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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 5, 1905
Died
September 15, 1991
Place of Birth
Bronxville, New York, USA
Also Known As
- John Glen Hoyt
- John McArthur Hoysradt
John Hoyt
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Freeing “Trapped”
2019
4.1
Carmine
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
5.3
Big Vic
Mulberry Street
2006
2.3
Big Joe
The Last Request
2006
4.1
Big Toe
The Pompatus of Love
1996
6.3
Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
1987
5.0
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
6.1
Space Commander
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
1.0
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
6.7
Stanley Kanisky
Gimme a Break!
1981
Credits
Freeing “Trapped”
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
as Carmine
2013
4.1
Mulberry Street
as Big Vic
2006
5.3
The Last Request
as Big Joe
2006
2.3
The Pompatus of Love
as Big Toe
1996
4.1
Creepy Classics
as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
1987
6.3
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
5.0
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Space Commander
1985
6.1
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
1.0
Gimme a Break!
as Stanley Kanisky
1981
6.7
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
as Barlow
1980
7.5
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
as Barlow
1980
7.5
Nero Wolfe
as Hewitt
1979
8.7
A Great Ride
as Jukebox Drunk
1979
1.0
🎬
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Synagogue Man #1
1979
4.3
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as Prof. Samuel Langley
1978
0.0
The Rhinemann Exchange
as German scientist
1977
6.1
Meeting of Minds
1977
9.5
Matt Helm
as Same Rae
1975
7.4
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
as Harry Longden
1975
0.0
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Dr. Beckwith
1974
7.6
Planet of the Apes
1974
6.9
Flesh Gordon
as Professor Gordon
1974
4.8
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Spruger
1974
7.2
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Minister
1972
8.0
The Intruders
as Appleton
1970
4.5
Panic in the City
as Dr. Milton Becker
1968
5.2
The Outcasts
1968
5.3
Ironside
as Malcolm Henderson
1967
6.8
Winchester '73
as Sunrider
1967
6.2
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Larkin
1966
4.5
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
7.5
The Monkees
as Mendoza
1966
6.5
The Time Tunnel
as The Alien Leader
1966
7.6
The Time Tunnel
as Dr. Steinholtz
1966
7.6
Star Trek
as Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
1966
8.0
Duel at Diablo
as Chata
1966
6.3
Gunpoint
as Mayor Osborne
1966
6.0
Get Smart
1965
7.9
The Loner
as Colonel
1965
5.7
Hogan's Heroes
1965
7.5
Hogan's Heroes
as General Bruner
1965
7.5
Hogan's Heroes
as Field Marshall Von Galter
1965
7.5
Hogan's Heroes
as Colonel Braun
1965
7.5
Hogan's Heroes
as General von Behler
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.5
Honey West
as Prof. Von Kemp
1965
7.0
Laredo
1965
6.3
The Big Valley
as Captain Waterman
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Don Alfredo
1965
6.1
Operation C.I.A.
as Wells
1965
5.0
Young Dillinger
as Dr. Wilson
1965
6.5
🎬
Asylum for a Spy
as Lowell Ritchards
1965
0.0
Two on a Guillotine
as Attorney Carl Vickers
1965
6.1
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Mr. Finchley
1964
5.0
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Lodge
1964
5.0
The Time Travelers
as Dr. Varno
1964
4.9
🎬
Tom, Dick and Mary
as Dr. Krevoy
1964
5.0
The Munsters
1964
7.9
Daniel Boone
as Patrick Henry
1964
6.9
Daniel Boone
as Colonel James Lamport
1964
6.9
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as General Beeker
1964
7.8
Wendy and Me
1964
0.0
The Rogues
as Spigal
1964
7.2
The Glass Cage
as Lt. Max Westerman
1964
5.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Mr. Orbin
1963
5.3
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
Petticoat Junction
as John Fisher
1963
5.8
Petticoat Junction
as Jeremiah Priddy
1963
5.8
Burke's Law
as Otto Veidt
1963
6.0
The Outer Limits
as Emmett Balfour
1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
as Bifrost Alien
1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
as Professor Hebbel
1963
7.8
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as Willard Benson
1963
6.6
Cleopatra
as Cassius
1963
7.0
The Dakotas
1963
5.7
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Dr. Knox
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Judge Wickersham
1962
6.5
The Virginian
as Judge Harper
1962
6.5
The Virginian
as Mr. Marshall
1962
6.5
The Virginian
as Judge Manton
1962
6.5
Merrill's Marauders
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
1962
6.1
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Bernard Motley
1961
5.5
The Roaring 20's
1960
0.0
Spartacus
as Caius
1960
7.5
🎬
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
0.0
Outlaws
1960
6.2
Checkmate
1960
4.1
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Arnold Bellson
1960
6.3
Johnny Midnight
1960
0.0
Never So Few
as Col. Reed
1959
5.4
Adventures in Paradise
as Sebastian
1959
5.7
Bourbon Street Beat
as John Cavanagh
1959
5.0
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
The Twilight Zone
as Ross
1959
8.4
The Twilight Zone
as Dr. Loren
1959
8.4
Law of the Plainsman
as Col. Efram Springer
1959
6.0
Laramie
1959
6.4
Riverboat
as Antoine Rigaud
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Major Sutcliffe
1959
7.5
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.6
Curse of the Undead
as Dr. Carter
1959
5.4
Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Col. Ernest Walton
1959
5.2
Rawhide
1959
7.2
Lawman
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Judge Loren Grant
1958
5.6
The Rifleman
1958
7.0
Peter Gunn
as B.E. Raleigh
1958
6.5
Attack of the Puppet People
as Mr. Franz
1958
5.0
The Beast of Budapest
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
1958
0.0
Baby Face Nelson
as Samuel F. Parker
1957
5.6
Zorro
1957
7.5
Leave It to Beaver
as Doctor Compton
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
6.8
Perry Mason
as Joseph Harrison
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Philip Reynolds
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as William Harper Caine
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Darwin Norland
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Thomas Webber
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Dr. Carter
1957
5.2
The Thin Man
as Florist Sitwell
1957
7.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.4
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Burnison
1957
6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Harding
1957
6.2
God Is My Partner
as Gordon Palmer
1957
5.0
Sierra Stranger
as Sheriff
1957
5.0
Death of a Scoundrel
as Mr. O'Hara
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Frank Hale
1956
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Walt Matthews
1956
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Hannigan
1956
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Judge Parker
1956
5.5
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
3.7
Wetbacks
as Steve Bodine
1956
5.4
The Come On
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
1956
5.0
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Mohawk
as Butler
1956
5.6
The Conqueror
as Shaman
1956
3.4
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
4.4
Forever, Darling
as Bill Finlay
1956
7.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Trial
as Ralph Castillo
1955
6.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Reverend
1955
7.7
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
as William Travers Jerome
1955
6.2
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Rex Propter
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Jeff
1955
6.6
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Poole
1955
6.0
Moonfleet
as Magistrate Maskew
1955
6.5
The Purple Mask
as Rochet
1955
5.0
Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Warneke
1955
6.9
The Big Combo
as Nils Dreyer
1955
7.0
The Millionaire
as Dr. Knut Sorens
1955
5.0
Désirée
as Talleyrand
1954
6.4
Climax!
as Poole
1954
3.3
Studio 57
1954
0.0
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
The Student Prince
as Prime Minister
1954
6.3
Casanova's Big Night
as Maggiorin
1954
6.1
The Danny Thomas Show
as Montague Brooks
1953
6.0
Sins of Jezebel
as Elijah
1953
4.5
Julius Caesar
as Decius Brutus
1953
7.1
General Electric Theater
as Dietz
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Beaumont
1953
6.3
Androcles and the Lion
as Cato
1952
5.8
The Black Castle
as Count Steiken
1952
6.4
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
Death Valley Days
as Crandel
1952
6.4
Cavalcade of America
as Hessian officer
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Com. Smedley
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Bentridge
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Simpson
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Roger Webb
1952
6.3
Loan Shark
as Vince Phillips
1952
5.5
Dangerous Assignment
1952
3.5
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
1951
6.7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Capt. McCall
1951
7.3
When Worlds Collide
as Sydney Stanton
1951
6.3
Lost Continent
as Michael Rostov
1951
3.4
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
New Mexico
as Sgt. Harriton
1951
3.5
Quebec
as Father Antoine
1951
0.0
Inside Straight
as Flutey Johnson
1951
4.2
The Company She Keeps
as Judge Kendall
1951
5.9
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Captain Louis Renault
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Musley
1950
6.3
The Lawless
as Ed Ferguson
1950
5.8
Outside the Wall
as Jack Bernard
1950
6.0
Everybody Does It
as Wilkins
1949
7.8
Trapped
as Agent John Downey
1949
5.8
The Great Dan Patch
as Ben Lathrop
1949
5.0
Lights Out
1949
5.3
The Lady Gambles
as Dr. Rojac
1949
6.0
The Bribe
as Gibbs
1949
6.2
The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Mr. Caldwell
1948
3.5
Studio One
as Judge Cass
1948
5.0
Sealed Verdict
as Otto Steigmann
1948
5.5
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
Winter Meeting
as Stacy Grant
1948
6.5
To the Ends of the Earth
as George C. Shannon
1948
5.7
Brute Force
as Spencer
1947
7.3
The Unfaithful
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
1947
6.0
My Favorite Brunette
as Dr. Lundau
1947
6.6
O.S.S.
as Col. Paul Meister
1946
6.4