Cast & creator
John Hoyt
Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Perry Mason
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.
Also known as: John Glen Hoyt, John McArthur Hoysradt
88
film credits
132
television credits
219
1946–2019 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (220)
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Perry Mason
Joseph Harrison
1957Perry Mason
Philip Reynolds
1957Perry Mason
William Harper Caine
1957Perry Mason
Darwin Norland
1957Perry Mason
Thomas Webber
1957
Bonanza
Major Sutcliffe
1959
Star Trek
Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
1966
Maverick
1957
Ironside
Malcolm Henderson
1967
Get Smart
Mr. Bunny
1965
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Climax!
Poole
1954
The Rifleman
1958The Rifleman
Gus Fremont
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
Four Star Playhouse
Bentridge
1952Four Star Playhouse
Simpson
1952Four Star Playhouse
Roger Webb
1952
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Bernard Motley
1961
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Spruger
1974Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Dr. Knox
1962
The Virginian
Judge Wickersham
1962The Virginian
Judge Harper
1962The Virginian
Mr. Marshall
1962The Virginian
Judge Manton
1962
The Twilight Zone
Ross
1959The Twilight Zone
Dr. Loren
1959
Hogan's Heroes
1965Hogan's Heroes
Field Marshall Von Galter
1965Hogan's Heroes
General Bruner
1965Hogan's Heroes
Colonel Braun
1965Hogan's Heroes
General von Behler
1965
Petticoat Junction
John Fisher
1963Petticoat Junction
Jeremiah Priddy
1963
Studio One
Judge Cass
1948
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Wild Wild West
1965
Daniel Boone
Patrick Henry
1964Daniel Boone
Colonel James Lamport
1964
Rawhide
1959
The Big Valley
Captain Waterman
1965The Big Valley
Don Alfredo
1965
Burke's Law
Otto Veidt
1963
Leave It to Beaver
Doctor Compton
1957
Lawman
1958Lawman
Judge Loren Grant
1958
Police Woman
1974
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Frank Hale
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Walt Matthews
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Hannigan
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Judge Parker
1956
Gunsmoke
Rex Propter
1955Gunsmoke
Jeff
1955
The Munsters
1964
Zorro
1957
The Outer Limits
Emmett Balfour
1963The Outer Limits
Bifrost Alien
1963The Outer Limits
Professor Hebbel
1963
Peter Gunn
B.E. Raleigh
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Monkees
Mendoza
1966
Adventures in Paradise
Sebastian
1959
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
General Beeker
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Aristide
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Expert
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Mr. Orbin
1963
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Reverend
1955
Laramie
1959
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Burnison
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Harding
1957
Studio 57
1954
M Squad
Dr. Carter
1957
The Millionaire
Dr. Knut Sorens
1955
The Time Tunnel
The Alien Leader
1966The Time Tunnel
Dr. Steinholtz
1966
The Bob Cummings Show
Brig. General Frank Tallman
1955The Bob Cummings Show
Brig. Gen. Frank Tallman (AKA Old Ramrod)
1955
Laredo
1965
Checkmate
Louis Roche
1960
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Dr. Beckwith
1974
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Capone's Attorney
1958
Lights Out
1949
Telephone Time
1956
Outlaws
1960
Gimme a Break!
