Cast
John Hoyt
Acting
Cast
John Hoyt
Known for
Acting
Born
1905-10-05
From
Bronxville, New York, USA
Died
1991-09-15
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). 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.
Spartacus
as Caius
Cleopatra
as Cassius
Julius Caesar
as Decius Brutus
Brute Force
as Spencer
Young Dillinger
as Dr. Wilson
Gunpoint
as Mayor Osborne
Flesh Gordon
as Professor Gordon
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Space Commander
Mulberry Street
as Big Vic
The Conqueror
as Shaman
Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Warneke
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Trapped
as Agent John Downey
Mohawk
as Butler
Duel at Diablo
as Chata
Never So Few
as Col. Reed
Moonfleet
as Magistrate Maskew
Quebec
as Father Antoine
When Worlds Collide
as Sydney Stanton
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as Willard Benson
Désirée
as Talleyrand
The Lawless
as Ed Ferguson
The Big Combo
as Nils Dreyer
Winchester '73
as Sunrider
Inside Straight
as Flutey Johnson
The Intruders
as Appleton
Trial
as Ralph Castillo
Creepy Classics
as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
To the Ends of the Earth
as George C. Shannon
Baby Face Nelson
as Samuel F. Parker
Lost Continent
as Michael Rostov
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
as Barlow
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
as William Travers Jerome
The Lady Gambles
as Dr. Rojac
The Last Request
as Big Joe
Merrill's Marauders
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
Androcles and the Lion
as Cato
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
as Carmine
Death of a Scoundrel
as Mr. O'Hara
Casanova's Big Night
as Maggiorin
The Unfaithful
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
Forever, Darling
as Bill Finlay
O.S.S.
as Col. Paul Meister
The Purple Mask
as Rochet
My Favorite Brunette
as Dr. Lundau
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
as Barlow
Freeing “Trapped”
as Self (archive footage)
The Company She Keeps
as Judge Kendall
New Mexico
as Sgt. Harriton
The Pompatus of Love
as Big Toe
Sealed Verdict
as Otto Steigmann
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Larkin
The Time Travelers
as Dr. Varno
Curse of the Undead
as Dr. Carter
Nero Wolfe
as Hewitt
Two on a Guillotine
as Attorney Carl Vickers
Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Col. Ernest Walton
The Bribe
as Gibbs
The Glass Cage
as Lt. Max Westerman
Outside the Wall
as Jack Bernard
Attack of the Puppet People
as Mr. Franz
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Synagogue Man #1
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
as Harry Longden
God Is My Partner
as Gordon Palmer
Winter Meeting
as Stacy Grant
The Student Prince
as Prime Minister
The Black Castle
as Count Steiken
Loan Shark
as Vince Phillips
Asylum for a Spy
as Lowell Ritchards
The Beast of Budapest
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
Wetbacks
as Steve Bodine
The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Mr. Caldwell
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Minister
The Come On
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
Everybody Does It
as Wilkins
Sins of Jezebel
as Elijah
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Sierra Stranger
as Sheriff
A Great Ride
as Jukebox Drunk
Alvin Goes Back to School
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as Prof. Samuel Langley
The Great Dan Patch
as Ben Lathrop
Panic in the City
as Dr. Milton Becker
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Poole
Operation C.I.A.
as Wells
Alcatraz Express
as Capone's attorney (archive footage)