Hoyt Axton
Actor
Born March 25, 1938 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
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
Doorways
Jake
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
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
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
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
Randall 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 - Narrator (voice)
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
Rock Concert
Self
The Midnight Special
Self
McCloud
Smoky
Fred Denton
I Dream of Jeannie
Bull
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self