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John Hoyt

January 01, 1970

For other people named John Hoyt, see John Hoyt (disambiguation).

John Hoyt (born John McArthur Hoysradt; October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991) was an American actor. He began his acting career on Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series.

John Hoyt
Hoyt in The Big Combo (1955)
Born
John McArthur Hoysradt

(1905-10-05)October 5, 1905
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 15, 1991(1991-09-15) (aged 85)
Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Other namesJohn Hoysradt
EducationYale University (BA, MA)
OccupationActor
Years active1930–1987
Spouses
Marion Virginia Burns
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(m. 1935; div. 1960)​
Dorothy Marion Oltman
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(m. 1961)​
Children1

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), Flesh Gordon (1974) and the television series Gimme a Break! (1981-87).

Early life edit

Hoyt was born John McArthur Hoysradt in Bronxville, New York,[1] 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.[2] He received a bachelor's and a master's degree from Yale.[3] He worked as a history instructor at the Groton School for two years.[3]

Stage edit

 
Hoyt (fifth from right) as Decius Brutus in the Mercury Theatre production of Caesar (1937)

Hoyt made his Broadway debut in 1931 in William Bolitho's play Overture. Some of his other Broadway credits in the early 1930s include Miracle at Verdun (1930), Lean Harvest (1931), and Clear All Wires (1932). He also performed with several regional theater groups, and then joined Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre in 1937; he remained a member of the troupe until he moved to Hollywood in 1945 after his army service.[3][4] Hoyt continued to perform regularly in Broadway productions throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s. In this period, he was cast in a range of plays, such as Valley Forge (1934), Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (1935), The Masque of Kings (1936), Storm Over Patsy (1936), and Caesar (1937).[5][6] He also worked as a stand-up comedian, sometimes both acting and doing comedy on the same day.[3][4] His impersonation of Noël Coward was so remarkable [citation needed] that he was hired for the original cast of the Broadway comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939), in which he played Beverley Carlton.[5]

Film edit

 
Gail Russell and John Hoyt (center) in The Great Dan Patch (1949)

Hoyt shortened his surname in 1945, the year before his film debut in O.S.S.[7] 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.

Television edit

Regular cast roles edit

Hoyt played Colonel Barker on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin,[8] Grandpa Stanley Kanisky, Dolph Sweet's onscreen father, on Gimme a Break!,[8]: 393  J.L. Patterson on Hey, Mulligan,[8]: 456  Martin Peyton in Return to Peyton Place,[8]: 890  and Dr. Kievoy on Tom, Dick and Mary.[8]: 1092 

Guest appearances edit

On Gunsmoke, in a 1957 episode titled "Bureaucrat", Hoyt played the part of Rex Propter, a government agent sent to Dodge City, Kansas, to determine why the town had such a bad reputation for gun violence. Hoyt also made five guest appearances on Perry Mason, including in the role of defendant Joseph Harrison in the 1958 episode "The Case of the Prodigal Parent", as C. Philip Reynolds in the 1958 episode " The Case of the Curious Bride", as the title character and defendant William Harper Caine in the 1961 episode "The Case of the Resolute Reformer", and as Darwin Norland in the 1963 episode "The Case of the Libelous Locket". He guest-starred, as well, on Crossroads.

Hoyt was cast in 1958 as rancher Clete Barron in the episode "Trouble in Paradise Valley" of Frontier Doctor. In 1958 and 1959, he performed in two episodes of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, appearing as Burnison in "The George Dale Case" and as Harding, Sr. in "Murder at the Mansion". Later in 1959, on Laramie, Hoyt portrayed mentally troubled military officer Colonel Brandon in "The General Must Die". The same year, he was cast as Antoine Rigaud in the episode "About Roger Mowbray" on Riverboat.

In 1959, Hoyt was cast as John Cavanagh in "The Mourning Cloak", an episode of the crime drama Bourbon Street Beat. About this time, he guest-starred on The Alaskans and Pony Express. Also in 1959, Hoyt was cast in an episode ("Three Legged Terror") of The Rifleman, playing the character Gus Fremont, the cruel uncle of Johnny Clover (Dennis Hopper). He returned to The Rifleman in late 1960 as Civil War veteran Captain Josiah Perry, a man deranged by grief over the loss of his son, in the episode "The Martinet". In 1960 and 1961, he appeared in the episodes "Burnett's Woman" and "The Salvation of Killer McFadden" of The Roaring 20's. Hoyt also appeared on The Untouchables in the 1960 episode "The Big Squeeze".

