Birthday: 1905-10-05
Place of birth: Bronxville, New York, USA
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
Caius
7.54
Duel at Diablo
Chata
6.3
The Black Castle
Count Steiken
6.4
Julius Caesar
Decius Brutus
7.1
The Big Combo
Nils Dreyer
7.038
Cleopatra
Cassius
7.044
The Bribe
Gibbs
6.2
Blackboard Jungle
Mr. Warneke
6.861
The Company She Keeps
Judge Kendall
5.9
Brute Force
Spencer
7.303
Forever, Darling
Bill Finlay
7
Merrill's Marauders
Gen. Joseph Stilwell
6.2
Baby Face Nelson
Samuel F. Parker
5.589
Trapped
Agent John Downey
5.857
The Lady Gambles
Dr. Rojac
5.9
Moonfleet
Magistrate Maskew
6.504
Winter Meeting
Stacy Grant
6.5
Death of a Scoundrel
Mr. O'Hara
6
Attack of the Puppet People
Mr. Franz
5
Lost Continent
Michael Rostov
3.4
When Worlds Collide
Sydney Stanton
6.315
The Lawless
Ed Ferguson
5.8
The Come On
Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
5
Two on a Guillotine
Attorney Carl Vickers
6.069
Mulberry Street
Big Vic
5.313
To the Ends of the Earth
George C. Shannon
5.7
The Time Travelers
Dr. Varno
4.981
The Student Prince
Prime Minister
6.429
My Favorite Brunette
Dr. Lundau
6.6
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
7.364
Loan Shark
Vince Phillips
5.575
The Unfaithful
Det. Lt. Reynolds
6
Creepy Classics
Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
6.3
The Pompatus of Love
Big Toe
4.1
O.S.S.
Col. Paul Meister
6.4
Wetbacks
Steve Bodine
5.4
The Purple Mask
Rochet
5
Young Dillinger
Dr. Wilson
6.5
Curse of the Undead
Dr. Carter
5.4
Gunpoint
Mayor Osborne
6
Quebec
Father Antoine
0
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1
The Glass Cage
Lt. Max Westerman
5.3
Sins of Jezebel
Elijah
4.5
The Last Request
Big Joe
2.3
Sierra Stranger
Sheriff
5
Désirée
Talleyrand
6.432
Casanova's Big Night
Maggiorin
6.1
Asylum for a Spy
Character: Lowell Ritchards
0
Everybody Does It
Wilkins
7.8
The Beast of Budapest
Prof. Ernst Tolnai
0
New Mexico
Sgt. Harriton
3.5
Outside the Wall
Jack Bernard
6
Operation C.I.A.
Wells
5
Sealed Verdict
Otto Steigmann
5.5
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Mr. Caldwell
3.5
The Great Dan Patch
Ben Lathrop
5
Inside Straight
Flutey Johnson
4.2
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
6.7
Androcles and the Lion
Cato
5.8
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
William Travers Jerome
6.2
Trial
Ralph Castillo
6.7
The Conqueror
Shaman
3.4
Mohawk
Butler
5.6
God Is My Partner
Gordon Palmer
5
Never So Few
Col. Reed
5.381
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Willard Benson
6.62
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Larkin
4.5
Winchester '73
Sunrider
6.2
Panic in the City
Dr. Milton Becker
5.2
The Intruders
Appleton
4.5
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Minister
8
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Harry Longden
0
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Prof. Samuel Langley
0
A Great Ride
Jukebox Drunk
1
In Search of Historic Jesus
Character: Synagogue Man #1
4.3
Alvin Goes Back to School
5
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Col. Ernest Walton
5.2
Nero Wolfe
Hewitt
8.7
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
7.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Poole
6
Freeing “Trapped”
Self (archive footage)
0
Desperately Seeking Susan
Space Commander
6.07
Flesh Gordon
Professor Gordon
4.8
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Carmine
3.941