John Hoyt
Acting
🎂 1905-10-05
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.
Cast credits(209)
Joseph Harrison
1957
Philip Reynolds
1957
William Harper Caine
1957
Darwin Norland
1957
Thomas Webber
1957
Major Sutcliffe
1959
Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
1966
1958
1957
1957
Poole
1954
Judge Wickersham
1962
Judge Harper
1962
Mr. Marshall
1962
Judge Manton
1962
Malcolm Henderson
1967
1965
Field Marshall Von Galter
1965
General Bruner
1965
Colonel Braun
1965
General von Behler
1965
Ross
1959
Dr. Loren
1959
Captain Waterman
1965
Don Alfredo
1965
1959
Patrick Henry
1964
Colonel James Lamport
1964
Judge Cass
1948
1955
John Fisher
1963
Jeremiah Priddy
1963
Frank Hale
1956
Walt Matthews
1956
Hannigan
1956
Judge Parker
1956
1965
1948
1958
Judge Loren Grant
1958
1963
1957
Dr. Spruger
1974
Bentridge
1952
Simpson
1952
Roger Webb
1952
Rex Propter
1955
Jeff
1955
Dr. Bernard Motley
1961
1962
1974
1964
Otto Veidt
1963
1965
Self
1956
Dr. Knox
1962
Emmett Balfour
1963
Bifrost Alien
1963
Professor Hebbel
1963
Doctor Compton
1957
1959
B.E. Raleigh
1958
Dr. Knut Sorens
1955
Mr. Orbin
1963
Dr. Carter
1957
General Beeker
1964
1960
Mendoza
1966
1949
Reverend
1955
Florist Sitwell
1957
1956
Antoine Rigaud
1959
1965
1956
The Alien Leader
1966
Dr. Steinholtz
1966
Burnison
1957
Harding
1957
1954
Sebastian
1959
Captain Louis Renault
1950
Musley
1950
1955
1959
Caius
1960
Prof. Von Kemp
1965
Aristide
1964
Expert
1964
1951
Dr. Beckwith
1974
Colonel
1965
Cassius
1963
Hessian officer
1952
1952
Com. Smedley
1952
Spigal
1964
Stanley Kanisky
1981
Col. Efram Springer
1959
1963
1960
1952
1959
Same Rae
1975
1968
1960
1954
1960
1956
Arnold Bellson
1960
1974
Vince Phillips
1952
Mr. Finchley
1964
Lodge
1964
Professor Gordon
1974
Space Commander
1985
Montague Brooks
1953
Sydney Stanton
1951
1964
1952
John Cavanagh
1959
Judge Kendall
1951
Talleyrand
1954
Mr. Warneke
1955
Crandel
1952
Decius Brutus
1953
German scientist
1977
Shaman
1956
Chata
1966
1977
Magistrate Maskew
1955
Prof. Samuel Langley
1978
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
1951
Nils Dreyer
1955
Col. Reed
1959
Dr. Milton Becker
1968
1966
Dr. Carter
1959
Spencer
1947
Det. Lt. Reynolds
1947
Mayor Osborne
1966
Agent John Downey
1949
Sunrider
1967
Samuel F. Parker
1957
Lt. Max Westerman
1964
Dietz
1953
Beaumont
1953
Prime Minister
1954
Gibbs
1949
Butler
1956
1960
Dr. Varno
1964
Ralph Castillo
1955
Capt. McCall
1951
Willard Benson
1963
Prof. Ernst Tolnai
1958
Dr. Rojac
1949
1986
Appleton
1970
George C. Shannon
1948
Gen. Joseph Stilwell
1962
Ed Ferguson
1950
Sgt. Harriton
1951
Sheriff
1957
Big Vic
2006
Dr. Lundau
1947
Mr. Franz
1958
Count Steiken
1952
Barlow
1980
Hewitt
1979
William Travers Jerome
1955
Carmine
2013
Minister
1972
Stacy Grant
1948
Attorney Carl Vickers
1965
Dr. Wilson
1965
Michael Rostov
1951
Larkin
1966
Rochet
1955
Big Joe
2006
Flutey Johnson
1951
Steve Bodine
1956
Cato
1952
Col. Ernest Walton
1959
Otto Steigmann
1948
Mr. O'Hara
1956
Harry Longden
1975
Maggiorin
1954
Father Antoine
1951
Col. Paul Meister
1946
Bill Finlay
1956
Lowell Ritchards
1965
1982
Jack Bernard
1950
Ben Lathrop
1949
Gordon Palmer
1957
Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
1987
Wilkins
1949
Dr. Krevoy
1964
Wells
1965
Mr. Caldwell
1948
Barlow
1980
Elijah
1953
Big Toe
1996
Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
1956
Poole
1955
Jukebox Drunk
1979
Synagogue Man #1
1979
Self (archive footage)
2019