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John Hoyt
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John Hoyt

1905 – 1991 · Bronxville, New York, USA · Active 1946–2019

John Hoyt, born in 1905 in Bronxville, New York, carved a niche in cult cinema with his compelling performances. He appears as the industrialist in When Worlds Collide (1951), a film that showcases his ability to embody authority figures. Hoyt also delivers a memorable performance in X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963), where he navigates the eerie landscape of science fiction. His extensive background in theater and film noir enriches the narratives of films like The Black Castle (1952) and Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959), making him a notable figure in the SassyFlix catalog.

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When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide

1951 ★ 6.3
as Sydney Stanton

When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.

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Filmography

219 credits
2010s 2 credits
2019
Freeing “Trapped” as Self (archive footage)
Movie
2013
Movie ★ 4.0
2000s 2 credits
2006
Movie ★ 5.4
2006
Movie ★ 2.1
1990s 1 credit
1996
Movie ★ 4.1
1980s 8 credits
1987
Creepy Classics as Mr. Franz - (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.4
1986
Movie ★ 5.0
1985
Movie ★ 6.1
1982
Movie ★ 4.0
1981
Gimme a Break! as Stanley Kanisky
TV ★ 6.7
1970s 15 credits
1979
A Great Ride as Jukebox Drunk
Movie ★ 3.5
1979
In Search of Historic Jesus as Synagogue Man #1
Movie ★ 5.5
1979
Nero Wolfe as Hewitt
Movie ★ 8.3
1978
The Winds of Kitty Hawk as Prof. Samuel Langley
Movie
1977
TV ★ 8.7
1977
The Rhinemann Exchange as German scientist
TV ★ 6.5
1975
Movie ★ 8.0
1975
Matt Helm as Same Rae
TV ★ 7.8
1974
Flesh Gordon as Professor Gordon
Movie ★ 4.8
1974
Planet of the Apes as Prefect Barlow
TV ★ 6.9
1974
TV ★ 7.6
1974
TV ★ 6.4
1974
TV ★ 7.3
1972
Movie ★ 8.0
1970
The Intruders as Appleton
Movie ★ 5.0
1960s 71 credits
1968
Panic in the City as Dr. Milton Becker
Movie ★ 5.6
1968
TV ★ 6.5
1968
TV ★ 7.2
1967
Winchester '73 as Sunrider
Movie ★ 6.7
1967
Ironside as Malcolm Henderson
TV ★ 6.9
1966
Movie ★ 6.3
1966
Gunpoint as Mayor Osborne
Movie ★ 6.2
1966
Movie ★ 6.8
1966
The Time Tunnel as The Alien Leader
TV ★ 7.6
1966
Star Trek as Dr. Phil Boyce (archive footage)
TV ★ 8.0
1966
TV ★ 7.6
1966
The Monkees as Mendoza
TV ★ 6.6
1966
The Time Tunnel as Dr. Steinholtz
TV ★ 7.6
1966
CBS Playhouse as Hobart Waylon
TV ★ 7.0
1965
Two on a Guillotine as Attorney Carl Vickers
Movie ★ 6.2
1965
Young Dillinger as Dr. Wilson
Movie ★ 7.3
1965
Asylum for a Spy as Lowell Ritchards
Movie ★ 8.0
1965
Movie ★ 6.0
1965
TV ★ 7.6
1965
Get Smart as Mr. Bunny
TV ★ 7.9
1965
TV ★ 6.4
1965
TV ★ 7.6
1965
The Big Valley as Captain Waterman
TV ★ 6.2
1965
The Loner as Colonel
TV ★ 6.3
1965
Honey West as Prof. Von Kemp
TV ★ 7.2
1965
The Big Valley as Don Alfredo
TV ★ 6.2
1965
