Editing John Hoyt

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| born_day= 5
| born_year= 1905
| death_month= 9
| death_day= 15
| death_year= 1991
| character= [[Domra]]
| nationality= US
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'''John Hoyt''' (born John Hoysradt on 5 October 1905, in Bronxville, New York, died 15 September 1991 in Santa Cruz, California) was an American film and television actor who played [[Sire]] [[Domra]] in the [[Original Series]] episode "[[Baltar's Escape]]".

Hoyt's five-decade career includes notable films such as the groundbreaking science-fiction motion picture ''[[w:When Worlds Collide (film)|When Worlds Collide]]'', ''Spartacus'', and ''The Conqueror''. The latter film, co-starring popular American actors [[w:John Wayne|John Wayne]], [[w:Agnes Moorehead|Agnes Moorehead]] (''[[w:Bewitched|Bewitched]]'') and [[w:Susan Hayward|Susan Hayward]], was filmed in an area contaminated with nuclear fallout from a ground-level test site. A very disproportionate percentage of the cast and crew of this movie eventually died of some form of cancer.

Hoyt's television career spanned almost every imaginable genre, from medical drama, science fiction, western, court drama, comedy, and spy dramas. Hoyt played Dr. [[MemoryAlpha:Phil Boyce|Phil Boyce]] in the [[MemoryAlpha:The Cage|series pilot]] for the original ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' series, and had many recurring and brief roles in classic and contemporary TV shows, including ''[[w:The Virginian|The Virginian]]'', ''[[w:Perry Mason|Perry Mason]]'', ''[[w:Hogan's Heroes|Hogan's Heroes]]'', ''[[w:Get Smart|Get Smart]]'', ''[[w:The Outer Limits|The Outer Limits]]'', ''[[w:Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'', ''[[w:The Time Tunnel|The Time Tunnel]]'' and ''[[w:The Flying Nun|The Flying Nun]]''. Perhaps Hoyt's most unusual credit is in the X-rated parody of ''[[w:Flash Gordon|Flash Gordon]]'', called ''[[w:Flesh Gordon|Flesh Gordon]]'', in 1974.    In the ''[[w:Twilight Zone (1959 TV Series|Twilight Zone]]'' he played a three-armed Martian in the episode [[w:"Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?|Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]"

For over a decade from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s, Hoyt was seen regularly in commercials for Midas Muffler as "Old Man Creedy".   He was a regular on ''[[w:Gimme a Break!|Gimme a Break!]]'' as Grandpa Stanley Kaninsky during its six year run (1981-1987)

Hoyt died of lung cancer in 1991.

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