Hoyt guest-starred on at least three sitcoms: Bringing Up Buddy, Hogan's Heroes, and Petticoat Junction (1966, episode: Hooterville Valley Project, as: Mr. Fletcher). He was cast as Dr. Philip Boyce in the pilot episode of Star Trek ("The Cage"), and he appeared twice during the second season of The Twilight Zone in the episodes "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" and "The Lateness of the Hour". He also performed as the KAOS agent Conrad Bunny in "Our Man in Toyland" on Get Smart, as General Beeker in "Hail to the Chief" on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and as Dr. Mendoza in "I Was a Teenage Monster" on The Monkees. He guest-starred as Colonel Hollis in "Military School" on The Beverly Hillbillies. He appeared twice in the first season of The Munsters, in episodes 12 ("Sleeping Cutie")[9] and 35 ("Herman's Happy Valley").[10]

In 1964, Hoyt appeared in three episodes of The Outer Limits, most notably "The Bellero Shield." He played the role of an extraterrestrial with large eyes who says, "In all the universes, in all the unities beyond the universes, all who have eyes have eyes that speak." Less than two weeks after this episode's broadcast, alleged alien abductees Betty and Barney Hill provided a description of their alien abductors. Skeptic Martin Kottmeyer notes that the description is notably similar to Hoyt's appearance as the extraterrestrial on the show.[11]

He was also a guest player in "The 14-Karat Gold Trombone" and "The Interview" episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Because of his stern demeanor, the writers had him play opposite to the befuddled way strangers usually reacted to Gracie Allen's convoluted behavior.[citation needed] In the teleplay of "The Interview", Hoyt simply would not tolerate Gracie's antics and immediately removed himself from the room—twice.

He also appeared as Bertrand Russell and as Voltaire in episodes of Steve Allen's PBS series Meeting of Minds in the late 1970s. He appeared as Sire Domra in episode 21 "Baltar's Escape" of Battlestar Galactica.[12]

Personal life and death edit

Hoyt was married twice, first to Marian Virginia Burns from 1935 to 1960, with whom he had one child, and later to Dorothy Oltman Haveman from 1961 to 1991, when he died of lung cancer in Santa Cruz, California.[7][3][13]

Complete filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. (2 volume set). McFarland. p. 357. ISBN 9780786479924. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ Yale Banner and Pot Pourri. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1926. p. 236.
  3. ^ a b c d e "John Hoyt Is Dead; Actor, 86, Played in Films and on TV". The New York Times. September 21, 1991. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "John Hoyt". Orlando Sentinel. September 22, 1991. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b John Hoyt at the Internet Broadway Database
  6. ^ ""John Hoyt" search results". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b Burt A. Folkart (September 21, 1991). "John Hoyt; Versatile Actor of Stage, Films". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ a b c d e Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  9. ^ Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion, edited by Tom Hill, copyright 1996 by Viacom International, p. 362
  10. ^ Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion, edited by Tom Hill, copyright 1996 by Viacom International, p. 373
  11. ^ Kottmeyer, Martin. "Entirely Unpredisposed". www.debunker.com. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  12. ^ Phillips, M.; Garcia, F. (2014). Science Fiction Television Series: Episode Guides, Histories, and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime-Time Shows, 1959 through 1989. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4766-1030-6. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  13. ^ Willis, John (1993). Screen World 1992. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 258. ISBN 9781557831354. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

