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Clegg Hoyt (December 10, 1910 – October 6, 1967)〔 was an American actor of film and television, originally from Norwalk, Connecticut. Hoyt's acting career lasted eleven years and he appeared in westerns, situation comedies, and dramas. ==Career== Hoyt made his television debut as a carnival barker in the 1955 episode "Practice What You Preach" of the series ''The Great Gildersleeve'' based on a former radio program. His feature film debut came the next year with an uncredited minor role in ''Mohawk''. In 1957, he appeared as Tucker, again an uncredited role, in ''The True Story of Jesse James'', along with Jeffrey Hunter, one of his co-stars from "The Cage", 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" 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" of the ABC/Warner Brothers detective series ''Surfside 6''. His other single-episode appearances ranged from a gangster on ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' to a milk deliveryman on ''Harrigan and Son'', a fighter on ''The Real McCoys'', a jailer on ''The Monkees'', and a masseur on David Janssen's ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective''.〔 From 1961 to 1965, Hoyt was cast as "Mac" in twelve episodes of NBC's ''Dr. Kildare'', starring Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey. He also made appearances on ''Bonanza'' (eight times), ''Gunsmoke'' (five times), ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' and ''Peter Gunn'' (four episodes each), ''Playhouse 90'' (three times), and two times on both ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' ''Mr. Lucky'' (as Pudge) ''Combat!'' and ''The Twilight Zone'', in the latter as a shopkeeper in "Static" and as a bus driver in "The Bard". In November and December 1964, Hoyt filmed scenes at Desilu Studios in his role as Pitcairn, the transporter chief of the fictitious ''USS Enterprise,'' for the first pilot episode, "The Cage", of the original NBC science fiction series ''Star Trek''. "The Cage" was subsequently edited into a two-part episode and renamed the "The Menagerie" for broadcast in November 1966. Robert C. Johnson performed Hoyt's voice in the pilot. Hoyt appeared in several uncredited roles over his career. He appeared as George in an uncredited silent role with comedian Paul Lynde cast as a sportscaster in the 1964 Walt Disney film ''Son of Flubber'', a sequel to ''The Absent-Minded Professor'', both starring Fred MacMurray.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clegg Hoyt )〕 He had uncredited roles in other films too, including the part of Lefty in Rod Steiger's 1959 picture ''Al Capone'', as a craps player in ''Johnny Cool'' (1963), and as a deputy in ''In the Heat of the Night'' (1967), with Sidney Poitier and, again, with Rod Steiger. In 1958, he played Sheriff Lloyd in the film ''Damn Citizen'' with Keith Andes in the starring role of Francis Grevemberg the Louisiana State Police superintendent who tried to rid his state of corruption during the 1950s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Damn Citizen )〕 He was also a guest star on these various television westerns: *''Cheyenne'' *''Sugarfoot'' *''Death Valley Days'' *''The Rifleman'' *''Outlaws'' *''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' *''The Tall Man'' *''Wagon Train'' *''Law of the Plainsman'' *''Frontier Circus'' *''Buckskin'' *''Walt Disney Presents'' (1958 episode "Lawman or Gunman")〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clegg Hoyt )〕 Hoyt died of a stroke at fifty-six years old in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, California. He is interred at Babylon Rural Cemetery in Babylon in Suffolk County on Long Island in New York State.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clegg Hoyt )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clegg Hoyt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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