Hoyt Axton
Born: 1938-03-25 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 1999-10-26
Known For: Acting
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".
Filmography
2022
- Americana ... (Music)
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2014
- Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins as (archive footage)
1999
- King Cobra as Mayor Ed Biddle
1995
- Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long as Huey P. Long, Sr.
- Number One Fan as Joe Halsey
1994
- Season of Change as Big Upton
1993
- Doorways as Jake Mitchell
- Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle as Narrator
1992
- Space Case as Charlie
- Harmony Cats as Bill Stratton
1990
- The Civil War as Various
- Buried Alive as Sheriff Sam Eberly
- Dorf Goes Auto Racing as Self
1989
- Disorganized Crime as Sheriff Henault
- We're No Angels as Father Levesque
1988
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge as Sheriff Ben Tree
- Dixie Lanes as Clarence Laidlaw
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge as Sheriff
1987
- Retribution as Lt. Ashley
- Christmas Comes to Willow Creek as Al Bensinger
- Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story as Charlie Hartford
1986
- Act of Vengeance as Silous Huddleston
- Dallas: The Early Years as Aaron Southworth
1985
- Growing Pains as Claver Jackson
- The Steel Collar Man as Red
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Tate
- Gremlins as Randall Peltzer
- Cover Up
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Forest Ranger
- Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' as Self
- Domestic Life
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Cocaine Blues as Narrator
- Deadline Auto Theft as Captain Gibbs
- The Black Stallion Returns as Narrator (voice)
- Heart Like a Wheel as Jack Roque
- The Rousters as Jack Slade
1982
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Forest Ranger
- The Junkman as Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
- Endangered Species as Ben Morgan
- Liar's Moon as Cecil Duncan
1980
- Cloud Dancer as Brad's Mechanic
- Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as Self
1979
- The Black Stallion as Alec's Father
- Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol as Cyrus Flint
1978
- WKRP in Cincinnati as T.J. Watson
- Flying High
1976
1974
- The Legend of Hillbilly John ... (Songs)
1973
- Rock Concert as Self
1972
- The Midnight Special as Self
1970
1966
- Smoky as Fred Denton
1965
- I Dream of Jeannie as Bull