Hoyt Axton
Birthday
1938/03/25
Day of death
1999/10/26 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Hoyt Wayne Axton (March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. Among his best-known songs are "Joy to the World", "The Pusher", "No No Song", "Greenback Dollar", "Della and the Dealer", and "Never Been to Spain".
Acting
(1984) Gremlins
as Randall Peltzer
(1989) Disorganized Crime
as Sheriff Henault
(1989) We're No Angels
as Father Levesque
(1983) Heart Like a Wheel
as Jack Roque
(1999) King Cobra
as Mayor Ed Biddle
(1990) Buried Alive
as Sheriff Sam Eberly
(1982) Endangered Species
as Ben Morgan
(1979) The Black Stallion
as Alec's Father
(1987) Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
as Al Bensinger
(1983) Deadline Auto Theft
as Captain Gibbs
(1982) Liar's Moon
as Cecil Duncan
(1995) Number One Fan
as Joe Halsey
(1987) Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as Charlie Hartford
(1990) Dorf Goes Auto Racing
as Self
(1983) Cocaine Blues
as Narrator
(1995) Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Huey P. Long, Sr.
(1992) Harmony Cats
as Bill Stratton
(1980) Cloud Dancer
as Brad's Mechanic
(1988) Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
as Sheriff Ben Tree
(1966) Smoky
as Fred Denton
(1983) The Black Stallion Returns
as Narrator (voice)
(1986) Act of Vengeance
as Silous Huddleston
(1987) Retribution
as Lt. Ashley
(1988) Dixie Lanes
as Clarence Laidlaw
(1986) Dallas: The Early Years
as Aaron Southworth
(1979) Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
as Cyrus Flint
(1988) Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
as Sheriff
(1982) The Junkman
as Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
(1984) Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Forest Ranger
(1992) Space Case
as Charlie
(1993) Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
as Narrator
(1985) The Steel Collar Man
as Red
(1984) Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
(1994) Season of Change
as Big Upton
(2014) Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as (archive footage)
(1993) Doorways
as Jake Mitchell
(1985) Growing Pains
as Claver Jackson
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Sheriff Tate
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Bull
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Forest Ranger
(1984) Cover Up
as ---
(1973) Rock Concert
as Self
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1984) Domestic Life
as ---
(1978) Flying High
as ---
(1980) Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
as Self
(1983) The Rousters
as Jack Slade
(1978) WKRP in Cincinnati
as T.J. Watson
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(1990) The Civil War
as Various
(1972) The Midnight Special
as Self
Doorways
as Jake
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self