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John Hoyt Biography (1905-1991)

Born John Hoysradt, in 1905, in Bronxville, NY; died of lung cancer, September, 15, 1991, in Santa Cruz, CA; married Dorothy; children: David, Kurt L. Haveman (stepson). Career: Actor and screenwriter. Mercury Theater, company member, 1937-45; also worked as a stand-up comedian at the Rainbow Room, New York City, history teacher at Groton School, MA, and piano player.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

actor, screenwriter

Birth Details

1905

Bronxville, New York, United States

Death Details

September 15, 1991

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Colonel Paul Meister, O.S.S., Paramount, 1946
• Detective Lieutenant Reynolds, The Unfaithful, 1947
• Dr. Lundau, My Favorite Brunette, 1947
• Spencer, Brute Force, 1947
• Bennett, To the Ends of the Earth, 1948
• General Otto Steigmann, Sealed Verdict, 1948
• Mr. Caldwell, The Decision of Christopher Blake, 1948
• Stacy Grant, Winter Meeting, 1948
• Downey, Trapped, 1949
• Dr. Rojac, The Lady Gambles, 1949
• Ben Lathrop, The Great Dan Patch, 1949
• Wilkins, Everybody Does It, 1949
• Gibbs, The Bribe, 1949
• Stoker, Outside the Wall, 1950
• Ed Ferguson, The Lawless (also known as The Dividing Line),1950
• Judge Kendall, The Company She Keeps, 1950
• Sydney Stanton, When Worlds Collide, 1951
• Father Antoine, Quebec, 1951
• Sgt. Harrison, New Mexico, 1951
• (Uncredited) Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (also known as Rommel, Desert Fox), 1951
• Michael Rostov, Lost Continent, 1951
• Count Steiken, The Black Castle, Universal, 1952
• Elijah, Sins of Jezebel, 1953
• Cato, Androcles and the Lion, 1953
• Decius Brutus, William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brandon, 1953
• Prime Minister, The Student Prince, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
• Talleyrand, Desir�e, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954
• Meggiorin, Casanova's Big Night, Paramount, 1954
• Ralph Castillo, Trial, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
• Magistrate Maskew, Moonfleet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
• William Travers Jerome, The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955
• Dreyer, The Big Combo, Allied Artists, 1955
• Mr. Warneke, Blackboard Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
• Rochet, The Purple Mask, Universal, 1955
• Steve Bodine, Wetbacks, 1956
• Mohawk, 1956
• Mr. O'Hara, Death of a Scoundrel (also known as Diary of a Scoundrel, The Loves and Death of a Scoundrel, and Loves of a Scoundrel), 1956
• Harley Kendrick, The Come-On, 1956
• Shaman, The Conqueror (also known as Conqueror of the Desert), RKO, 1956
• Bill Finlay, Forever Darling, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, 1956
• Gordon Palmer, God Is My Partner, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
• (Uncredited) Baby Face Nelson, United Artists, 1957
• Prof. Tolnai, The Beast of Budapest, 1958
• Mr. Franz, Attack of the Puppet People (also known as The Fantastic Puppet People and Six Inches Tall), 1958
• Colonel Ernest Walton, Riot in Juvenile Prison, United Artists, 1959
• Colonel Reed, Never So Few, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959
• Dr. Carter, Curse of the Undated (also known as Mark of the West), 1959
• Caius, Spartacus, Universal, 1960
• General Stilwell, Merrill's Marauders, 1962
• Dr. Willard, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, AIP, 1963
• Cassius, Cleopatra, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
• Dr. Varno, The Time Travelers (also known as Depths of the Unknown, The Return of the Time Traveler, The Return of the Time Travelers, This Time Tomorrow, and Time Trap), 1964
• The Glass Cage (also known as Den of Doom), 1964
• Dr. Wilson, Young Dillinger, Allied Artists, 1965
• Wells, Operation C.I.A. (also known as Last Message from Saigon), 1965
• Mayor Osborne, Gunpoint, 1965
• Carl Vickers, Two on a Guillotine, Warner Bros., 1965
• Chata, Duel at Diablo (also known as Ralph Nelson's Duel at Diablo), United Artists, 1966
• Panic in the City, Commonwealth, 1967
• Professor Gordon, Flesh Gordon, Mammouth Films, 1972
• Forty Days of Musa Dagh, 1983
• Space Commander, Desperately Seeking Susan, Orion, 1985
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Dr. Krevoy, Tom, Dick and Mary, 1964
• Martin Peyton, Return to Peyton Place, NBC, 1972-74
• Stanley "Grandpa" Kanisky, Gimme a Break, NBC, 1981-87
• Movies
• Dr. Phillip Boyce, Star Trek: The Cage, 1965
• Larkin, Fame Is the Name of the Game, 1966
• Winchester '73, 1967
• Appleton, The Intruders, NBC, 1970
• Minister, Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol, CBS, 1971
