John Hoyt Movies and Career Information

John Hoyt (October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991) was an American film, theatre, and television actor. Hoyt was born as John McArthur Hoysradt. Before becoming an actor with Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, the Yale University graduate worked as a history instructor, acting teacher and even 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. Hoysradt began his movie career still using his birth name, but soon shortened it to Hoyt. Hoyt had a number of memorable roles - as an industrialist in When Worlds Collide, a number of guest roles on Hogan's Heroes and the role of Dr. Philip Boyce on Star Trek's first pilot episode "The Cage". He appeared twice during the second season of The Twilight Zone, in the episodes "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up" and "The Lateness of the Hour". He also appeared as KAOS agent Conrad Bunny in the Get Smart episode, "Our Man in Toyland" and as Dr. Mendoza in The Monkees