Hogan's Heroes as General Bruner
TV ★ 7.6
1965
Hogan's Heroes as Field Marshall Von Galter
TV ★ 7.6
1965
Hogan's Heroes as Colonel Braun
TV ★ 7.6
1965
Hogan's Heroes as General von Behler
TV ★ 7.6
1964
Movie ★ 5.1
1964
The Glass Cage as Lt. Max Westerman
Movie ★ 5.8
1964
TV ★ 7.9
1964
The Rogues as Spigal
TV ★ 8.0
1964
Daniel Boone as Patrick Henry
TV ★ 7.0
1964
Profiles in Courage as Mr. Finchley
TV ★ 7.5
1964
TV ★ 8.0
1964
Tom, Dick and Mary as Dr. Krevoy
TV ★ 6.5
1964
TV ★ 7.5
1964
Daniel Boone as Colonel James Lamport
TV ★ 7.0
1964
TV ★ 7.7
1964
TV ★ 7.1
1964
TV ★ 7.1
1963
Cleopatra as Cassius
Movie ★ 7.1
1963
Movie ★ 6.6
1963
Burke's Law as Otto Veidt
TV ★ 6.3
1963
TV ★ 6.5
1963
Petticoat Junction as John Fisher
TV ★ 5.8
1963
TV ★ 6.5
1963
The Outer Limits as Emmett Balfour
TV ★ 7.8
1963
The Outer Limits as Bifrost Alien
TV ★ 7.8
1963
The Outer Limits as Professor Hebbel
TV ★ 7.8
1963
Petticoat Junction as Jeremiah Priddy
TV ★ 5.8
1962
Merrill's Marauders as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
Movie ★ 6.2
1962
The Virginian as Judge Wickersham
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Judge Harper
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Mr. Marshall
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Judge Manton
TV ★ 6.5
1962
TV ★ 7.8
1961
Alcatraz Express as Capone's attorney (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.0
1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Bernard Motley
TV ★ 5.7
1961
Gunslinger as Shubel Morgan
TV ★ 6.3
1960
Spartacus as Caius
Movie ★ 7.5
1960
TV ★ 9.0
1960
TV ★ 6.7
1960
TV ★ 7.0
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show as Arnold Bellson
TV ★ 6.8
1960
Checkmate as Louis Roche
TV ★ 4.8
1950s 103 credits
1959
Movie ★ 5.5
1959
Never So Few as Col. Reed
Movie ★ 5.5
1959
Riot in Juvenile Prison as Col. Ernest Walton
Movie ★ 6.0
1959
Bourbon Street Beat as John Cavanagh
TV ★ 6.0
1959
TV ★ 8.5
1959
TV ★ 5.3
1959
The Twilight Zone as Dr. Loren
TV ★ 8.5
1959
TV ★ 7.2
1959
TV ★ 6.1
1959
TV ★ 6.7
1959
TV ★ 6.7
1959
Law of the Plainsman as Col. Efram Springer
TV ★ 7.3
1959
Riverboat as Antoine Rigaud
TV ★ 6.5
1959
Bonanza as Major Sutcliffe
TV ★ 7.5
1958
Movie ★ 5.1
1958
The Beast of Budapest as Prof. Ernst Tolnai
Movie ★ 8.0
1958
Peter Gunn as B.E. Raleigh
TV ★ 6.6
1958
TV ★ 5.8
1958
TV ★ 7.1
1958
Lawman as Judge Loren Grant
TV ★ 5.8
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Capone's Attorney
TV ★ 6.3
1958
The Rifleman as Gus Fremont
TV ★ 7.1
1957
Baby Face Nelson as Samuel F. Parker
Movie ★ 5.6
1957
Movie ★ 5.0
1957
God Is My Partner as Gordon Palmer
Movie ★ 7.5
1957
Perry Mason as Joseph Harrison
TV ★ 7.7
1957
TV ★ 7.5
1957
Leave It to Beaver as Doctor Compton
TV ★ 7.0
1957
TV ★ 7.3
1957
The Thin Man as Florist Sitwell
TV ★ 7.6
1957
TV ★ 6.8
1957
M Squad as Dr. Carter
TV ★ 5.4
1957
TV ★ 6.9
1957
TV ★ 6.8
1957
Perry Mason as Philip Reynolds
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as William Harper Caine
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Darwin Norland
