John Hoyt

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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	6.779
Birthday	1905-10-05
Place of Birth	Bronxville, New York, USA
Also Known As	John Glen Hoyt, John McArthur Hoysradt,

Spartacus

Duel at Diablo

The Black Castle

Julius Caesar

The Big Combo

Cleopatra

The Bribe

Blackboard Jungle

The Company She Keeps

Brute Force

Forever, Darling

Merrill's Marauders

Baby Face Nelson

Trapped

The Lady Gambles

Moonfleet

Winter Meeting

Death of a Scoundrel

Attack of the Puppet People

Lost Continent

When Worlds Collide

The Lawless

The Come On

Two on a Guillotine

Mulberry Street

To the Ends of the Earth

The Time Travelers

The Student Prince

My Favorite Brunette

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Loan Shark

The Unfaithful

Creepy Classics

The Pompatus of Love

O.S.S.

Wetbacks

The Purple Mask

Young Dillinger

Curse of the Undead

Gunpoint

Quebec

Forty Days of Musa Dagh

The Glass Cage

Sins of Jezebel

The Last Request

Sierra Stranger

Désirée

Casanova's Big Night

Asylum for a Spy

Everybody Does It

The Beast of Budapest

New Mexico

Outside the Wall

Operation C.I.A.

Sealed Verdict

The Decision of Christopher Blake

The Great Dan Patch

Inside Straight

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Androcles and the Lion

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

Trial

The Conqueror

Mohawk

God Is My Partner

Never So Few

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Fame Is the Name of the Game

Winchester '73

Panic in the City

The Intruders

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

A Great Ride

In Search of Historic Jesus

Alvin Goes Back to School

Riot in Juvenile Prison

Nero Wolfe

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes