John Hoyt
Born October 05, 1905 (Age: 120)
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Bronxville, New York, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Freeing “Trapped”
2019
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 114
The Pompatus of Love
1996
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as Big Toe
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Age: 90
Creepy Classics
1987
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as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
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Age: 81
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
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as
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Age: 80
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
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as
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Age: 79
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
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as Space Commander
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Age: 79
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
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as Prof. Samuel Langley
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Age: 73
Flesh Gordon
1974
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as Professor Gordon
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Age: 68
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
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as Minister
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Age: 66
Star Trek: The Menagerie
1966
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as Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
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Age: 61
Operation C.I.A.
1965
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as Wells
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Age: 59
Young Dillinger
1965
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as Dr. Wilson
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Age: 59
No Image
Asylum for a Spy
1965
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as Lowell Ritchards
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Age: 59
Two on a Guillotine
1965
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as Attorney Carl Vickers
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Age: 59
The Time Travelers
1964
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as Dr. Varno
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Age: 59
The Glass Cage
1964
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as Lt. Max Westerman
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Age: 58
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
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as Willard Benson
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Age: 57
Cleopatra
1963
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as Cassius
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Age: 57
Merrill's Marauders
1962
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as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
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Age: 56
No Image
Alcatraz Express
1961
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as Capone's attorney (archive footage)
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Age: 55
Spartacus
1960
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as Caius
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Age: 55
Never So Few
1959
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as Col. Reed
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Age: 54
Curse of the Undead
1959
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as Dr. Carter
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Age: 54
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
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as Col. Ernest Walton
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Age: 53
Attack of the Puppet People
1958
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as Mr. Franz
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Age: 52
The Beast of Budapest
1958
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as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
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Age: 52
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
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as Mr. O'Hara
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Age: 51
Wetbacks
1956
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as Steve Bodine
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Age: 50
The Come On
1956
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as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
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Age: 50
Mohawk
1956
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as Butler
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Age: 50
Forever, Darling
1956
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as Bill Finlay
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Age: 50
The Conqueror
1956
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as Shaman
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Age: 50
Trial
1955
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as Ralph Castillo
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Age: 50
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
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as William Travers Jerome
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Age: 49
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955
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as Poole
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Age: 49
Moonfleet
1955
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as Magistrate Maskew
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Age: 49
The Purple Mask
1955
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as Rochet
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Age: 49
Blackboard Jungle
1955
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as Mr. Warneke
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Age: 49
The Big Combo
1955
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as Nils Dreyer
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Age: 49
Désirée
1954
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as Talleyrand
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Age: 49
The Student Prince
1954
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as Prime Minister
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Age: 48
Casanova's Big Night
1954
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as Maggiorin
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Age: 48
Sins of Jezebel
1953
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as Elijah
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Age: 47
Julius Caesar
1953
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as Decius Brutus
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Age: 47
The Lawless
1950
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as Ed Ferguson
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Age: 44
Outside the Wall
1950
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as Jack Bernard
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Age: 44