Stanley Kanisky
1981
Navy Log
1955
The Danny Thomas Show
Montague Brooks
1953
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Honey West
Prof. Von Kemp
1965Lux Video Theatre
Captain Louis Renault
1950Lux Video Theatre
Musley
1950
Arrest and Trial
Mr. Satterley
1963
Riverboat
Antoine Rigaud
1959
It Takes a Thief
Mundt
1968
Cavalcade of America
Hessian officer
1952Cavalcade of America
1952Cavalcade of America
Com. Smedley
1952
The Rogues
Spigal
1964
The Thin Man
Florist Sitwell
1957
Law of the Plainsman
Col. Efram Springer
1959
The Loner
Colonel
1965
Racket Squad
1951
The Alaskans
1959
The Roaring 20's
1960
Bourbon Street Beat
John Cavanagh
1959
The Dakotas
1963Profiles in Courage
Mr. Finchley
1964Profiles in Courage
Lodge
1964
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Planet of the Apes
Prefect Barlow
1974
Johnny Staccato
1959
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Spartacus
Caius
1960CBS Playhouse
Hobart Waylon
1966
The Outcasts
1968
The Chevy Mystery Show
Arnold Bellson
1960
The Whistler
1954
Matt Helm
Same Rae
1975
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
Wendy and Me
1964
Johnny Midnight
1960
Cleopatra
Cassius
1963
Gunslinger
Shubel Morgan
1961
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
General Electric Theater
Dietz
1953General Electric Theater
Beaumont
1953
Desperately Seeking Susan
Space Commander
1985
Death Valley Days
Crandel
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Capt. McCall
1951
Meeting of Minds
1977
Brute Force
Spencer
1947
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
1951
Flesh Gordon
Professor Gordon
1974
Julius Caesar
Decius Brutus
1953
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Willard Benson
1963
Never So Few
Col. Reed
1959
The Rhinemann Exchange
German scientist
1977
Blackboard Jungle
Mr. Warneke
1955
When Worlds Collide
Sydney Stanton
1951
Death of a Scoundrel
Mr. O'Hara
1956
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
William Travers Jerome
1955
Tom, Dick and Mary
Dr. Krevoy
1964
Two on a Guillotine
Attorney Carl Vickers
1965
Duel at Diablo
Chata
1966
The Big Combo
Nils Dreyer
1955
Désirée
Talleyrand
1954
Androcles and the Lion
Cato
1952
The Lady Gambles
Dr. Rojac
1949
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Casanova's Big Night
Maggiorin
1954
The Purple Mask
Rochet
1955
The Conqueror
Shaman
1956
The Time Travelers
Dr. Varno
1964
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Prof. Samuel Langley
1978
Baby Face Nelson
Samuel F. Parker
1957
Gunpoint
Mayor Osborne
1966
Panic in the City
Dr. Milton Becker
1968
The Unfaithful
Det. Lt. Reynolds
1947Alcatraz Express
Capone's Attorney
1961
The Company She Keeps
Judge Kendall
1951
Freeing “Trapped”
Self (archive footage)
2019
Attack of the Puppet People
Mr. Franz
1958
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Minister
1972
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Carmine
2013
Curse of the Undead
Dr. Carter
1959
Trial
Ralph Castillo
1955
Moonfleet
Magistrate Maskew
1955
Young Dillinger
Dr. Wilson
1965
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Larkin
1966
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
1980
Merrill's Marauders
Gen. Joseph Stilwell
1962
Mulberry Street
Big Vic
2006
My Favorite Brunette
Dr. Lundau
1947
Inside Straight
Flutey Johnson
1951
God Is My Partner
Gordon Palmer
1957
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
General Waggenheim
1982
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Barlow
1980
To the Ends of the Earth
George C. Shannon
1948
The Black Castle
Count Steiken
1952
Winchester '73
Sunrider
1967
Quebec
Father Antoine
1951
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Col. Ernest Walton
1959
The Bribe
Gibbs
1949
The Beast of Budapest
Prof. Ernst Tolnai
1958
The Pompatus of Love
Big Toe
1996
The Great Dan Patch
Ben Lathrop
1949
Loan Shark
Vince Phillips
1952
Nero Wolfe
Hewitt
1979
Lost Continent
Michael Rostov
1951
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Harry Longden
1975Asylum for a Spy
Lowell Ritchards
1965
Sierra Stranger
Sheriff
1957
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Mr. Caldwell
1948
New Mexico
Sergeant Harriton
1951
The Intruders
Appleton
1970
Sins of Jezebel
Elijah
1953
Forever, Darling
Bill Finlay
1956
The Come On
Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
1956
The Lawless
Ed Ferguson
1950
The Student Prince
Prime Minister
1954
O.S.S.
Col. Paul Meister
1946
Sealed Verdict
Otto Steigmann
1948
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Poole
1955
Trapped
Agent John Downey
1949
Mohawk
Butler
1956
Outside the Wall
Jack Bernard
1950
The Last Request
Big Joe
2006
Operation C.I.A.
Wells
1965
Everybody Does It
Wilkins
1949
Creepy Classics
Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
1987
The Glass Cage
Lt. Max Westerman
1964The Glass Cage
Writer
1964
A Great Ride
Jukebox Drunk
1979
Winter Meeting
Stacy Grant
1948
In Search of Historic Jesus
Synagogue Man #1
1979
Wetbacks
Steve Bodine
1956