Acting · Bronxville, New York, USA · Born October 5, 1905
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.
MovieFreeing “Trapped”
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOnce Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
as Carmine
MovieMulberry Street
2006
as Big Vic
MovieThe Last Request
2006
as Big Joe
MovieThe Pompatus of Love
1996
as Big Toe
MovieCreepy Classics
1987
as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
MovieAlvin Goes Back to School
1986
MovieThe NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
MovieDesperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Space Commander
MovieForty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
as General Waggenheim
TVGimme a Break!
1981
as Stanley Kanisky
MovieTreachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Barlow
MovieThe Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Barlow
MovieNero Wolfe
1979
as Hewitt
MovieA Great Ride
1979
as Jukebox Drunk
MovieIn Search of Historic Jesus
1979
as Synagogue Man #1
MovieThe Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
as Prof. Samuel Langley
TVThe Rhinemann Exchange
1977
as German scientist
TVMeeting of Minds
1977
TVMatt Helm
1975
as Same Rae
MovieThe Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
as Harry Longden
TVPlanet of the Apes
1974
as Prefect Barlow
TVKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Dr. Beckwith
TVPolice Woman
1974
MovieFlesh Gordon
1974
as Professor Gordon
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Dr. Spruger
MovieWelcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Minister
MovieThe Intruders
1970
as Appleton
MoviePanic in the City
1968
as Dr. Milton Becker
TVThe Outcasts
1968
TVIt Takes a Thief
1968
as Mundt
TVIronside
1967
as Malcolm Henderson
MovieWinchester '73
1967
as Sunrider
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Hobart Waylon
MovieFame Is the Name of the Game
1966
as Larkin
TVPistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
TVThe Monkees
1966
as Mendoza
TVThe Time Tunnel
1966
as The Alien Leader
TVStar Trek
1966
as Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
MovieDuel at Diablo
1966
as Chata
MovieGunpoint
1966
as Mayor Osborne
TVGet Smart
1965
as Mr. Bunny
TVThe Loner
1965
as Colonel
TVHogan's Heroes
1965
TVThe Wild Wild West
1965
TVHoney West
1965
as Prof. Von Kemp
TVLaredo
1965
TVThe Big Valley
1965
as Captain Waterman
MovieOperation C.I.A.
1965
as Wells
MovieYoung Dillinger
1965
as Dr. Wilson
Asylum for a Spy
1965
as Lowell Ritchards
MovieTwo on a Guillotine
1965
as Attorney Carl Vickers
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Mr. Finchley
MovieThe Time Travelers
1964
as Dr. Varno
Tom, Dick and Mary
1964
as Dr. Krevoy
TVThe Munsters
1964
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Patrick Henry
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Aristide
TVWendy and Me
1964
TVVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as General Beeker
TVThe Rogues
1964
as Spigal
MovieThe Glass Cage
1964
as Lt. Max Westerman
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Mr. Orbin
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVPetticoat Junction
1963
as John Fisher
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Otto Veidt
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Emmett Balfour
MovieX: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
as Willard Benson
MovieCleopatra
1963
as Cassius
TVThe Dakotas
1963
TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Dr. Knox
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Judge Wickersham
MovieMerrill's Marauders
1962
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Bernard Motley
TVGunslinger
1961
as Shubel Morgan
Alcatraz Express
1961
as Capone's Attorney
TVThe Roaring 20's
1960
MovieSpartacus
1960
as Caius
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
TVOutlaws
1960
TVCheckmate
1960
as Louis Roche
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
as Arnold Bellson
TVJohnny Midnight
1960
MovieNever So Few
1959
as Col. Reed
MovieCurse of the Undead
1959
as Dr. Carter
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
