John Hoyt

Acting

Born Oct 05, 1905

From Bronxville, New York, USA

Died Sep 15, 1991

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.

John Hoyt

Known For

Spartacus

Cleopatra

When Worlds Collide

Casanova's Big Night

My Favorite Brunette

Désirée

Desperately Seeking Susan

Flesh Gordon

Julius Caesar

Duel at Diablo

Filmography — Acting

Spartacus

Cleopatra

When Worlds Collide

Casanova's Big Night

My Favorite Brunette

Désirée

Desperately Seeking Susan

Flesh Gordon

Julius Caesar

Duel at Diablo

Brute Force

The Conqueror

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Gunpoint

Mohawk

Never So Few

Blackboard Jungle

The Lady Gambles

Merrill's Marauders

Moonfleet

Trial

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Trapped

Loan Shark

The Black Castle

Winter Meeting

Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

O.S.S.

Winchester '73

Androcles and the Lion

The Unfaithful

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

Fame Is the Name of the Game

Forever, Darling

The Purple Mask

The Big Combo

The Lawless

Two on a Guillotine

The Bribe

New Mexico

Lost Continent

Everybody Does It

Baby Face Nelson

The Company She Keeps

Nero Wolfe

The Intruders

Creepy Classics

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

Attack of the Puppet People

The Student Prince

The Pompatus of Love

Sins of Jezebel

To the Ends of the Earth

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

The Time Travelers

Panic in the City

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Beast of Budapest

Sealed Verdict

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

Outside the Wall

Young Dillinger

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

The Come On

A Great Ride

The Great Dan Patch