John Hoyt

John Hoyt

1905-10-05 Bronxville, New York, USA 86 Credits

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...

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Freeing “Trapped”

Freeing “Trapped”

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Film noir expert Eddie Muller and others discuss the classic film Trapped.

Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

2013

as Carmine

3.9
Acting

After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed tha...

Mulberry Street

Mulberry Street

2006

as Big Vic

5.3
Acting

A deadly infection breaks out in Manhattan, causing humans to devolve into blood-thirsty rat creatures. Six recently evicted tenants must survive the ...

The Last Request

The Last Request

2006

as Big Joe

2.3
Acting

Pop's last request is for his sons to continue the family name. When his brother dies trying, Jeff leaves the seminary and encounters crazy women and ...

The Pompatus of Love

The Pompatus of Love

1996

as Big Toe

4.1
Acting

Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and an...

Creepy Classics

Creepy Classics

1987

as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)

6.3
Acting

A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.

Alvin Goes Back to School

Alvin Goes Back to School

1986

5.0
Acting

1986 NBC Saturday Morning preview special.

Desperately Seeking Susan

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

as Space Commander

6.1
Acting

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken ...

Forty Days of Musa Dagh

Forty Days of Musa Dagh

1982

1.0
Acting

Armenian guerrilla troops fight against the Turkish forces on the mountain of Musa Dagh.

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

1980

as Barlow

7.5
Acting

The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death shoul...

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

1980

as Barlow

7.5
Acting

Human astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are forced to become involved in the strange gladiatorial games of the district r...

Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe

1979

as Hewitt

8.7
Acting

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...

A Great Ride

A Great Ride

1979

as Jukebox Drunk

1.0
Acting

Cocky, overconfident motocross champion Jim Dancer and his more mature and levelheaded bike racing buddy Steve Mitchell decide to trek from Mexico to ...

In Search of Historic Jesus

1979

as Synagogue Man #1

4.3
Acting

Re-created Biblical tableaux mixed with interviews.

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978

as Prof. Samuel Langley

Acting

The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

1975

as Harry Longden

Acting

The son of a small-town doctor returns to his hometown after being kicked out of Yale, and begins a new career on the town's newspaper.

Flesh Gordon

Flesh Gordon

1974

as Professor Gordon

4.8
Acting

Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only on...

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

1972

as Minister

8.0
Acting

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 finall...

The Intruders

The Intruders

1970

as Appleton

4.5
Acting

The James and Younger outlaw gangs ride into town, and it is up to the local marshal, who has lost both his nerve and his gun skills, to stop them.

Panic in the City

Panic in the City

1968

as Dr. Milton Becker

5.2
Acting

An American agent is assigned to track down a renegade Soviet spy who is building an atomic device in Los Angeles and plans to destroy the city with i...

Winchester '73

Winchester '73

1967

as Sunrider

6.2
Acting

TV Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession ...

Fame Is the Name of the Game

Fame Is the Name of the Game

1966

as Larkin

4.5
Acting

A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names conta...

Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

1966

as Chata

6.3
Acting

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons he...

Gunpoint

Gunpoint

1966

as Mayor Osborne

6.0
Acting

A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.

Operation C.I.A.

Operation C.I.A.

1965

as Wells

5.0
Acting

A young CIA agent is assigned to Saigon to stop a planned political assassination.

Young Dillinger

Young Dillinger

1965

as Dr. Wilson

6.5
Acting

The 1930s outlaw teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Homer Van Meter.

Asylum for a Spy

1965

as Lowell Ritchards

Acting

A spy wants to "come in from the cold" since his last assignment resulted in the death of two innocent people. But the service cannot let a man quit.

Two on a Guillotine

Two on a Guillotine

1965

as Attorney Carl Vickers

6.1
Acting

The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house in...

The Time Travelers

The Time Travelers

1964

as Dr. Varno

5.0
Acting

Research scientists experimenting with time warps are accidentally propelled forward into an unbearable future.

The Glass Cage

The Glass Cage

1964

as Lt. Max Westerman

5.3
Acting

Two detectives investigate the murder of a local businessman by a mysterious woman.

The Glass Cage

The Glass Cage

1964

Writer

5.3
Writing

Two detectives investigate the murder of a local businessman by a mysterious woman.

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

1963

as Willard Benson

6.6
Acting

A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1963

as Cassius

7.0
Acting

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...

Merrill's Marauders

Merrill's Marauders

1962

as Gen. Joseph Stilwell

6.1
Acting

Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind J...

Spartacus

Spartacus

1960

as Caius

7.5
Acting

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena,...

Never So Few

Never So Few

1959

as Col. Reed

5.4
Acting

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

Curse of the Undead

Curse of the Undead

1959

as Dr. Carter

5.4
Acting

A mysterious epidemic has struck an Old West frontier town and young girls are falling deathly ill. Doc Carter, his lovely daughter Dolores, and preac...

Riot in Juvenile Prison

Riot in Juvenile Prison

1959

as Col. Ernest Walton

5.2
Acting

When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems pea...

Attack of the Puppet People

Attack of the Puppet People

1958

as Mr. Franz

5.0
Acting

A deranged scientist creates a ray that can shrink people down to doll size.

