John Hoyt
Acting
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.
TV Shows(97)
Gimme a Break!
Stanley Kanisky
1981
The Rhinemann Exchange
German scientist
1977
Meeting of Minds
1977
Matt Helm
Same Rae
1975
Planet of the Apes
Prefect Barlow
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Dr. Beckwith
1974
Police Woman
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Spruger
1974
The Outcasts
1968
It Takes a Thief
Mundt
1968
Ironside
Malcolm Henderson
1967
CBS Playhouse
Hobart Waylon
1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Monkees
Mendoza
1966
The Time Tunnel
The Alien Leader
1966
Star Trek
Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
1966
Get Smart
Mr. Bunny
1965
The Loner
Colonel
1965
Hogan's Heroes
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
Honey West
Prof. Von Kemp
1965
Laredo
1965
The Big Valley
Captain Waterman
1965
Profiles in Courage
Mr. Finchley
1964
Tom, Dick and Mary
Dr. Krevoy
1964
The Munsters
1964
Daniel Boone
Patrick Henry
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Aristide
1964
Wendy and Me
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
General Beeker
1964
The Rogues
Spigal
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Mr. Orbin
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Petticoat Junction
John Fisher
1963
Burke's Law
Otto Veidt
1963
The Outer Limits
Emmett Balfour
1963
The Dakotas
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Dr. Knox
1962
The Virginian
Judge Wickersham
1962
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Bernard Motley
1961
Gunslinger
Shubel Morgan
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
Outlaws
1960
Checkmate
Louis Roche
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
Arnold Bellson
1960
Johnny Midnight
1960
Bourbon Street Beat
John Cavanagh
1959
Adventures in Paradise
Sebastian
1959
The Alaskans
1959
The Twilight Zone
Ross
1959
Law of the Plainsman
Col. Efram Springer
1959
Laramie
1959
Riverboat
Antoine Rigaud
1959
Bonanza
Major Sutcliffe
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Rawhide
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Capone's Attorney
1958
Lawman
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Peter Gunn
B.E. Raleigh
1958
Zorro
1957
Leave It to Beaver
Doctor Compton
1957
Maverick
1957
Perry Mason
Joseph Harrison
1957
The Thin Man
Florist Sitwell
1957
M Squad
Dr. Carter
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Burnison
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Frank Hale
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Telephone Time
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Reverend
1955
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
Rex Propter
1955
The Millionaire
Dr. Knut Sorens
1955
The Bob Cummings Show
Brig. General Frank Tallman
1955
Climax!
Poole
1954
Studio 57
1954
The Whistler
1954
The Danny Thomas Show
Montague Brooks
1953
General Electric Theater
Dietz
1953
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Cavalcade of America
Hessian officer
1952
Death Valley Days
Crandel
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Bentridge
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Capt. McCall
1951
Racket Squad
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Captain Louis Renault
1950
Lights Out
1949
Studio One
Judge Cass
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Movies(88)
Freeing “Trapped”
Self (archive footage)
2019
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Carmine
2013
Mulberry Street
Big Vic
2006
The Last Request
Big Joe
2006
The Pompatus of Love
Big Toe
1996
Creepy Classics
Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
1987
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
Space Commander
1985
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
1980
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
1980
Nero Wolfe
Hewitt
1979
A Great Ride
Jukebox Drunk
1979
In Search of Historic Jesus
Synagogue Man #1
1979
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Prof. Samuel Langley
1978
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Harry Longden
1975
Flesh Gordon
Professor Gordon
1974
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Minister
1972
The Intruders
Appleton
1970
Panic in the City
Dr. Milton Becker
1968
Winchester '73
Sunrider
1967
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Larkin
1966
Star Trek: The Menagerie
Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
1966
Duel at Diablo
Chata
1966
Gunpoint
Mayor Osborne
1966
Operation C.I.A.
Wells
1965
Young Dillinger
Dr. Wilson
1965
Asylum for a Spy
Lowell Ritchards
1965
Two on a Guillotine
Attorney Carl Vickers
1965
The Time Travelers
Dr. Varno
1964
The Glass Cage
Lt. Max Westerman
1964
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Willard Benson
1963
Cleopatra
Cassius
1963
Merrill's Marauders
Gen. Joseph Stilwell
1962
Alcatraz Express
Capone's attorney (archive footage)
1961
Spartacus
Caius
1960
Never So Few
Col. Reed
1959
Curse of the Undead
Dr. Carter
1959
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Col. Ernest Walton
1959
Attack of the Puppet People
Mr. Franz
1958
The Beast of Budapest
Prof. Ernst Tolnai
1958
Baby Face Nelson
Samuel F. Parker
1957
God Is My Partner
Gordon Palmer
1957
Sierra Stranger
Sheriff
1957
Death of a Scoundrel
Mr. O'Hara
1956
Wetbacks
Steve Bodine
1956
The Come On
Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
1956
Mohawk
Butler
1956
Forever, Darling
Bill Finlay
1956
The Conqueror
Shaman
1956
Trial
Ralph Castillo
1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
William Travers Jerome
1955
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Poole
1955
Moonfleet
Magistrate Maskew
1955
The Purple Mask
Rochet
1955
Blackboard Jungle
Mr. Warneke
1955
The Big Combo
Nils Dreyer
1955
Désirée
Talleyrand
1954
The Student Prince
Prime Minister
1954
Casanova's Big Night
Maggiorin
1954
Sins of Jezebel
Elijah
1953
Julius Caesar
Decius Brutus
1953
Androcles and the Lion
Cato
1952
The Black Castle
Count Steiken
1952
Loan Shark
Vince Phillips
1952
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
1951
When Worlds Collide
Sydney Stanton
1951
Lost Continent
Michael Rostov
1951
New Mexico
Sgt. Harriton
1951
Quebec
Father Antoine
1951
Inside Straight
Flutey Johnson
1951
The Company She Keeps
Judge Kendall
1951
The Lawless
Ed Ferguson
1950
Outside the Wall
Jack Bernard
1950
Everybody Does It
Wilkins
1949
Trapped
Agent John Downey
1949
The Great Dan Patch
Ben Lathrop
1949
The Lady Gambles
Dr. Rojac
1949
The Bribe
Gibbs
1949
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Mr. Caldwell
1948
Sealed Verdict
Otto Steigmann
1948
Winter Meeting
Stacy Grant
1948
To the Ends of the Earth
George C. Shannon
1948
Brute Force
Spencer
1947
The Unfaithful
Det. Lt. Reynolds
1947
My Favorite Brunette
Dr. Lundau
1947
O.S.S.
Col. Paul Meister
1946