John Hoyt

John Hoyt adalah seorang aktor film, teater, dan televisi Amerika, 5 Oktober 1905 – 15 September 1991. Ia memulai karir aktingnya di Broadway, kemudian muncul di berbagai film dan serial televisi. Dia mungkin paling dikenal karena perannya dalam film The Lawless (1950), When Worlds Collide (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), Spartacus (1960), Cleopatra (1963), The Outer Limits (1964), Flesh Gordon (1974), dan serial televisi Gimme a Break! (1981-87). Hoyt lahir sebagai John McArthur Hoysradt di Bronxville, New York, putra dari Warren J. Hoysradt, seorang bankir investasi, dan istrinya, Ethel Hoysradt, née Wolf. Dia bersekolah di Hotchkiss School dan Universitas Yale, di mana dia bertugas di dewan editorial majalah humor kampus The Yale Record. Ia menerima gelar sarjana dan master dari Yale. Dia bekerja sebagai instruktur sejarah di Sekolah Groton selama dua tahun. Hoyt memperpendek nama belakangnya pada tahun 1945, setahun sebelum debut filmnya di O.S.S. Ia menjadi wajah yang akrab di film noir dan berperan sebagai Kepala Sekolah Warneke yang tegas dalam film Blackboard Jungle tahun 1955, yang dibintangi Glenn Ford. Dia berperan sebagai industrialis dalam film tahun 1951 When Worlds Collide. Hoyt muncul dalam satu film Shakespeare: Julius Caesar karya MGM, mengulangi peran Decius Brutus (atau Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus), yang pernah ia mainkan dalam produksi Teater Mercury tahun 1937. Pada tahun 1952, dia berperan sebagai Cato Androcles dan Singa. Pada tahun 1953, ia memerankan Elia dalam film alkitabiah Sins of Izebel. Dia telah menampilkan peran dalam epos tahun enam puluhan beranggaran besar Spartacus dan Cleopatra.

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.