
Hoyt Axton
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".
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Acting History
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2014Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins as (archive footage)
1999King Cobra as Mayor Ed Biddle
1995Number One Fan as Joe Halsey
1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long as Huey P. Long, Sr.
1994Season of Change as Big Upton
1993Doorways as Jake Mitchell
1993Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle as Narrator
1992Harmony Cats as Bill Stratton
1992Space Case as Charlie
1990Dorf Goes Auto Racing as Self
1990The Civil War as Various
1990Buried Alive as Sheriff Sam Eberly
1989We're No Angels as Father Levesque
1989Disorganized Crime as Sheriff Henault
1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge as Sheriff Ben Tree
1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge as Sheriff
1988Dixie Lanes as Clarence Laidlaw
1987Christmas Comes to Willow Creek as Al Bensinger
1987Retribution as Lt. Ashley
1987Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story as Charlie Hartford
1986Act of Vengeance as Silous Huddleston
1986Dallas: The Early Years as Aaron Southworth
1985Growing Pains as Claver Jackson
1985The Steel Collar Man as Red
1984Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Tate
1984Cover Up
1984Gremlins as Randall Peltzer
1984Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Forest Ranger
1984Domestic Life
1984Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' as Self
1983Deadline Auto Theft as Captain Gibbs
1983The Rousters as Jack Slade
1983Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983Heart Like a Wheel as Jack Roque
1983The Black Stallion Returns as Narrator (voice)
1983Cocaine Blues as Narrator
1982Faerie Tale Theatre as Forest Ranger
1982Endangered Species as Ben Morgan
1982The Junkman as Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
1982Liar's Moon as Cecil Duncan
1980Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as Self
1980Cloud Dancer as Brad's Mechanic
1979Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol as Cyrus Flint
1979The Black Stallion as Alec's Father
1978Flying High
1978WKRP in Cincinnati as T.J. Watson
1976The Bionic Woman
1975The Smothers Brothers Show
1973Rock Concert as Self
1972The Midnight Special as Self
1970McCloud
1966Smoky as Fred Denton
1965I Dream of Jeannie as Bull
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
—Doorways as Jake
—GREMLINS 25th Anniversary Edition as Randall "Rand" Peltzer









