Robert Hoyt (sound engineer)

{{Short description|American sound engineer (1925–2012)}}

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| name = Robert Hoyt

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|12|23}}

| birth_place = California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|09|09|1925|12|23}}

| death_place = Tarzana, California, U.S.

| occupation = Sound engineer

| yearsactive = 1954–1990

}}

Robert Lee Hoyt (December 23, 1925 – September 9, 2012) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Jaws.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |title=The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 2, 2011|work=oscars.org}} Hoyt was born in California on December 23, 1925. He served in the armed forces during World War II.{{cite web |title=Robert Lee Hoyt |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/17263234:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=7a2e8e42-0b2f-4288-91a3-e7f2286b52b3&_phsrc=Dqh8021&_phstart=successSource |publisher=U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947 |access-date=14 June 2024}} Hoyt died in Tarzana, California on September 9, 2012, at the age of 86.{{cite web |title=Robert Lee Hoyt |url=https://www.forevermissed.com/robert-lee-hoyt/about |website=Forever Missed |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=January 2025}}