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For other people named John Hoyt see John Hoyt disambiguation John Hoyt born John McArthur Hoysradt October 5 1905 September 15 1991 was an American actor He began his acting career on Broadway later appearing in numerous films and television series John HoytHoyt in The Big Combo 1955 BornJohn McArthur Hoysradt 1905 10 05 October 5 1905Bronxville New York U S DiedSeptember 15 1991 1991 09 15 aged 85 Santa Cruz California U S Other namesJohn HoysradtEducationYale University BA MA OccupationActorYears active1930 1987SpousesMarion Virginia Burns m 1935 div 1960 wbr Dorothy Marion Oltman m 1961 wbr Children1 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 Flesh Gordon 1974 and the television series Gimme a Break 1981 87 Contents 1 Early life 2 Stage 3 Film 4 Television 4 1 Regular cast roles 4 2 Guest appearances 5 Personal life and death 6 Complete filmography 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editHoyt was born John McArthur Hoysradt in Bronxville New York 1 the son of Warren J Hoysradt an investment banker and his wife Ethel Hoysradt nee Wolf He attended the Hotchkiss School and Yale University where he served on the editorial board of campus humor magazine The Yale Record 2 He received a bachelor s and a master s degree from Yale 3 He worked as a history instructor at the Groton School for two years 3 Stage edit nbsp Hoyt fifth from right as Decius Brutus in the Mercury Theatre production of Caesar 1937 Hoyt made his Broadway debut in 1931 in William Bolitho s play Overture Some of his other Broadway credits in the early 1930s include Miracle at Verdun 1930 Lean Harvest 1931 and Clear All Wires 1932 He also performed with several regional theater groups and then joined Orson Welles s Mercury Theatre in 1937 he remained a member of the troupe until he moved to Hollywood in 1945 after his army service 3 4 Hoyt continued to perform regularly in Broadway productions throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s In this period he was cast in a range of plays such as Valley Forge 1934 Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 1935 The Masque of Kings 1936 Storm Over Patsy 1936 and Caesar 1937 5 6 He also worked as a stand up comedian sometimes both acting and doing comedy on the same day 3 4 His impersonation of Noel Coward was so remarkable citation needed that he was hired for the original cast of the Broadway comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner 1939 in which he played Beverley Carlton 5 Film edit nbsp Gail Russell and John Hoyt center in The Great Dan Patch 1949 Hoyt shortened his surname in 1945 the year before his film debut in O S S 7 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 Television editRegular cast roles edit Hoyt played Colonel Barker on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin 8 Grandpa Stanley Kanisky Dolph Sweet s onscreen father on Gimme a Break 8 393 J L Patterson on Hey Mulligan 8 456 Martin Peyton in Return to Peyton Place 8 890 and Dr Kievoy on Tom Dick and Mary 8 1092 Guest appearances edit On Gunsmoke in a 1957 episode titled Bureaucrat Hoyt played the part of Rex Propter a government agent sent to Dodge City Kansas to determine why the town had such a bad reputation for gun violence Hoyt also made five guest appearances on Perry Mason including in the role of defendant Joseph Harrison in the 1958 episode The Case of the Prodigal Parent as C Philip Reynolds in the 1958 episode The Case of the Curious Bride as the title character and defendant William Harper Caine in the 1961 episode The Case of the Resolute Reformer and as Darwin Norland in the 1963 episode The Case of the Libelous Locket He guest starred as well on Crossroads Hoyt was cast in 1958 as rancher Clete Barron in the episode Trouble in Paradise Valley of Frontier Doctor In 1958 and 1959 he performed in two episodes of Richard Diamond Private Detective appearing as Burnison in The George Dale Case and as Harding Sr in Murder at the Mansion Later in 1959 on Laramie Hoyt portrayed mentally troubled military officer Colonel Brandon in The General Must Die The same year he was cast as Antoine Rigaud in the episode About Roger Mowbray on Riverboat