
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 |