John Hoyt (October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991) was an American film, theatre, and television actor.
John Hoyt was born John Hoysradt. Before becoming an actor with Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, the Yale University graduate worked as a history instructor, acting teacher and even as a nightclub comedian. Under his birth name (John Hoysradt), Hoyt began his performing career in a nightclub act doing impressions of famous entertainers. His impers...
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John Hoyt (October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991) was an American film, theatre, and television actor.
John Hoyt was born John Hoysradt. Before becoming an actor with Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, the Yale University graduate worked as a history instructor, acting teacher and even as a nightclub comedian. 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, a role clearly based on Coward.
Hoysradt began his movie career still using his birth name, but soon shortened it to Hoyt. He was known for playing villains in films, but also had a part (a non-pornographic one) in the softcore porn film Flesh Gordon. He also briefly appeared naked (shown only from the waist up) in the Roger Corman film X -- The Man With X-Ray Eyes (1963).
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