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.
87 movies · 97 shows
Freeing “Trapped”
2019·0.0
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013·3.9
Mulberry Street
2006·5.4
The Last Request
2006·2.1
The Pompatus of Love
1996·4.1
Creepy Classics
1987·6.4
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986·5.0
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985·0.0
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985·6.1
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982·4.0
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980·7.5
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980·7.5
Nero Wolfe
1979·8.3
A Great Ride
1979·3.5
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979·5.5
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978·0.0
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975·8.0
Flesh Gordon
1974·4.8
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972·8.0
The Intruders
1970·5.0
Panic in the City
1968·5.6
Winchester '73
1967·6.7
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966·7.0
Duel at Diablo
1966·6.4
Gunpoint
1966·6.2
Operation C.I.A.
1965·6.0
Young Dillinger
1965·7.3
Asylum for a Spy
1965·8.0
Two on a Guillotine
1965·6.1
The Time Travelers
1964·5.1
The Glass Cage
1964·5.8
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963·6.6
Cleopatra
1963·7.0
Merrill's Marauders
1962·6.2
Alcatraz Express
1961·7.0
Spartacus
1960·7.5
Never So Few
1959·5.5
Curse of the Undead
1959·5.5
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959·6.0
Attack of the Puppet People
1958·5.1
The Beast of Budapest
1958·8.0
Baby Face Nelson
1957·5.6
God Is My Partner
1957·7.5
Sierra Stranger
1957·5.0
Death of a Scoundrel
1956·6.0
Wetbacks
1956·5.9
The Come On
1956·5.2
Mohawk
1956·5.6
Forever, Darling
1956·6.9
The Conqueror
1956·3.6
Trial
1955·6.9
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955·6.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955·6.0
Moonfleet
1955·6.5
The Purple Mask
1955·5.8
Blackboard Jungle
1955·6.9
The Big Combo
1955·7.0
Désirée
1954·6.6
The Student Prince
1954·6.3
Casanova's Big Night
1954·6.1
Sins of Jezebel
1953·5.8
Julius Caesar
1953·7.1
Androcles and the Lion
1952·5.9
The Black Castle
1952·6.4
Loan Shark
1952·5.7
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951·6.7
When Worlds Collide
1951·6.4
Lost Continent
1951·3.6
New Mexico
1951·3.6
Quebec
1951·7.0
Inside Straight
1951·4.9
The Company She Keeps
1951·6.2
The Lawless
1950·5.9
Outside the Wall
1950·6.1
Everybody Does It
1949·8.5
Trapped
1949·6.1
The Great Dan Patch
1949·5.5
The Lady Gambles
1949·6.1
The Bribe
1949·6.3
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948·3.8
Sealed Verdict
1948·7.0
Winter Meeting
1948·6.6
To the Ends of the Earth
1948·5.9
Brute Force
1947·7.3
The Unfaithful
1947·5.9
My Favorite Brunette
1947·6.6
O.S.S.
1946·6.9