John Hoyt
Known for: Acting
Born: October 5, 1905
Died: September 15, 1991
Place of birth: Bronxville, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
87 movies · 98 TV shows, newest first
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Freeing “Trapped”
2019
3.9
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
5.4
Mulberry Street
2006
2.1
The Last Request
2006
4.1
The Pompatus of Love
1996
6.4
Creepy Classics
1987
5.0
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
NR
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
6.1
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
4.0
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
6.7
Gimme a Break!
1981
7.3
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
7.4
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
8.3
Nero Wolfe
1979
3.5
A Great Ride
1979
4.8
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
NR
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
6.5
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
8.7
Meeting of Minds
1977
7.8
Matt Helm
1975
8.0
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
6.9
Planet of the Apes
1974
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
6.4
Police Woman
1974
4.8
Flesh Gordon
1974
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
8.0
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
5.0
The Intruders
1970
5.5
Panic in the City
1968
6.5
The Outcasts
1968
7.2
It Takes a Thief
1968
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.7
Winchester '73
19677.0
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
7.6
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
6.5
The Monkees
1966
7.6
The Time Tunnel
1966
8.0
Star Trek
1966
6.4
Duel at Diablo
1966
6.2
Gunpoint
1966
8.0
Get Smart
1965
6.3
The Loner
1965
7.6
Hogan's Heroes
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.2
Honey West
1965
6.4
Laredo
1965
6.2
The Big Valley
1965
6.0
Operation C.I.A.
1965
7.3
Young Dillinger
19658.0
Asylum for a Spy
1965
6.1
Two on a Guillotine
19657.5
Profiles in Courage
1964
5.1
The Time Travelers
1964
6.5
Tom, Dick and Mary
1964
7.9
The Munsters
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
8.0
Wendy and Me
1964
7.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
8.0
The Rogues
1964
5.8
The Glass Cage
1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
6.6
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
7.1
Cleopatra
1963
6.5
The Dakotas
1963
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
6.2
Merrill's Marauders
1962
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
6.3
Gunslinger
19617.0
Alcatraz Express
1961
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The Roaring 20's
1960
7.5
Spartacus
1960
9.0
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
6.7
Outlaws
1960
4.8
Checkmate
19606.8
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
7.0
Johnny Midnight
1960
5.5
Never So Few
1959
5.5
Curse of the Undead
1959
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
6.7
The Alaskans
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
7.3
Law of the Plainsman
1959
6.7
Laramie
1959
6.5
Riverboat
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
5.2
Johnny Staccato
1959
6.0
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
5.1
Attack of the Puppet People
1958
8.0
The Beast of Budapest
1958
5.6
Baby Face Nelson
1957
7.6
Zorro
1957
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
7.6
The Thin Man
1957
5.4
M Squad
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.5
God Is My Partner
1957
6.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
5.0
Sierra Stranger
1957
6.0
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.9
Wetbacks
1956
5.2
The Come On
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
1956
5.6
Mohawk
1956
5.6
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
6.9
Forever, Darling
1956
3.6
The Conqueror
1956
5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
6.9
Trial
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.0
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
5.2
Navy Log
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955
6.5
Moonfleet
1955
5.8
The Purple Mask
1955
6.9
Blackboard Jungle
1955
7.0
The Big Combo
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
6.3
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
6.6
Désirée
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
7.5
Studio 57
1954
NR
The Whistler
1954
6.3
The Student Prince
1954
6.1
Casanova's Big Night
1954
6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
5.8
Sins of Jezebel
1953
7.1
Julius Caesar
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
5.9
Androcles and the Lion
1952
6.4
The Black Castle
1952
5.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
6.6
Death Valley Days
1952
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
5.7
Loan Shark
1952
5.3
Dangerous Assignment
1952
6.7
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
6.4
When Worlds Collide
1951
3.6
Lost Continent
1951
6.5
Racket Squad
1951
3.6
New Mexico
1951
7.0
Quebec
1951
4.9
Inside Straight
1951
6.2
The Company She Keeps
19516.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
5.9
The Lawless
1950
6.1
Outside the Wall
1950
8.5
Everybody Does It
1949
6.0
Trapped
1949
5.5
The Great Dan Patch
1949
6.0
Lights Out
1949
6.1
The Lady Gambles
1949
6.3
The Bribe
1949
3.8
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
5.4
Studio One
1948
7.0
Sealed Verdict
1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.6
Winter Meeting
1948
5.9
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
7.3
Brute Force
1947
5.9
The Unfaithful
1947
6.7
My Favorite Brunette
1947
6.9
O.S.S.
1946