John Hoyt
Acting
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.
Born: October 5, 1905
Place of Birth: Bronxville, New York, USA
Known For
Meeting of Minds
The show featured guests who played significant roles in world history. Guests would interact with each other and host Steve Allen, discussing philosophy, religion, history, science, and many other topics. As nearly as was possible, the actual words of the historical figures were used. The show was fully scripted, yet the scripts were carefully crafted to give the appearance of spontaneous discussion among historic figures. Typically, each episode would be split into two parts, broadcast separately, with most or all of the guests introduced over the course of the first part, and the discussions continuing into the second part. A total of 24 episodes were produced.
Nero Wolfe
Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Everybody Does It
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her. While organising a concert for her he meets glamorous Cecil Carver. She in turn discovers Leonard has a splendid voice, and encourages him to use it for reasons very much her own.
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the memories of life in his home town. When he is finally released from the camp, and is discharged from the military, he goes back to his town - but he can find no trace whatsoever of it.
Star Trek: The Menagerie
In 2267, the USS Enterprise arrives at Starbase 11 in response to a subspace call First Officer Spock reported receiving from the former captain of the Enterprise, Christopher Pike, under whom Spock had served. Captain Kirk and Spock meet the starbase commander, Commodore Mendez. Mendez informs them that Pike could not have sent any message, as a recent accident has left him with locked-in syndrome, unable to move or communicate other than answering yes/no questions with the aid of a device operated by his brainwaves. Pike refuses to communicate with anyone except Spock. After Kirk and Mendez leave to discuss the situation, Spock reveals, over Pike's repeated "no" signals, that he intends to carry out a plan that he has made.
Star Trek
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
The Munsters
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Carmine
as Big Vic
as Big Joe
as Big Toe
as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
as Space Commander
as Stanley Kanisky
as Hewitt
as Jukebox Drunk
as Synagogue Man #1
as Prof. Samuel Langley
as German scientist
as Same Rae
as Harry Longden
as Dr. Beckwith
as Prefect Barlow
as Professor Gordon
as Dr. Spruger
as Minister
as Appleton
as Dr. Milton Becker
as Malcolm Henderson
as Sunrider
as Larkin
as Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
as Mendoza
as The Alien Leader
as Dr. Steinholtz
as Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
as Chata
as Mayor Osborne
as Colonel
as General Bruner
as Field Marshall Von Galter
as Colonel Braun
as General von Behler
as Prof. Von Kemp
as Captain Waterman
as Don Alfredo
as Wells
as Dr. Wilson
as Attorney Carl Vickers
as Dr. Varno
as Patrick Henry
as Colonel James Lamport
as Aristide
as Expert
as General Beeker
as Spigal
as Lt. Max Westerman
as Mr. Orbin
as John Fisher
as Jeremiah Priddy
as Otto Veidt
as Emmett Balfour
as Bifrost Alien
as Professor Hebbel
as Willard Benson
as Cassius
as Dr. Knox
as Judge Wickersham
as Judge Harper
as Mr. Marshall
as Judge Manton
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
as Dr. Bernard Motley
as Shubel Morgan
as Caius
as Arnold Bellson
as Col. Reed
as Dr. Carter
as Sebastian
as John Cavanagh
as Ross
as Dr. Loren
as Col. Efram Springer
as Antoine Rigaud
as Major Sutcliffe
as Col. Ernest Walton
as Capone's Attorney
as Judge Loren Grant
as B.E. Raleigh
as Mr. Franz
as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
as Samuel F. Parker
as Doctor Compton
as Joseph Harrison
as Philip Reynolds
as William Harper Caine
as Darwin Norland
as Thomas Webber
as Florist Sitwell
as Dr. Carter
as Burnison
as Harding
as Gordon Palmer
as Sheriff
as Mr. O'Hara
as Self
as Frank Hale
as Walt Matthews
as Hannigan
as Judge Parker
as Steve Bodine
as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
as Butler
as Shaman
as Bill Finlay
as Ralph Castillo
as Reverend
as William Travers Jerome
as Rex Propter
as Jeff
as Poole
as Magistrate Maskew
as Rochet
as Mr. Warneke
as Nils Dreyer
as Dr. Knut Sorens
as Talleyrand
as Poole
as Prime Minister
as Maggiorin
as Montague Brooks
as Elijah
as Decius Brutus
as Dietz
as Beaumont
as Cato
as Count Steiken
as Crandel
as Hessian officer
as Com. Smedley
as Vince Phillips
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
as Capt. McCall
as Sydney Stanton
as Michael Rostov
as Sgt. Harriton
as Father Antoine
as Flutey Johnson
as Judge Kendall
as Ed Ferguson
as Jack Bernard
as Wilkins
as Agent John Downey
as Ben Lathrop
as Dr. Rojac
as Gibbs
as Mr. Caldwell
as Judge Cass
as Otto Steigmann
as Stacy Grant
as George C. Shannon
as Spencer
as Det. Lt. Reynolds
as Dr. Lundau
as Col. Paul Meister