Clegg Hoyt
| Clegg Hoyt | |
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| Born |
December 10, 1910 Norwalk, Connecticut, USA |
| Died |
October 6, 1967 (aged 56) |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Resting place | Babylon Rural Cemetery in Babylon, Suffolk County, New York |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
October 6, 1967 (aged 56)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Clegg Hoyt (December 10, 1910 – October 6, 1967) was an American film and television actor, originally from Norwalk, Connecticut. Hoyt's acting career lasted eleven years and he appeared in westerns, situation comedies, and dramas.
Hoyt made his television debut in 1955 as a carnival barker in the episode "Practice What You Preach" in the series The Great Gildersleeve based on an NBC radio program. His feature film debut came the following year with an uncredited, minor role in Mohawk. In 1956, Hoyt played the role of Dutch in Santiago starring Alan Ladd. In 1957, he appeared as Tucker, another uncredited role, in The True Story of Jesse James, along with Jeffrey Hunter in the role of Frank James, the older brother of the notorious Jesse James.
In 1959, Hoyt portrayed Bugs Marino in "The Joe Angelo Story" an episode of the NBC crime drama The Lawless Years starring James Gregory. In 1962, he played the role of Ozzie Rupert in "For a Deadly Redhead" in ABC/Warner Brothers' detective series Surfside 6. His other single-episode appearances ranged from a gangster in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis to a milk deliveryman in Harrigan and Son, a fighter in The Real McCoys, a jailer n The Monkees, and a masseur in David Janssen's Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
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