Yale grad John Hoyt had been a history instructor, acting teacher and nightclub comedian before linking up with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre in 1937. He remained with Welles until he joined the Army in 1945. After the war, the grey-haired, deadly-eyed Hoyt built up a screen reputation as one of most hissable "heavies" around, notably as the notorious political weathervane Talleyrand in Desiree (1954). He was a bit kinder onscreen as the Prophet Elijah in Sins of Jezebel. Nearly always associated with mainstream films, Hoyt surprised many of his professional friends when he agreed to co-star in the softcore porn spoof Flesh Gordon; those closest to him, however, knew that Hoyt had been a bit of a Bohemian all his life, especially during his frequent nudist colony vacations. TV fans of the '80s generation will remember John Hoyt as Grandpa Stanley Kanisky on the TV sitcom Gimme a Break; those with longer memories might recall that Hoyt played the doctor who told Ben Gazzara that he had only two years to live on the pilot for the 1960s TV series Run For Your Life. Hoyt also holds a footnote in Star Trek history playing the doctor in the first pilot episode, "The Cage."
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Forty Days of Musa Dagh
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1983 | |||
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| 1979 | ||||
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The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Actor |
1978 | |||
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Nero Wolfe
Actor |
1977 | |||
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The Rhinemann Exchange
Actor |
1977 | |||
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Flesh Gordon
Actor |
1972 | |||
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The Intruders
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1970 | |||
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Panic in the City
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1968 | |||
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Winchester '73
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1967 | |||
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Duel at Diablo
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1966 | |||
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Gunpoint
Actor |
1966 | |||
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Operation C.I.A.
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1965 | |||
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Star Trek: The Cage
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1965 | |||
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Two on a Guillotine
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1965 | |||
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Young Dillinger
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1965 | |||
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The Glass Cage
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1964 | |||
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The Time Travelers
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1964 | |||
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Tom, Dick and Mary
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1964 | |||
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Cleopatra
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1963 | |||
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Bonanza: The Decision
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1962 | |||
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Merrill's Marauders
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1962 | |||
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Maverick: The Art Lovers
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1961 | |||
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Spartacus
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1960 | |||
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Curse of the Undead
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1959 | |||
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Never So Few
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1959 | |||
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Riot in Juvenile Prison
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1959 | |||
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The Beast of Budapest
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1958 | |||
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Baby Face Nelson
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1957 | |||
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God Is My Partner
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1957 | |||
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Gunsmoke: The Bureaucrat
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1957 | |||
| 1957 | ||||
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Mr. Krane
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1957 | |||
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Sierra Stranger
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1957 | |||
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Death of a Scoundrel
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1956 | |||
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Forever Darling
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1956 | |||
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Mohawk
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1956 | |||
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The Come On
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1956 | |||
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The Conqueror
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1956 | |||
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Wetbacks
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1956 | |||
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Blackboard Jungle
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1955 | |||
| 1955 | ||||
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Moonfleet
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1955 | |||
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The Big Combo
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1955 | |||
| 1955 | ||||
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The Purple Mask
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1955 | |||
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Trial
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1955 | |||
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Casanova's Big Night
Actor |
1954 | |||
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Desiree
Actor |
1954 | |||
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Sins of Jezebel
Actor |
1954 | |||
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The Student Prince
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1954 | |||
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Julius Caesar
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1953 | |||
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Androcles and the Lion
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1952 | |||
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Loan Shark
Actor |
1952 | |||
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The Black Castle
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1952 | |||
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Inside Straight
Actor |
1951 | |||
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New Mexico
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1951 | |||
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Quebec
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1951 | |||
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The Desert Fox
Actor |
1951 | |||
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The Lost Continent
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1951 | |||
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When Worlds Collide
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1951 | |||
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Outside the Wall
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1950 | |||
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The Company She Keeps
Actor |
1950 | |||
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The Lawless
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1950 | |||
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Everybody Does It
Actor |
1949 | |||
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The Bribe
Actor |
1949 | |||
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The Great Dan Patch
Actor |
1949 | |||
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The Lady Gambles
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Trapped
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Sealed Verdict
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1948 | |||
| 1948 | ||||
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To the Ends of the Earth
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Winter Meeting
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Brute Force
Actor |
1947 | |||
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My Favorite Brunette
Actor |
1947 | |||
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The Unfaithful
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1947 | |||
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O.S.S.
Actor |
1946 |





