1905-10-05 Bronxville, New York, USA
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.
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Freeing “Trapped” | Self (archive footage) | 2019-12-31 |
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Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn | Carmine | 2013-05-21 |
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The Last Request | Big Joe | 2006-05-16 |
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Mulberry Street | Big Vic | 2006-05-23 |
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The Pompatus of Love | Big Toe | 1996-07-26 |
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Creepy Classics | Mr. Franz - (archive footage) | 1987-10-01 |
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Alvin Goes Back to School | 1986-09-12 | |
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Desperately Seeking Susan | Space Commander | 1985-03-29 |
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Forty Days of Musa Dagh | 1982-01-01 | |
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Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | Barlow | 1980-11-19 |
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The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes | Barlow | 1980-11-18 |
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A Great Ride | Jukebox Drunk | 1979-10-17 |
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In Search of Historic Jesus | Synagogue Man #1 | 1979-08-01 |
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Nero Wolfe | Hewitt | 1979-12-19 |
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The Winds of Kitty Hawk | Prof. Samuel Langley | 1978-12-17 |
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The Turning Point of Jim Malloy | Harry Longden | 1975-04-12 |
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Flesh Gordon | Professor Gordon | 1974-07-30 |
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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | Minister | 1972-01-30 |
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The Intruders | Appleton | 1970-11-10 |
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Panic in the City | Dr. Milton Becker | 1968-10-01 |
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Winchester '73 | Sunrider | 1967-03-14 |
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Duel at Diablo | Chata | 1966-06-15 |
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Gunpoint | Mayor Osborne | 1966-04-25 |
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Fame Is the Name of the Game | Larkin | 1966-11-26 |
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Asylum for a Spy | Lowell Ritchards | 1965-04-02 |
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Young Dillinger | Dr. Wilson | 1965-04-28 |
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Operation C.I.A. | Wells | 1965-09-08 |
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Two on a Guillotine | Attorney Carl Vickers | 1965-01-13 |
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The Glass Cage | Lt. Max Westerman | 1964-02-06 |
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The Time Travelers | Dr. Varno | 1964-10-29 |
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Cleopatra | Cassius | 1963-06-12 |
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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes | Willard Benson | 1963-07-13 |
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Merrill's Marauders | Gen. Joseph Stilwell | 1962-03-16 |
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Spartacus | Caius | 1960-10-13 |
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Curse of the Undead | Dr. Carter | 1959-05-01 |
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Never So Few | Col. Reed | 1959-12-07 |
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Riot in Juvenile Prison | Col. Ernest Walton | 1959-04-01 |
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Attack of the Puppet People | Mr. Franz | 1958-04-01 |
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The Beast of Budapest | Prof. Ernst Tolnai | 1958-02-23 |
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Baby Face Nelson | Samuel F. Parker | 1957-12-11 |
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Sierra Stranger | Sheriff | 1957-05-01 |
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God Is My Partner | Gordon Palmer | 1957-07-01 |
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Forever, Darling | Bill Finlay | 1956-02-09 |
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Death of a Scoundrel | Mr. O'Hara | 1956-10-31 |
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The Conqueror | Shaman | 1956-03-28 |
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Mohawk | Butler | 1956-04-01 |
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Wetbacks | Steve Bodine | 1956-05-04 |
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The Come On | Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick | 1956-04-16 |
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The Big Combo | Nils Dreyer | 1955-02-13 |
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing | William Travers Jerome | 1955-10-01 |
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Trial | Ralph Castillo | 1955-10-07 |
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Blackboard Jungle | Mr. Warneke | 1955-03-25 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Poole | 1955-07-28 |
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Moonfleet | Magistrate Maskew | 1955-06-24 |
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The Purple Mask | Rochet | 1955-06-15 |
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The Student Prince | Prime Minister | 1954-06-15 |
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Désirée | Talleyrand | 1954-11-16 |
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Casanova's Big Night | Maggiorin | 1954-04-07 |
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Sins of Jezebel | Elijah | 1953-09-04 |
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Julius Caesar | Decius Brutus | 1953-06-04 |
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The Black Castle | Count Steiken | 1952-11-20 |
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Loan Shark | Vince Phillips | 1952-05-23 |
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Androcles and the Lion | Cato | 1952-12-01 |
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Quebec | Father Antoine | 1951-03-15 |
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New Mexico | Sgt. Harriton | 1951-05-18 |
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When Worlds Collide | Sydney Stanton | 1951-09-14 |
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Inside Straight | Flutey Johnson | 1951-03-01 |
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Lost Continent | Michael Rostov | 1951-08-17 |
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel | 1951-10-16 |
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The Company She Keeps | Judge Kendall | 1951-01-27 |
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The Lawless | Ed Ferguson | 1950-06-01 |
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Outside the Wall | Jack Bernard | 1950-02-08 |
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The Bribe | Gibbs | 1949-02-03 |
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The Great Dan Patch | Ben Lathrop | 1949-07-22 |
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Everybody Does It | Wilkins | 1949-10-24 |
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Trapped | Agent John Downey | 1949-09-27 |
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The Lady Gambles | Dr. Rojac | 1949-05-20 |
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Sealed Verdict | Otto Steigmann | 1948-11-05 |
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To the Ends of the Earth | George C. Shannon | 1948-02-07 |
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The Decision of Christopher Blake | Mr. Caldwell | 1948-12-23 |
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Winter Meeting | Stacy Grant | 1948-04-07 |
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The Unfaithful | Det. Lt. Reynolds | 1947-07-01 |
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Brute Force | Spencer | 1947-07-16 |
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My Favorite Brunette | Dr. Lundau | 1947-03-19 |
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O.S.S. | Col. Paul Meister | 1946-05-26 |