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Thomas Webber
TV ★ 7.7
1956
Forever, Darling as Bill Finlay
Movie ★ 7.1
1956
Movie ★ 5.9
1956
The Come On as Harold King, alias Harley Kendrick
Movie ★ 5.2
1956
Wetbacks as Steve Bodine
Movie ★ 5.8
1956
The Conqueror as Shaman
Movie ★ 3.6
1956
Mohawk as Butler
Movie ★ 5.6
1956
TV ★ 6.4
1956
TV ★ 6.2
1956
TV ★ 6.5
1956
TV ★ 6.2
1956
TV ★ 6.2
1956
TV ★ 6.2
1955
The Big Combo as Nils Dreyer
Movie ★ 7.0
1955
Blackboard Jungle as Mr. Warneke
Movie ★ 6.9
1955
Moonfleet as Magistrate Maskew
Movie ★ 6.5
1955
Movie ★ 5.8
1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing as William Travers Jerome
Movie ★ 6.1
1955
Trial as Ralph Castillo
Movie ★ 6.9
1955
Movie ★ 6.0
1955
Gunsmoke as Rex Propter
TV ★ 6.7
1955
The Millionaire as Dr. Knut Sorens
TV ★ 5.8
1955
TV ★ 5.3
1955
TV ★ 5.2
1955
Gunsmoke as Jeff
TV ★ 6.7
1955
TV ★ 7.8
1955
The Bob Cummings Show as Brig. General Frank Tallman
TV ★ 6.3
1955
The Bob Cummings Show as Brig. Gen. Frank Tallman (AKA Old Ramrod)
TV ★ 6.3
1954
The Student Prince as Prime Minister
Movie ★ 6.3
1954
Désirée as Talleyrand
Movie ★ 6.6
1954
Movie ★ 6.1
1954
Climax! as Poole
TV ★ 3.8
1954
TV ★ 8.0
1953
Julius Caesar as Decius Brutus
Movie ★ 7.1
1953
Movie ★ 5.8
1953
TV ★ 6.8
1953
TV ★ 6.8
1953
The Danny Thomas Show as Montague Brooks
TV ★ 6.2
1952
The Black Castle as Count Steiken
Movie ★ 6.4
1952
Loan Shark as Vince Phillips
Movie ★ 5.7
1952
Movie ★ 5.9
1952
Cavalcade of America as Hessian officer
TV ★ 4.6
1952
TV ★ 5.3
1952
TV ★ 5.0
1952
TV ★ 4.6
1952
Cavalcade of America as Com. Smedley
TV ★ 4.6
1952
TV ★ 6.8
1952
TV ★ 6.8
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Roger Webb
TV ★ 6.8
1952
TV ★ 6.6
1951
The Company She Keeps as Judge Kendall
Movie ★ 6.2
1951
Lost Continent as Michael Rostov
Movie ★ 3.6
1951
When Worlds Collide as Sydney Stanton
Movie ★ 6.4
1951
Quebec as Father Antoine
Movie ★ 7.0
1951
New Mexico as Sgt. Harriton
Movie ★ 3.6
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Movie ★ 6.7
1951
Inside Straight as Flutey Johnson
Movie ★ 4.9
1951
TV ★ 7.2
1951
TV ★ 6.5
1950
The Lawless as Ed Ferguson
Movie ★ 5.9
1950
Outside the Wall as Jack Bernard
Movie ★ 6.1
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Captain Louis Renault
TV ★ 6.7
1950
TV ★ 6.7
1940s 16 credits
1949
The Bribe as Gibbs
Movie ★ 6.3
1949
Trapped as Agent John Downey
Movie ★ 6.0
1949
The Lady Gambles as Dr. Rojac
Movie ★ 6.1
1949
Movie ★ 8.5
1949
The Great Dan Patch as Ben Lathrop
Movie ★ 5.5
1949
TV ★ 6.0
1948
Winter Meeting as Stacy Grant
Movie ★ 6.6
1948
To the Ends of the Earth as George C. Shannon
Movie ★ 5.9
1948
Sealed Verdict as Otto Steigmann
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
Movie ★ 3.8
1948
Studio One as Judge Cass
TV ★ 5.4
1947
Brute Force as Spencer
Movie ★ 7.3
1947
Movie ★ 6.6
1947
The Unfaithful as Det. Lt. Reynolds
Movie ★ 5.9
1946
O.S.S. as Col. Paul Meister
Movie ★ 6.9
Crew Credits
1960s 1 credit
1964
Movie ★ 5.8