John Hoyt
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.
Acted in
Freeing “Trapped”
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
as Carmine
Mulberry Street
2006
as Big Vic
The Last Request
2006
as Big Joe
The Pompatus of Love
1996
as Big Toe
Creepy Classics
1987
as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Space Commander
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
Gimme a Break!
1981
as Stanley Kanisky
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Barlow
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Barlow
Nero Wolfe
1979
as Hewitt
A Great Ride
1979
as Jukebox Drunk
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
as Synagogue Man #1
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
as Prof. Samuel Langley
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
as German scientist
Meeting of Minds
1977
Matt Helm
1975
as Same Rae
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
as Harry Longden
Planet of the Apes
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Dr. Beckwith
Police Woman
1974
Flesh Gordon
1974
as Professor Gordon
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Dr. Spruger
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Minister
The Intruders
1970
as Appleton
Panic in the City
1968
as Dr. Milton Becker
The Outcasts
1968
Ironside
1967
as Malcolm Henderson
Winchester '73
1967
as Sunrider
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
as Larkin
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Monkees
1966
as Mendoza
The Time Tunnel
1966
as The Alien Leader
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Dr. Steinholtz
Star Trek
1966
as Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
Duel at Diablo
1966
as Chata
Gunpoint
1966
as Mayor Osborne
Get Smart
1965
The Loner
1965
Hogan's Heroes
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
Honey West
1965
as Prof. Von Kemp
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as General Bruner
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as Field Marshall Von Galter
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as Colonel Braun
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as General von Behler
Laredo
1965
The Big Valley
1965
as Captain Waterman
The Big Valley
1965
as Don Alfredo
Operation C.I.A.
1965
as Wells
Young Dillinger
1965
as Dr. Wilson
Asylum for a Spy
1965
as Lowell Ritchards
Two on a Guillotine
1965
as Attorney Carl Vickers
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Mr. Finchley
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Lodge
The Time Travelers
1964
as Dr. Varno
Tom, Dick and Mary
1964
as Dr. Krevoy
The Munsters
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
as Patrick Henry
Daniel Boone
1964
as Colonel James Lamport
Wendy and Me
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as General Beeker
The Rogues
1964
as Spigal
The Glass Cage
1964
as Lt. Max Westerman
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Mr. Orbin
Petticoat Junction
1963
as John Fisher
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Jeremiah Priddy
Burke's Law
1963
as Otto Veidt
The Outer Limits
1963
as Emmett Balfour
The Outer Limits
1963
as Bifrost Alien
The Outer Limits
1963
as Professor Hebbel
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
as Willard Benson
Cleopatra
1963
as Cassius
The Dakotas
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Dr. Knox
The Virginian
1962
as Judge Wickersham
The Virginian
1962
as Judge Harper
The Virginian
1962
as Mr. Marshall
The Virginian
1962
as Judge Manton
Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Bernard Motley
The Roaring 20's
1960
Spartacus
1960
as Caius
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
Outlaws
1960
Checkmate
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
as Arnold Bellson
Johnny Midnight
1960
Never So Few
1959
as Col. Reed
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
as John Cavanagh
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Sebastian
The Alaskans
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ross
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Dr. Loren
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Col. Efram Springer
Laramie
1959
Riverboat
1959
as Antoine Rigaud
Bonanza
1959
as Major Sutcliffe
Johnny Staccato
1959
Curse of the Undead
1959
as Dr. Carter
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
as Col. Ernest Walton
Rawhide
1959
Lawman
1958
Lawman
1958
as Judge Loren Grant
The Rifleman
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
as B.E. Raleigh
Attack of the Puppet People
1958
as Mr. Franz
The Beast of Budapest
1958
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
Baby Face Nelson
1957
as Samuel F. Parker
Zorro
1957
Leave It to Beaver
1957
as Doctor Compton
Maverick
1957
Perry Mason
1957
as Joseph Harrison
Perry Mason
1957
as Philip Reynolds
Perry Mason
1957
as William Harper Caine
Perry Mason
1957
as Darwin Norland
Perry Mason
1957
as Thomas Webber
The Thin Man
1957
as Florist Sitwell
M Squad
1957
as Dr. Carter
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
God Is My Partner
1957
as Gordon Palmer
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Burnison
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Harding
Sierra Stranger
1957
as Sheriff
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
as Mr. O'Hara
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Frank Hale
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Walt Matthews
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Hannigan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Judge Parker
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Wetbacks
1956
as Steve Bodine
The Come On
1956
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
Telephone Time
1956
Mohawk
1956
as Butler
The Conqueror
1956
as Shaman
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Forever, Darling
1956
as Bill Finlay
Matinee Theater
1955
Trial
1955
as Ralph Castillo
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Reverend
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
as William Travers Jerome
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Rex Propter
Gunsmoke
1955
as Jeff
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955
as Poole
Moonfleet
1955
as Magistrate Maskew
The Purple Mask
1955
as Rochet
Blackboard Jungle
1955
as Mr. Warneke
The Big Combo
1955
as Nils Dreyer
The Millionaire
1955
as Dr. Knut Sorens
Désirée
1954
as Talleyrand
Climax!
1954
as Poole
Studio 57
1954
The Whistler
1954
The Student Prince
1954
as Prime Minister
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Maggiorin
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
as Montague Brooks
Sins of Jezebel
1953
as Elijah
Julius Caesar
1953
as Decius Brutus
General Electric Theater
1953
as Dietz
General Electric Theater
1953
as Beaumont
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Cato
The Black Castle
1952
as Count Steiken
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Hessian officer
Cavalcade of America
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Com. Smedley
Death Valley Days
1952
as Crandel
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Bentridge
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Simpson
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Roger Webb
Loan Shark
1952
as Vince Phillips
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Capt. McCall
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Sydney Stanton
Lost Continent
1951
as Michael Rostov
Racket Squad
1951
New Mexico
1951
as Sgt. Harriton
Quebec
1951
as Father Antoine
Inside Straight
1951
as Flutey Johnson
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Judge Kendall
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Captain Louis Renault
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Musley
The Lawless
1950
as Ed Ferguson
Outside the Wall
1950
as Jack Bernard
Everybody Does It
1949
as Wilkins
Trapped
1949
as Agent John Downey
The Great Dan Patch
1949
as Ben Lathrop
Lights Out
1949
The Lady Gambles
1949
as Dr. Rojac
The Bribe
1949
as Gibbs
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
as Mr. Caldwell
Studio One
1948
as Judge Cass
Sealed Verdict
1948
as Otto Steigmann
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Winter Meeting
1948
as Stacy Grant
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
as George C. Shannon
Brute Force
1947
as Spencer
The Unfaithful
1947
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Dr. Lundau
O.S.S.
1946
as Col. Paul Meister