In 1959 Hoyt was cast as John Cavanagh in The Mourning Cloak an episode of the crime drama Bourbon Street Beat About this time he guest starred on The Alaskans and Pony Express Also in 1959 Hoyt was cast in an episode Three Legged Terror of The Rifleman playing the character Gus Fremont the cruel uncle of Johnny Clover Dennis Hopper He returned to The Rifleman in late 1960 as Civil War veteran Captain Josiah Perry a man deranged by grief over the loss of his son in the episode The Martinet In 1960 and 1961 he appeared in the episodes Burnett s Woman and The Salvation of Killer McFadden of The Roaring 20 s Hoyt also appeared on The Untouchables in the 1960 episode The Big Squeeze Hoyt guest starred on at least three sitcoms Bringing Up Buddy Hogan s Heroes and Petticoat Junction 1966 episode Hooterville Valley Project as Mr Fletcher He was cast as Dr Philip Boyce in the pilot episode of Star Trek The Cage and he appeared twice during the second season of The Twilight Zone in the episodes Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up and The Lateness of the Hour He also performed as the KAOS agent Conrad Bunny in Our Man in Toyland on Get Smart as General Beeker in Hail to the Chief on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and as Dr Mendoza in I Was a Teenage Monster on The Monkees He guest starred as Colonel Hollis in Military School on The Beverly Hillbillies He appeared twice in the first season of The Munsters in episodes 12 Sleeping Cutie 9 and 35 Herman s Happy Valley 10 In 1964 Hoyt appeared in three episodes of The Outer Limits most notably The Bellero Shield He played the role of an extraterrestrial with large eyes who says In all the universes in all the unities beyond the universes all who have eyes have eyes that speak Less than two weeks after this episode s broadcast alleged alien abductees Betty and Barney Hill provided a description of their alien abductors Skeptic Martin Kottmeyer notes that the description is notably similar to Hoyt s appearance as the extraterrestrial on the show 11 He was also a guest player in The 14 Karat Gold Trombone and The Interview episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Because of his stern demeanor the writers had him play opposite to the befuddled way strangers usually reacted to Gracie Allen s convoluted behavior citation needed In the teleplay of The Interview Hoyt simply would not tolerate Gracie s antics and immediately removed himself from the room twice He also appeared as Bertrand Russell and as Voltaire in episodes of Steve Allen s PBS series Meeting of Minds in the late 1970s He appeared as Sire Domra in episode 21 Baltar s Escape of Battlestar Galactica 12 Personal life and death editHoyt was married twice first to Marian Virginia Burns from 1935 to 1960 with whom he had one child and later to Dorothy Oltman Haveman from 1961 to 1991 when he died of lung cancer in Santa Cruz California 7 3 13 Complete filmography editO S S 1946 as Col Paul Meister My Favorite Brunette 1947 as Dr Lundau The Unfaithful 1947 as Det Lt Reynolds Brute Force 1947 as Spencer To the Ends of the Earth 1948 as George C Shannon Winter Meeting 1948 as Stacy Grant Sealed Verdict 1948 as Gen Otto Steigmann The Decision of Christopher Blake 1948 as Mr Caldwell The Bribe 1949 as Gibbs The Lady Gambles 1949 as Dr Rojac The Great Dan Patch 1949 as Ben Lathrop Trapped 1949 as John Downey Everybody Does It 1949 as Wilkins The Marionette Mystery 1950 TV movie Outside the Wall 1950 as Jack Bernard The Lawless 1950 as Ed Ferguson The Company She Keeps 1951 as Judge Kendall Inside Straight 1951 as Flutey Johnson Quebec 1951 as Father Antoine New Mexico 1951 as Sergeant Harrison Lost Continent 1951 as Michael Rostov The Desert Fox The Story of Rommel 1951 as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel uncredited When Worlds Collide 1951 as Sydney Stanton Loan Shark 1952 as Vince Phillips Androcles and the Lion 1952 as Cato The Black Castle 1952 as Count Steiken Julius Caesar 1953 as Decius Brutus Sins of Jezebel 1953 as Elijah Narrator Casanova s Big Night 1954 as Maggiorin The Student Prince 1954 as Prime Minister Desiree 1954 as Talleyrand For the Defense 1954 TV movie The Big Combo 1955 as Nils