Hoyt Axton

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Known For

Acting

Born

1938-03-25

Place of Birth

Duncan, Oklahoma, USA

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