
Acting
Born October 5, 1905 · 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.

Freeing “Trapped”
2019

Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013

Mulberry Street
2006

The Last Request
2006

The Pompatus of Love
1996

Creepy Classics
1987

Alvin Goes Back to School
1986

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985

Desperately Seeking Susan
1985

Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980

Nero Wolfe
1979

A Great Ride
1979

In Search of Historic Jesus
1979

The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975

Flesh Gordon
1974

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972

The Intruders
1970

Panic in the City
1968

Winchester '73
1967

Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966

Star Trek: The Menagerie
1966

Duel at Diablo
1966

Gunpoint
1966

Operation C.I.A.
1965

Young Dillinger
1965
Asylum for a Spy
1965

Two on a Guillotine
1965

The Time Travelers
1964

The Glass Cage
1964

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963

Cleopatra
1963

Merrill's Marauders
1962
Alcatraz Express
1961

Spartacus
1960

Never So Few
1959

Curse of the Undead
1959

Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959

Attack of the Puppet People
1958

The Beast of Budapest
1958

Baby Face Nelson
1957

God Is My Partner
1957

Sierra Stranger
1957

Death of a Scoundrel
1956

Wetbacks
1956

The Come On
1956

Mohawk
1956

Forever, Darling
1956

The Conqueror
1956

Trial
1955

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955

Moonfleet
1955

The Purple Mask
1955

Blackboard Jungle
1955

The Big Combo
1955

Désirée
1954

The Student Prince
1954

Casanova's Big Night
1954

Sins of Jezebel
1953

Julius Caesar
1953

Androcles and the Lion
1952

The Black Castle
1952

Loan Shark
1952

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951

When Worlds Collide
1951

Lost Continent
1951

New Mexico
1951

Quebec
1951

Inside Straight
1951

The Company She Keeps
1951

The Lawless
1950

Outside the Wall
1950

Everybody Does It
1949

Trapped
1949

The Great Dan Patch
1949

The Lady Gambles
1949

The Bribe
1949

The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948

Sealed Verdict
1948

Winter Meeting
1948

To the Ends of the Earth
1948

Brute Force
1947

The Unfaithful
1947

My Favorite Brunette
1947

O.S.S.
1946