John Hoyt
Acting
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.
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as Willard Benson
Age 57 (now 85)
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
as Barlow
Age 75 (now 85)
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
as Barlow
Age 75 (now 85)
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Synagogue Man #1
Age 73 (now 85)
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
as Harry Longden
Age 69 (now 85)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as Willard Benson
Age 57 (now 85)
Alcatraz Express
as Capone's attorney (archive footage)
Age 55 (now 85)
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
as William Travers Jerome
Age 49 (now 85)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Age 46 (now 85)
The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Mr. Caldwell
Age 43 (now 85)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as General Beeker
Age 58 (now 85)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Capone's Attorney
Age 53 (now 85)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Burnison
Age 51 (now 85) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Harding
Age 51 (now 85)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Frank Hale
Age 51 (now 85) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Walt Matthews
Age 51 (now 85) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Hannigan
Age 51 (now 85) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Judge Parker
Age 51 (now 85)
The Bob Cummings Show
as Brig. Gen. Frank Tallman (AKA Old Ramrod)
Age 49 (now 85) The Bob Cummings Show
as Brig. General Frank Tallman
Age 49 (now 85)
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Also Known As
John Glen Hoyt, John McArthur Hoysradt
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