• Harry Longden, The Turning Point of Jim Malloy, NBC, 1975
• Hewitt, Nero Wolfe, ABC, 1977
• Professor Samuel Langley, The Winds of Kitty Hawk, ABC, 1978
• Alien leader, Aliens from Another Planet, 1982
• Miniseries
• German scientist, The Rhinemann Exchange, NBC, 1977
• Specials
• Mr. Quickstudy, Alvin Goes Back to School, NBC, 1986
• Episodic
• "I Want to March," The Philco Television Playhouse, 1951
• Colonel Barker, "Meet Rin Tin Tin," The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin,1954
• "Assassin," Frontier, 1956
• "You Only Run Once," Zane Grey Theater, 1956
• "The Beggar of New Orleans," The Adventures of Jim Bowie, 1957
• "The Hanging Tree," Zane Grey Theater, 1957
• Rex Procter, "Bureaucrat," Gunsmoke, 1957
• "The George Dale Case," Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 1958
• Joseph Harrison, "The Case of the Prodigal Parent," Perry Mason, 1958
• Philip Reynolds, "The Case of the Curious Bride," Perry Mason, 1958
• "Trouble in Paradise Valley," Frontier Doctor, 1958
• "Murder at the Mansion," Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 1959
• "Three Legged Terror," The Rifleman, 1959
• "The General Must Die," Laramie, 1959
• "The Challenge," The Alaskans, 1960
• James Havens, The Big Squeeze, 1960
• Dr. Loren, "The Lateness of the Hour," The Twilight Zone, 1960
• Jeff Mossman, "No Chip," Gunsmoke, 1960
• Oscar Pripitchuk, Holiday Lodge, 1961
• William Harper Caine, "The Case of the Resolute Reformer," Perry Mason, 1961
• "Golden Circle," Gunslinger, 1961
• "The Devil's Necklace: Parts 1 & 2," Maverick, 1961
• Ross the Martian, "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?," The Twilight Zone, 1961
• Darwin Norland, "The Case of the Libelous Locket," Perry Mason, 1963
• "The Golden Door," The Virginian, 1963
• "Sanctuary at Crystal Springs," The Dakotas, 1963
• "To Make This Place Remember," The Virginian, 1963
• John Fisher, "Bedloe Strikes Again," Petticoat Junction, 1963
• "The Fenton Canaby Story," Wagon Train, 1963
• Thomas Webber, "The Case of the Wednesday Woman," Perry Mason, 1964
• Emmett Balfour, "Don't Open Till Doomsday," The Outer Limits, 1964
• Bifrost' Alien, "The Bellero Shield," The Outer Limits, 1964
• "Stormy Is a Lady," Destry, 1964
• "The Alice Whitetree Story," Wagon Train, 1964
• Professor Hebbel, "I, Robot," The Outer Limits, 1964
• George Spelvin, "The Sleeping Cutie," The Munsters, 1964
• Barney Walters, "Herman's Happy Valley," The Munsters, 1965
• "Chrysanthemum," I Spy, 1965
• Herd, "The Deadly Toys Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 1965
• Colonel G.T. Hollis, "Military School," The Beverly Hillbillies, 1965
• "Limit of the Law Larkin," Laredo, 1966
• Captain Waterman, "Barbary Red," The Big Valley, 1966
• Justice Chayen, "The Night of the Puppeteer," The Wild, Wild West,1966
• "The Fun-Fun Killer," Honey West, 1966
• Mr. Fletcher, "Hooterville Valley Project," Petticoat Junction, 1966
• Don Alfredo, "Legend of a General: Parts 1 & 2," The Big Valley, 1966
• "Coup de Grace," Laredo, 1966
• Dr. Boyce, "The Menagerie: Parts 1 & 2," Star Trek, 1966
• U.N.C.L.E. Expert, "The J is for Judas Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 1967
• The alien leader, "Visitors from Beyond the Stars," The Time Tunnel, 1967
• Dr. Mendoza, "I Was a Teenage Monster," The Monkees, 1967
• Dr. Steinholtz, "The Ghost of Nero," The Time Tunnel, 1967
• Jeremiah Priddy, "Temperance! Temperance!," Petticoat Junction, 1967
• "Blood Red Night," T.H.E. Cat, 1967
• Field Marshall Von Galter, "The Reluctant Target," Hogan's Heroes,1967
• General Bruner, "D-Day at Stalag 13," Hogan's Heroes, 1967
• General Bruner, "An Evening of Generals," Hogan's Heroes, 1967
• "Hands Across the Border: Parts 1 & 2," It Takes a Thief, 1968
• Colonel Braun, "Bad Day at Berlin," Hogan's Heroes, 1968
• General von Behler, "Operation Hannibal," Hogan's Heroes, 1969
• "The Night of the Plague," The Wild, Wild West, 1969
• General Wexler, "Cuisine a la Stalag 13," Hogan's Heroes, 1970
• Field Marshal von Leiter, "Hogan's Double Life," Hogan's Heroes, 1971
• Dr. Shelby, "The Greatest Collection of Them All," Banacek, 1973
• Dr. Beckwith, "The Sentry," Kolchak: The Night Stalker, 1975
• Sire Domra, "Baltar's Escape," Battlestar Galatica, 1979
• Dr. Boyce, "The Cage," Star Trek, 1986
• Stage Appearances
• Made Broadway debut in Overture, 1931; also appeared in Alien Corn; The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936; Julius Caesar; Heartbreak House;"Tis Pity She's a Whore.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• The Glass Cage (also known as Den of Doom), 1964

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• New York Times, September 21, 1991, .*