Harry O. Hoyt

Harry O. Hoyt
Born	6 August 1885 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died	29 July 1961(1961-07-29) (aged 75) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Other names	Harry Hoyt
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter Film director Scenarist
Years active	1913–1945
Spouse	Florence Stark Hoyt

Harry O. Hoyt (6 August 1885 – 29 July 1961) was an American screenwriter and film director whose film career began in 1912, during the silent era. He graduated with a degree in literature from Yale University in 1910. His 1925 film The Lost World, based on the book by Arthur Conan Doyle, is notable as a pioneering effort in the use of stop-motion animation. His brother, actor Arthur Hoyt, also appeared in The Lost World.

In November 1912, he married the former Florence Stark in Norwich, Connecticut. Together they had a son, Devereux Gerrard Hoyt, and daughter Daryl Hoyt.

Partial filmography

• The Child of Destiny (1916)
• Daredevil Jack (1920)
• The Woman on the Jury (1924)
• Sundown (1924)
• The Lost World (1925)
• When Love Grows Cold (1926)
• The Belle of Broadway (1926)
• The Better Way (1926)
• The Adorable Deceiver (1926)
• Wandering Girls (1927)
• The Return of Boston Blackie (1927)
• Bitter Apples (1927)
• Clancy of the Mounted (1933)
• The Thrill Hunter (1933)
• The Fighting Ranger (1934)
• Jungle Menace (1937)
• Lady in the Death House (1944)
• The Missing Corpse (1945)

External links

• Harry O. Hoyt at IMDb