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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The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes | Barlow | 1980-11-18 |
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Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | Barlow | 1980-11-19 |
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Nero Wolfe | Hewitt | 1979-12-19 |
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In Search of Historic Jesus | Synagogue Man #1 | 1979-08-01 |
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A Great Ride | Jukebox Drunk | 1979-10-17 |
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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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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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Duel at Diablo | Chata | 1966-06-15 |
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Operation C.I.A. | Wells | 1965-09-08 |
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Young Dillinger | Dr. Wilson | 1965-04-28 |
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Asylum for a Spy | Lowell Ritchards | 1965-04-02 |
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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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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes | Willard Benson | 1963-07-13 |
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Cleopatra | Cassius | 1963-06-12 |
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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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God Is My Partner | Gordon Palmer | 1957-07-01 |
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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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Forever, Darling | Bill Finlay | 1956-02-09 |
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The Conqueror | Shaman | 1956-03-28 |
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Death of a Scoundrel | Mr. O'Hara | 1956-10-31 |
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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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Blackboard Jungle | Mr. Warneke | 1955-03-25 |
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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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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Poole | 1955-07-28 |
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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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The Big Combo | Nils Dreyer | 1955-02-13 |
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The Student Prince | Prime Minister | 1954-06-15 |
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Casanova's Big Night | Maggiorin | 1954-04-07 |
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Désirée | Talleyrand | 1954-11-16 |
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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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Androcles and the Lion | Cato | 1952-12-01 |
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Loan Shark | Vince Phillips | 1952-05-23 |
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When Worlds Collide | Sydney Stanton | 1951-09-14 |
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel | 1951-10-16 |
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New Mexico | Sgt. Harriton | 1951-05-18 |
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The Company She Keeps | Judge Kendall | 1951-01-06 |
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Lost Continent | Michael Rostov | 1951-08-17 |
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Inside Straight | Flutey Johnson | 1951-03-01 |
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Quebec | Father Antoine | 1951-03-15 |
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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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Trapped | Agent John Downey | 1949-09-27 |
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The Great Dan Patch | Ben Lathrop | 1949-07-22 |
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The Lady Gambles | Dr. Rojac | 1949-05-20 |
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Everybody Does It | Wilkins | 1949-10-24 |
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The Decision of Christopher Blake | Mr. Caldwell | 1948-12-23 |
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To the Ends of the Earth | George C. Shannon | 1948-02-07 |
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Winter Meeting | Stacy Grant | 1948-04-07 |
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Sealed Verdict | Otto Steigmann | 1948-11-05 |
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Brute Force | Spencer | 1947-07-16 |
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The Unfaithful | Det. Lt. Reynolds | 1947-07-01 |
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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 |