The Beast of Budapest

The Beast of Budapest

1958

as Prof. Ernst Tolnai

Acting

Archival footage combined with new footage re-creates the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It is also a love story between a devout communist woman and the ...

Baby Face Nelson

Baby Face Nelson

1957

as Samuel F. Parker

5.6
Acting

Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll (Carolyn Jones).

God Is My Partner

God Is My Partner

1957

as Gordon Palmer

5.0
Acting

A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.

Sierra Stranger

Sierra Stranger

1957

as Sheriff

5.0
Acting

A prospector becomes a small town outcast after he rescues a man about to be lynched.

Death of a Scoundrel

Death of a Scoundrel

1956

as Mr. O'Hara

6.0
Acting

A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.

Wetbacks

Wetbacks

1956

as Steve Bodine

5.4
Acting

Former Coastguardsmen Jim Benson is about to lose his boat when a couple approaches him for a fishing charter. Jim departs just ahead of the Sherrif w...

The Come On

The Come On

1956

as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick

5.0
Acting

A con woman tries to swindle her partner-in-crime husband with the help of one of her former marks. But is she to be trusted?

Mohawk

Mohawk

1956

as Butler

5.6
Acting

An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daught...

The Conqueror

The Conqueror

1956

as Shaman

3.4
Acting

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

Forever, Darling

Forever, Darling

1956

as Bill Finlay

7.0
Acting

Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can se...

Trial

Trial

1955

as Ralph Castillo

6.7
Acting

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute pr...

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

1955

as William Travers Jerome

6.2
Acting

Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but u...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1955

as Poole

6.0
Acting

Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic. Part of Chrysler sponsored series "Climax!"

Moonfleet

Moonfleet

1955

as Magistrate Maskew

6.5
Acting

Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old frien...

The Purple Mask

The Purple Mask

1955

as Rochet

5.0
Acting

France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distre...

Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

1955

as Mr. Warneke

6.9
Acting

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadi...

The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955

as Nils Dreyer

7.0
Acting

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfr...

Désirée

Désirée

1954

as Talleyrand

6.4
Acting

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-B...

The Student Prince

The Student Prince

1954

as Prime Minister

6.4
Acting

A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.

Casanova's Big Night

Casanova's Big Night

1954

as Maggiorin

6.1
Acting

Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little susp...

Sins of Jezebel

Sins of Jezebel

1953

as Elijah

4.5
Acting

The aging king of Israel, Ahab, falls under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming Pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of h...

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953

as Decius Brutus

7.1
Acting

The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.

Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion

1952

as Cato

5.8
Acting

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared...

The Black Castle

The Black Castle

1952

as Count Steiken

6.4
Acting

A man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.

Loan Shark

Loan Shark

1952

as Vince Phillips

5.5
Acting

A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factory suffer violence at the hands of the loan sharker...

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

6.7
Acting

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide

1951

as Sydney Stanton

6.3
Acting

When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enou...

Lost Continent

Lost Continent

1951

as Michael Rostov

3.4
Acting

When an experimental atomic rocket crashes somewhere off-radar, its three developing scientists are joined by three Air Force men in tracking it down ...

New Mexico

New Mexico

1951

as Sgt. Harriton

3.5
Acting

Captain Hunt of the cavalry is trying to promote good relations with the Indian chief Acoma. But Hunt's superiors in the military insist on pursuing p...

Quebec

Quebec

1951

as Father Antoine

Acting

Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.

Inside Straight

Inside Straight

1951

as Flutey Johnson

4.2
Acting

A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption.

The Company She Keeps

The Company She Keeps

1951

as Judge Kendall

5.9
Acting

A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.

The Lawless

The Lawless

1950

as Ed Ferguson

5.8
Acting

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

Outside the Wall

Outside the Wall

1950

as Jack Bernard

6.0
Acting

Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again,...

Everybody Does It

Everybody Does It

1949

as Wilkins

7.8
Acting

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...

Trapped

Trapped

1949

as Agent John Downey

5.8
Acting

Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plat...

The Great Dan Patch

The Great Dan Patch

1949

as Ben Lathrop

5.0
Acting

David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's h...

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles

1949

as Dr. Rojac

6.0
Acting

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the ca...

The Bribe

The Bribe

1949

as Gibbs

6.2
Acting

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.

The Decision of Christopher Blake

The Decision of Christopher Blake

1948

as Mr. Caldwell

3.5
Acting

A young boy begins to have fantasies when he learns his parents are planning to divorce. Director Peter Godfrey's 1948 drama stars Ted Donaldson, Alex...

Sealed Verdict

Sealed Verdict

1948

as Otto Steigmann

5.5
Acting

John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to ...

Winter Meeting

Winter Meeting

1948

as Stacy Grant

6.5
Acting

A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.

To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

1948

as George C. Shannon

5.7
Acting

A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.

Brute Force

Brute Force

1947

as Spencer

7.3
Acting

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of e...

The Unfaithful

The Unfaithful

1947

as Det. Lt. Reynolds

6.0
Acting

Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her l...

My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette

1947

as Dr. Lundau

6.6
Acting

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for ...

O.S.S.

O.S.S.

1946

as Col. Paul Meister

6.4
Acting

The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII...