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