Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
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.
Acted in 178
2010s
- 2013
2000s
- 2006
Mulberry Street
Big Vic
The Last Request
Big Joe
1990s
- 1996
The Pompatus of Love
Big Toe
1980s
- 1987
Creepy Classics
Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
- 1986
Alvin Goes Back to School
Mr. Quickstudy
- 1985
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Movie
- 1982
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
General Waggenheim
- 1981
- 1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
1970s
- 1979
Nero Wolfe
Hewitt
A Great Ride
Jukebox Drunk
In Search of Historic Jesus
Synagogue Man #1
- 1978
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Prof. Samuel Langley
- 1977
The Rhinemann Exchange
German scientist · 3 episodes
Meeting of Minds
TV
- 1975
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Harry Longden
- 1974
- 1972
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Minister
- 1970
The Intruders
Appleton
1960s
- 1968
Panic in the City
Dr. Milton Becker
- 1967
Winchester '73
Sunrider
- 1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Larkin
- 1965
Operation C.I.A.
Wells
Young Dillinger
Dr. Wilson
Two on a Guillotine
Attorney Carl Vickers
- 1964
Tom, Dick and Mary
Dr. Krevoy · 13 episodes
Wendy and Me
TV
The Glass Cage
Lt. Max Westerman
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
Gunslinger
Shubel Morgan · 1 episode
- 1960
Bringing Up Buddy
TV
Johnny Midnight
TV
1950s
- 1959
Curse of the Undead
Dr. Carter
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Col. Ernest Walton
- 1958
The Beast of Budapest
Prof. Ernst Tolnai
- 1957
Baby Face Nelson
Samuel F. Parker
God Is My Partner
Gordon Palmer
Sierra Stranger
Sheriff
- 1956
Death of a Scoundrel
Mr. O'Hara
Wetbacks
Steve Bodine
The Come On
Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
Forever, Darling
Bill Finlay
The Conqueror
Shaman
- 1955
Trial
Ralph Castillo
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Poole
Moonfleet
Magistrate Maskew
The Purple Mask
Rochet
- 1954
Casanova's Big Night
Maggiorin
- 1953
Sins of Jezebel
Elijah
General Electric Theater
Dietz, Beaumont · 1 episode
- 1952
Androcles and the Lion
Cato
The Black Castle
Count Steiken
Death Valley Days
Crandel · 1 episode
Loan Shark
Vince Phillips
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Capt. McCall · 1 episode
Quebec
Father Antoine
Inside Straight
Flutey Johnson
- 1950
The Lawless
Ed Ferguson
Outside the Wall
Jack Bernard
1940s
- 1949
Everybody Does It
Wilkins
The Great Dan Patch
Ben Lathrop
The Lady Gambles
Dr. Rojac
The Bribe
Gibbs
- 1948
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Mr. Caldwell
Sealed Verdict
Otto Steigmann
Winter Meeting
Stacy Grant
To the Ends of the Earth
George C. Shannon
- 1947
The Unfaithful
Det. Lt. Reynolds
- 1946
O.S.S.
Col. Paul Meister
Wrote 1
1960s
- 1964
The Glass Cage
Writer
Appearances2
2010s
- 2019
Freeing “Trapped”
Self (archive footage)
