John Hoyt

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-10-05 (86 years old)

Deathday

1991-09-15

Place of Birth

Bronxville, New York, USA

John Hoyt

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 t...

Acting

1960

Spartacus

as Caius

1966

1952

The Black Castle

as Count Steiken

1953

Julius Caesar

as Decius Brutus

1955

The Big Combo

as Nils Dreyer

1963

Cleopatra

as Cassius

1949

The Bribe

as Gibbs

1955

Blackboard Jungle

as Mr. Warneke

1951

The Company She Keeps

as Judge Kendall

1947

Brute Force

as Spencer

1956

Forever, Darling

as Bill Finlay

1962

Merrill's Marauders

as Gen. Joseph Stilwell

1957

Baby Face Nelson

as Samuel F. Parker

1949

Trapped

as Agent John Downey

1949

The Lady Gambles

as Dr. Rojac

1955

Moonfleet

as Magistrate Maskew

1948

Winter Meeting

as Stacy Grant

1956

1951

Lost Continent

as Michael Rostov

1951

When Worlds Collide

as Sydney Stanton

1950

The Lawless

as Ed Ferguson

1956

The Come On

as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick

1965

Two on a Guillotine

as Attorney Carl Vickers

2006

Mulberry Street

as Big Vic

1948

To the Ends of the Earth

as George C. Shannon

1964

The Time Travelers

as Dr. Varno

1954

The Student Prince

as Prime Minister

1947

1952

Loan Shark

as Vince Phillips

1947

The Unfaithful

as Det. Lt. Reynolds

1987

Creepy Classics

as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)

1996

1946

O.S.S.

as Col. Paul Meister

1956

Wetbacks

as Steve Bodine

1955

1965

Young Dillinger

as Dr. Wilson

1959

Curse of the Undead

as Dr. Carter

1966

Gunpoint

as Mayor Osborne

1951

Quebec

as Father Antoine

1964

The Glass Cage

as Lt. Max Westerman

1953

2006

1957

Sierra Stranger

as Sheriff

1954

Désirée

as Talleyrand

1954

1965

Asylum for a Spy

as Lowell Ritchards

1949

1958

The Beast of Budapest

as Prof. Ernst Tolnai

1951

New Mexico

as Sgt. Harriton

1950

Outside the Wall

as Jack Bernard

1965

1948

Sealed Verdict

as Otto Steigmann

1949

The Great Dan Patch

as Ben Lathrop

1951

Inside Straight

as Flutey Johnson

1951

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

1955

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

as William Travers Jerome

1955

Trial

as Ralph Castillo

1956

The Conqueror

as Shaman

1956

Mohawk

as Butler

1957

God Is My Partner

as Gordon Palmer

1959

Never So Few

as Col. Reed

1963

1967

Winchester '73

as Sunrider

1968

Panic in the City

as Dr. Milton Becker

1970

The Intruders

as Appleton

1978

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

as Prof. Samuel Langley

1979

A Great Ride

as Jukebox Drunk

1979

In Search of Historic Jesus

as Synagogue Man #1

1959

Riot in Juvenile Prison

as Col. Ernest Walton

1979

Nero Wolfe

as Hewitt

2019

Freeing “Trapped”

as Self (archive footage)

1985

Desperately Seeking Susan

as Space Commander

1974

Flesh Gordon

as Professor Gordon

Production

1964

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