John Hoyt
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.
Acting (84 movies)
Spartacus
1960
Duel at Diablo
1966
The Black Castle
1952
Julius Caesar
1953
The Big Combo
1955
Cleopatra
1963
The Bribe
1949
Blackboard Jungle
1955
The Company She Keeps
1951
Forever, Darling
1956
Brute Force
1947
Merrill's Marauders
1962
Baby Face Nelson
1957
Trapped
1949
The Lady Gambles
1949
Moonfleet
1955
Winter Meeting
1948
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
Attack of the Puppet People
1958
Lost Continent
1951
When Worlds Collide
1951
The Lawless
1950
The Come On
1956
Two on a Guillotine
1965
Mulberry Street
2006
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
The Time Travelers
1964
The Student Prince
1954
My Favorite Brunette
1947
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
Loan Shark
1952
The Unfaithful
1947
Creepy Classics
1987
The Pompatus of Love
1996
O.S.S.
1946
Wetbacks
1956
The Purple Mask
1955
Young Dillinger
1965
Curse of the Undead
1959
Gunpoint
1966
Quebec
1951
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
The Glass Cage
1964
Sins of Jezebel
1953
The Last Request
2006
Sierra Stranger
1957
Désirée
1954
Casanova's Big Night
1954
Everybody Does It
1949
The Beast of Budapest
1958
New Mexico
1951
Outside the Wall
1950
Sealed Verdict
1948
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
The Great Dan Patch
1949
Operation C.I.A.
1965
God Is My Partner
1957
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Inside Straight
1951
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
The Conqueror
1956
Mohawk
1956
Trial
1955
Androcles and the Lion
1952
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
Never So Few
1959
Panic in the City
1968
Winchester '73
1967
The Intruders
1970
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
A Great Ride
1979
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
Nero Wolfe
1979
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955
Freeing “Trapped”
2019
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Flesh Gordon
1974
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Glass Cage | 1964 | Writer |