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John Hoyt

Highest Rated: 96% Julius Caesar (1953)

Lowest Rated: 20% Desiree (1954)

Birthday: Oct 5, 1905

Birthplace: Bronxville, New York, USA

John Hoyt was a former history teacher and stand-up comedian who entered films after considerable stage work with Orson Welles' Mercury Theater in the late 1930s and early 40s. A prolific character actor in over 75 movies, Hoyt often played scientists, aristocrats and assorted authority figures, as well as turning in his fair share of mad professors.

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Highest rated movies

96% 81% Julius Caesar
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95% 87% Brute Force
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93% 79% The Big Combo
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88% 66% The Man With the X-Ray Eyes
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81% 64% When Worlds Collide
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75% 69% My Favorite Brunette
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74% 78% Blackboard Jungle
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69% 70% Moonfleet
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67% 75% Flesh Gordon
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57% 75% The Student Prince
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John Hoyt

John Hoyt WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, John Hoyt, 1951 BRUTE FORCE, Howard Duff, John Hoyt, Jack Overman, Jeff Corey (lying down), Burt Lancaster, 1947 WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, from left: Larry Keating, John Hoyt, 1951 SEALED VERDICT, Ray Milland, John Hoyt, 1948 LOST CONTINENT, Hugh Beaumont, John Hoyt, Sid Melton, Chick Chandler, Cesar Romero, 1951 LOST CONTINENT, Sid Melton, Whit Bissell, Hugh Beaumont, John Hoyt, Cesar Romero, Chick Chandler, 1951 LOST CONTINENT, Cesar Romero, John Hoyt, Hugh Beaumont, Sid Melton, Chick Chandler, 1951 BRUTE FORCE, John Hoyt, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell, Burt Lancaster, Howard Duff, 1947 WINTER MEETING, John Hoyt, Bette Davis, 1948 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oh My God? Film Editing $38.2K 2009
67% 75% Flesh Gordon Prof. Gordon (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol Minister (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Intruders Appleton (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunpoint Mayor Osborne (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 60% Duel at Diablo Chata (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Operation C.I.A. Wells (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Dillinger Dr. Wilson (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 31% The Time Travelers Dr. Varno (Character) - 1964
88% 66% The Man With the X-Ray Eyes Dr. Willard Benson (Character) - 1963
56% 67% Cleopatra Cassius (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 69% Merrill's Marauders Gen. Joseph Stilwell (Character) - 1962
40% 33% Never So Few Col. Reed (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 39% Curse of the Undead Dr. John Carter (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 29% Attack of the Puppet People Mr. Franz (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beast of Budapest Unknown (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantastic Puppet People Mr. Franz (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Krane Harry (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sierra Stranger Sheriff (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 50% Baby Face Nelson Samuel F. Parker (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet God Is My Partner Gordon Palmer (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 10% The Conqueror Shaman (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 48% Forever Darling Bill Finlay (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mohawk Butler (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 57% Death of a Scoundrel Mr. O'Hara (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Come On Harold King/Harley Kendrick (Character) - 1956
69% 70% Moonfleet Magistrate Maskew (Character) - 1955
74% 78% Blackboard Jungle Mr. Warneke (Character) - 1955
93% 79% The Big Combo Nils Dreyer (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 83% Trial Ralph Castillo (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Purple Mask Rochet (Character) - 1955
20% 68% Desiree Talleyrand (Character) - 1954
57% 75% The Student Prince Prime Minister (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 82% Casanova's Big Night Maggiorin (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sins of Jezebel Elijah/Narrator (Character) - 1954
96% 81% Julius Caesar Decius Brutus (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 30% The Black Castle Count Steiken (Character) - 1952
43% 48% Androcles and the Lion Cato (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 15% Loan Shark Vince Phillips (Character) - 1952
81% 64% When Worlds Collide Sydney Stanton (Character) - 1951
40% 4% The Lost Continent Michael Rostov (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet 1837 Father Antoine (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 57% Inside Straight Flutey Johnson (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 36% The Company She Keeps Judge Kendall (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 29% The Lady Gambles Dr. Rojac (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Everybody Does It Wilkins (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 44% The Bribe Gibbs (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 14% Trapped Agent John Downey/Johnny Hackett (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 60% The Great Dan Patch Ben Lathrop (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sealed Verdict Gen. Otto Steigmann (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Decision of Christopher Blake Caldwell (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 50% The Unfaithful Det. Lt. Reynolds (Character) - 1947
95% 87% Brute Force Spencer (Character) - 1947
75% 69% My Favorite Brunette Dr. Lundau (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 33% O.S.S. Col. Paul Meister (Character) - 1946

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Gimme a Break Grandpa Stanley Kanisky (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		1982-1987
43% 83% Battlestar Galactica Sire Domra (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Walter Peydon (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Six Million Dollar Man Dr. Spruger (Guest Star) 1977
100% 83% Kolchak: The Night Stalker Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
55% 89% Planet of the Apes Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Banacek Dr. Shelby (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet 100% Hogan's Heroes Unknown (Guest Star) 1967-1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flying Nun Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Iron Horse Unknown (Guest Star) 1966-1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Petticoat Junction Unknown (Guest Star) 1963 1966-1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laredo Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet 100% The Wild, Wild West Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beverly Hillbillies Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1962 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet 12 O'Clock High Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet 84% Get Smart Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Spy Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Loner Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
83% 92% The Munsters Barney Walters (Guest Star) 1964-1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1964
92% 92% The Outer Limits Emmett Balfour (Character) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Rev. Sumpter (Guest Star) 1958 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grindl Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Thomas Webber (Guest Star) 1958 1961 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dakotas Governor (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Maj. John Ellis (Guest Star) 1959 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Dr. Loren (Character) 1960-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre Unknown (Character) 1956 1960-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunslinger Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Reverend (Character) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Leave It to Beaver Mr. Franklin (Character),
Doctor Compton (Guest Star) 		1958 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1957 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Rex Propter (Guest Star) 1957 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rifleman Unknown (Guest Star) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deputy Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Staccato Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Skelton Show Guest 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zorro Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thin Man Mr. Sitwell (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Burns and Allen Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stage 7 Anson Hall (Character) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mickey Rooney Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger Edward Ashton (Guest Star) 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Letter to Loretta Unknown (Character) 1954