as John Cavanagh
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Sebastian
TVThe Alaskans
1959
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Ross
TVLaw of the Plainsman
1959
as Col. Efram Springer
TVLaramie
1959
TVRiverboat
1959
as Antoine Rigaud
TVBonanza
1959
as Major Sutcliffe
TVJohnny Staccato
1959
MovieRiot in Juvenile Prison
1959
as Col. Ernest Walton
TVRawhide
1959
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Capone's Attorney
TVLawman
1958
TVThe Rifleman
1958
TVPeter Gunn
1958
as B.E. Raleigh
MovieAttack of the Puppet People
1958
as Mr. Franz
MovieThe Beast of Budapest
1958
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
MovieBaby Face Nelson
1957
as Samuel F. Parker
TVZorro
1957
TVLeave It to Beaver
1957
as Doctor Compton
TVMaverick
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Joseph Harrison
TVThe Thin Man
1957
as Florist Sitwell
TVM Squad
1957
as Dr. Carter
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieGod Is My Partner
1957
as Gordon Palmer
TVRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Burnison
MovieSierra Stranger
1957
as Sheriff
MovieDeath of a Scoundrel
1956
as Mr. O'Hara
TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Frank Hale
TVThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
MovieWetbacks
1956
as Steve Bodine
MovieThe Come On
1956
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
TVTelephone Time
1956
MovieMohawk
1956
as Butler
TVThe Count of Monte Cristo
1956
MovieForever, Darling
1956
as Bill Finlay
MovieThe Conqueror
1956
as Shaman
TVMatinee Theater
1955
MovieTrial
1955
as Ralph Castillo
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Reverend
MovieThe Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
as William Travers Jerome
TVNavy Log
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Rex Propter
MovieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955
as Poole
MovieMoonfleet
1955
as Magistrate Maskew
MovieThe Purple Mask
1955
as Rochet
MovieBlackboard Jungle
1955
as Mr. Warneke
MovieThe Big Combo
1955
as Nils Dreyer
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Dr. Knut Sorens
TVThe Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Brig. General Frank Tallman
MovieDésirée
1954
as Talleyrand
TVClimax!
1954
as Poole
TVStudio 57
1954
TVThe Whistler
1954
MovieThe Student Prince
1954
as Prime Minister
MovieCasanova's Big Night
1954
as Maggiorin
TVThe Danny Thomas Show
1953
as Montague Brooks
MovieSins of Jezebel
1953
as Elijah
MovieJulius Caesar
1953
as Decius Brutus
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Dietz
MovieAndrocles and the Lion
1952
as Cato
MovieThe Black Castle
1952
as Count Steiken
TVMr. & Mrs. North
1952
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Hessian officer
TVDeath Valley Days
1952
as Crandel
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Bentridge
MovieLoan Shark
1952
as Vince Phillips
TVDangerous Assignment
1952
MovieThe Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Capt. McCall
MovieWhen Worlds Collide
1951
as Sydney Stanton
MovieLost Continent
1951
as Michael Rostov
TVRacket Squad
1951
MovieNew Mexico
1951
as Sergeant Harriton
MovieQuebec
1951
as Father Antoine
MovieInside Straight
1951
as Flutey Johnson
MovieThe Company She Keeps
1951
as Judge Kendall
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Captain Louis Renault
MovieThe Lawless
1950
as Ed Ferguson
MovieOutside the Wall
1950
as Jack Bernard
MovieEverybody Does It
1949
as Wilkins
MovieTrapped
1949
as Agent John Downey
MovieThe Great Dan Patch
1949
as Ben Lathrop
TVLights Out
1949
MovieThe Lady Gambles
1949
as Dr. Rojac
MovieThe Bribe
1949
as Gibbs
MovieThe Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
as Mr. Caldwell
TVStudio One
1948
as Judge Cass
MovieSealed Verdict
1948
as Otto Steigmann
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MovieWinter Meeting
1948
as Stacy Grant
MovieTo the Ends of the Earth
1948
as George C. Shannon
MovieBrute Force
1947
as Spencer
MovieThe Unfaithful
1947
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
MovieMy Favorite Brunette
1947
as Dr. Lundau
MovieO.S.S.
1946
as Col. Paul Meister
