John Hoyt
Acting
Born 1905-10-05
Died 1991-09-15
Bronxville, New York, USA
184 credits
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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
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Perry Mason
Star Trek
Ironside
The Rifleman
Bonanza
Maverick
Matinee Theater
The Virginian
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Wild Wild West
The Twilight Zone
Have Gun, Will Travel
Hogan's Heroes
Get Smart
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Rawhide
The Beverly Hillbillies
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Peter Gunn
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Kildare
Leave It to Beaver
Petticoat Junction
The Big Valley
Gunsmoke
Burke's Law
Studio One
Daniel Boone
The Philco Television Playhouse
Lawman
Climax!
Four Star Playhouse
Police Woman
Zorro
The Loner
The Munsters
Telephone Time
Laramie
Navy Log
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Outer Limits
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Adventures in Paradise
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Monkees
The Danny Thomas Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
It Takes a Thief
Studio 57
The Time Tunnel
Checkmate
The Millionaire
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
M Squad
Laredo
Spartacus
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
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