John Hoyt (born John McArthur Hoysradt; October 5, 1905 â€" September
15, 1991) was an American actor. He began his acting career on
Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series.He
is perhaps best known for his film roles in The Lawless (1950), When
Worlds Collide (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955),
Spartacus (1960), Cleopatra (1963) and Flesh Gordon (1974).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
made his Broadway debut in 1931 in William Bolitho's play Overture.
Some of his other Broadway credits in the early 1930s include Miracle
at Verdun (1930), Lean Harvest (1931), and Clear All Wires (1932). He
also performed with several regional theater groups, and then joined
Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre in 1937; and he remained a member of
the latter until he moved to Hollywood in 1945. Hoyt continued to
perform regularly in Broadway productions throughout the 1930s and
into the 1940s. In this period, he was cast in a range of plays, such
as Valley Forge (1934), Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (1935), The Masque of
Kings (1936), Storm Over Patsy (1936) and Caesar (1937). He also
worked as a stand-up comedian, sometimes both acting and doing comedy
on the same day. 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 (1939), in which he played Beverley Carlton.
15, 1991) was an American actor. He began his acting career on
Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series.He
is perhaps best known for his film roles in The Lawless (1950), When
Worlds Collide (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955),
Spartacus (1960), Cleopatra (1963) and Flesh Gordon (1974).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
made his Broadway debut in 1931 in William Bolitho's play Overture.
Some of his other Broadway credits in the early 1930s include Miracle
at Verdun (1930), Lean Harvest (1931), and Clear All Wires (1932). He
also performed with several regional theater groups, and then joined
Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre in 1937; and he remained a member of
the latter until he moved to Hollywood in 1945. Hoyt continued to
perform regularly in Broadway productions throughout the 1930s and
into the 1940s. In this period, he was cast in a range of plays, such
as Valley Forge (1934), Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (1935), The Masque of
Kings (1936), Storm Over Patsy (1936) and Caesar (1937). He also
worked as a stand-up comedian, sometimes both acting and doing comedy
on the same day. 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 (1939), in which he played Beverley Carlton.
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