Dreyer Blackboard Jungle 1955 as Mr Warneke The Purple Mask 1955 as Rochet Moonfleet 1955 as Magistrate Maskew The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing 1955 as William Travers Jerome Trial 1955 as Ralph Castillo Alarm 1956 TV movie The Conqueror 1956 as Shaman Forever Darling 1956 as Bill Finlay Mohawk 1956 as Butler The Come On 1956 as Harold King alias Harley Kendrick Wetbacks 1956 as Steve Bodine Death of a Scoundrel 1956 as Mr O Hara Sierra Stranger 1957 as Sheriff God Is My Partner 1957 as Gordon Palmer Baby Face Nelson 1957 as Samuel F Parker The Beast of Budapest 1958 as Prof Ernst Tolnai Attack of the Puppet People 1958 as Mr Franz Steve Canyon 1958 Episode Operation Jettison as Atterbury The Ten Commandments 1959 TV movie Riot in Juvenile Prison 1959 Curse of the Undead 1959 as Dr John Carter Never So Few 1959 as Col Reed Spartacus 1960 as Caius Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1961 Season 6 Episode 15 Summer Shade as Reverend Merrill s Marauders 1962 as Gen Joseph Stilwell The Virginian 1963 episode To Make This Place Remember as Judge Harper Boston Terrier 1963 TV movie Cleopatra 1963 as Cassius X The Man with the X ray Eyes 1963 as Dr Willard Benson The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1964 Season 3 Episode 7 The McGregor Affair as Dr Knox The Glass Cage 1964 as Lt Max Westerman The Time Travelers 1964 as Varno Two on a Guillotine 1965 as Attorney Carl Vickers Memorandum for a Spy 1965 TV movie Young Dillinger 1965 as Dr Wilson Operation C I A 1965 as Wells Gunpoint 1966 as Mayor Osborne Duel at Diablo 1966 as Chata Star Trek The Original Series 1966 Dr Philip Boyce in S1 E11 E12 The Menagerie T H E Cat 1967 episode The Blood Red Night as Carver Parmiter Winchester 73 1967 TV movie Panic in the City 1968 as Dr Milton Becker Hogan s Heroes 1969 as General Von Behler The Intruders 1970 TV movie Welcome Home Johnny Bristol 1972 TV movie Flesh Gordon 1974 as Professor Gordon The Winds of Kitty Hawk 1978 TV movie as Professor Samuel Langley In Search of Historic Jesus 1979 documentary as Synagogue Man 1 A Great Ride 1979 Nero Wolfe 1979 TV movie The Forty Days of Musa Dagh 1982 as General Waggenheim Desperately Seeking Susan 1985 as Space Commander Alvin Goes Back to School 1986 TV movie as Mr QuickstudyReferences edit Wilson Scott 2016 Resting Places The Burial Sites of More Than 14 000 Famous Persons 3d ed 2 volume set McFarland p 357 ISBN 9780786479924 Retrieved 11 March 2017 Yale Banner and Pot Pourri New Haven Yale University Press 1926 p 236 a b c d e John Hoyt Is Dead Actor 86 Played in Films and on TV The New York Times September 21 1991 Retrieved March 30 2013 a b John Hoyt Orlando Sentinel September 22 1991 Retrieved 11 March 2017 a b John Hoyt at the Internet Broadway Database John Hoyt search results Playbill Vault Playbill Retrieved 11 March 2017 a b Burt A Folkart September 21 1991 John Hoyt Versatile Actor of Stage Films Los Angeles Times a b c d e Terrace Vincent 2011 Encyclopedia of Television Shows 1925 through 2010 2nd ed Jefferson N C McFarland amp Company Inc Publishers p 16 ISBN 978 0 7864 6477 7 Nick at Nite s Classic TV Companion edited by Tom Hill copyright 1996 by Viacom International p 362 Nick at Nite s Classic TV Companion edited by Tom Hill copyright 1996 by Viacom International p 373 Kottmeyer Martin Entirely Unpredisposed www debunker com Retrieved 2008 09 19 Phillips M Garcia F 2014 Science Fiction Television Series Episode Guides Histories and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime Time Shows 1959 through 1989 McFarland Incorporated Publishers p 86 ISBN 978 1 4766 1030 6 Retrieved 2021 11 27 Willis John 1993 Screen World 1992 Hal Leonard Corporation p 258 ISBN 9781557831354 Retrieved 11 March 2017 External links edit nbsp Biography portal nbsp New York state portal nbsp California portal nbsp Education portal nbsp Theatre portal nbsp Film portal nbsp Television portal John Hoyt at IMDb John Hoyt at the TCM Movie Database John Hoyt at the Internet Broadway Database John Hoyt at Memory Alpha John Hoyt Aveleyman Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Hoyt amp oldid 1221047561, wikipedia, 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