John Hoyt
John Hoyt | |
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| Born | John McArthur Hoysradt |
| Years active | 1946-1987 |
| Spouse | Dorothy Oltman Haveman (1961-1991; his death) |
John Hoyt (October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991) was an American film, theatre, and television actor.
Early life
Hoyt was born as John McArthur Hoysradt. Before becoming an actor with Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, the Yale University graduate worked as a history instructor, acting teacher and even nightclub comedian. [citation needed] Under his birth name (John Hoysradt), Hoyt began his performing career in a nightclub act doing impressions of famous entertainers. His impersonation of Noël Coward was so remarkable that he was hired for the original cast of the Broadway comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner, in which he played Beverley Carlton. [citation needed] Hoysradt began his movie career still using his birth name, but soon shortened it to Hoyt.
Television and film
Hoyt had a number of memorable roles - as an industrialist in When Worlds Collide, a number of guest roles on Hogan's Heroes and the role of Dr. Philip Boyce on Star Trek's first pilot episode "The Cage". He appeared twice during the second season of The Twilight Zone, in the episodes "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up" and "The Lateness of the Hour". He also appeared as KAOS agent Conrad Bunny in the Get Smart episode, "Our Man in Toyland" and as Dr. Mendoza in The Monkees episode "I Was a Teenage Monster". His last onscreen role was as "Grandpa" on the Nell Carter television series Gimme a Break!,
He appeared in one Shakespearean film, MGM's Julius Caesar, reprising the role of Decius Brutus (a.k.a Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus), which he had played in the famous 1937 Mercury Theatre production starring Orson Welles. In 1953, he portrayed Elijah in the biblical film Sins of Jezebel.
Death
Hoyt died of cancer in Santa Cruz, California in 1991, aged 85.
Partial filmography
External links
- John Hoyt at IMDb
- John Hoyt at the Internet Broadway Database
- John Hoyt at Memory Alpha
- John Hoyt at Find a Grave