 Winter Meeting
as Stacy Grant
- 1948 To the Ends of the Earth
as George C. Shannon
- 1947 Brute Force
as Spencer
- 1947 The Unfaithful
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
- 1947 My Favorite Brunette
as Dr. Lundau
- 1946 O.S.S.
as Col. Paul Meister
Behind the camera (1)
- 1964 The Glass Cage
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2019
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1 episode
- 1949 Lights Out
1 episode