John Stephenson and John Hoyt

[Lieutenant Gerard]

Both Johns had numerous guest roles as German personnel, but did you know they were also accomplished character actors? John Hoyt appeared extensively in television and film, most notably The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek (as the ship's surgeon in "The Cage"; one wonders what it would've been like if he had the role of McCoy instead of Kelly!), Battlestar Galactica, Perry Mason, When Worlds Collide, etc. Unfortunately Hoyt died of lung cancer--he contracted it when working on the film The Conqueror starring John Wayne (the filming location was close to a nuclear testing grounds).

 

John Stephenson may be better known to fans as various voices of the baddies in the classic Scooby-Doo cartoons, as well as Thundercracker's voice in the original Transformers. Stephenson has done voice-over work in many cartoons (too numerous to mention here), and his most recent role has been in Kung Fu Panda.

Edited July 1, 2008 by Lieutenant Gerard