8.7
8.7
Nero Wolfe
1979
as Hewitt
John Hoyt
Acting
Born:October 5, 1905
Died:September 15, 1991(aged 85)
Birthplace:Bronxville, New York, USA
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (80 movies)
8.0
8.0
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Minister
7.8
7.8
Everybody Does It
1949
as Wilkins
7.5
7.5
Spartacus
1960
as Caius
7.5
7.5
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Barlow
7.4
7.4
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Barlow
7.3
7.3
Brute Force
1947
as Spencer
7.1
7.1
Julius Caesar
1953
as Decius Brutus
7.0
7.0
Cleopatra
1963
as Cassius
7.0
7.0
The Big Combo
1955
as Nils Dreyer
7.0
7.0
Forever, Darling
1956
as Bill Finlay
6.9
6.9
Blackboard Jungle
1955
as Mr. Warneke
6.8
6.8
Trial
1955
as Ralph Castillo
6.7
6.7
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
6.6
6.6
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
as Willard Benson
6.6
6.6
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Dr. Lundau
6.6
6.6
Désirée
1954
as Talleyrand
6.5
6.5
Winter Meeting
1948
as Stacy Grant
6.5
6.5
Young Dillinger
1965
as Dr. Wilson
6.5
6.5
Moonfleet
1955
as Magistrate Maskew
6.4
6.4
O.S.S.
1946
as Col. Paul Meister
6.3
6.3
The Black Castle
1952
as Count Steiken
6.3
6.3
Duel at Diablo
1966
as Chata
6.3
6.3
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Sydney Stanton
6.2
6.2
Winchester '73
1967
as Sunrider
6.2
6.2
The Bribe
1949
as Gibbs
6.1
6.1
The Student Prince
1954
as Prime Minister
6.1
6.1
Two on a Guillotine
1965
as Attorney Carl Vickers
6.1
6.1
Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
6.0
6.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955
as Poole
6.0
6.0
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
as William Travers Jerome
5.9
5.9
Trapped
1949
as Agent John Downey
5.9
5.9
Gunpoint
1966
as Mayor Osborne
5.9
5.9
The Lady Gambles
1949
as Dr. Rojac
5.9
5.9
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Judge Kendall
5.8
5.8
The Unfaithful
1947
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
5.8
5.8
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Maggiorin
5.8
5.8
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Cato
5.8
5.8
The Lawless
1950
as Ed Ferguson
5.8
5.8
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
as Mr. O'Hara
5.8
5.8
Outside the Wall
1950
as Jack Bernard
5.7
5.7
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
as George C. Shannon
5.6
5.6
Baby Face Nelson
1957
as Samuel F. Parker
5.6
5.6
Loan Shark
1952
as Vince Phillips
5.5
5.5
Sealed Verdict
1948
as Otto Steigmann
5.4
5.4
Wetbacks
1956
as Steve Bodine
5.4
5.4
Never So Few
1959
as Col. Reed
5.4
5.4
Curse of the Undead
1959
as Dr. Carter
5.3
5.3
Mohawk
1956
as Butler
5.3
5.3
The Glass Cage
1964
Writer
5.3
5.3
Mulberry Street
2006
as Big Vic
5.2
5.2
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
as Col. Ernest Walton
5.2
5.2
Panic in the City
1968
as Dr. Milton Becker
5.0
5.0
The Purple Mask
1955
as Rochet
5.0
5.0
Sins of Jezebel
1953
as Elijah
5.0
5.0
The Great Dan Patch
1949
as Ben Lathrop
5.0
5.0
God Is My Partner
1957
as Gordon Palmer
5.0
5.0
The Come On
1956
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
5.0
5.0
Attack of the Puppet People
1958
as Mr. Franz
5.0
5.0
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
5.0
5.0
Operation C.I.A.
1965
as Wells
5.0
5.0
The Time Travelers
1964
as Dr. Varno
4.5
4.5
The Intruders
1970
as Appleton
4.5
4.5
Sierra Stranger
1957
as Sheriff
4.5
4.5
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
as Larkin
4.3
4.3
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
as Synagogue Man #1
4.2
4.2
Inside Straight
1951
as Flutey Johnson
3.6
3.6
The Pompatus of Love
1996
as Big Toe
3.4
3.4
Lost Continent
1951
as Michael Rostov
3.4
3.4
The Conqueror
1956
as Shaman
3.1
3.1
New Mexico
1951
as Sgt. Harriton
2.7
2.7
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
as Mr. Caldwell
1.0
1.0
A Great Ride
1979
as Jukebox Drunk
1.0
1.0
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
The Beast of Budapest
1958
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
Quebec
1951
as Father Antoine
Freeing “Trapped”
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
as Prof. Samuel Langley
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
as Harry Longden
Asylum for a Spy
1965
as Lowell Ritchards
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