Hoyt Axton
Acting • Born 1938-03-25 – Died 1999-10-26
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
56 credits
Gremlins
Movie • 1984
Randall Peltzer
Disorganized Crime
Movie • 1989
Sheriff Henault
We're No Angels
Movie • 1989
Father Levesque
Heart Like a Wheel
Movie • 1983
Jack Roque
King Cobra
Movie • 1999
Mayor Ed Biddle
Buried Alive
Movie • 1990
Sheriff Sam Eberly
Endangered Species
Movie • 1982
Ben Morgan
The Black Stallion
Movie • 1979
Alec's Father
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Movie • 1987
Al Bensinger
Deadline Auto Theft
Movie • 1983
Captain Gibbs
Liar's Moon
Movie • 1982
Cecil Duncan
Number One Fan
Movie • 1995
Joe Halsey
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Movie • 1987
Charlie Hartford
Dorf Goes Auto Racing
Movie • 1990
Self
Cocaine Blues
Movie • 1983
Narrator
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Movie • 1995
Huey P. Long, Sr.
Harmony Cats
Movie • 1992
Bill Stratton
Cloud Dancer
Movie • 1980
Brad's Mechanic
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Movie • 1988
Sheriff Ben Tree
Smoky
Movie • 1966
Fred Denton
The Black Stallion Returns
Movie • 1983
Narrator (voice)
Act of Vengeance
Movie • 1986
Silous Huddleston
Retribution
Movie • 1987
Lt. Ashley
Dixie Lanes
Movie • 1988
Clarence Laidlaw
Dallas: The Early Years
Movie • 1986
Aaron Southworth
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
Movie • 1979
Cyrus Flint
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Movie • 1988
Sheriff
The Junkman
Movie • 1982
Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Movie • 1984
Forest Ranger
Space Case
Movie • 1992
Charlie
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Movie • 1993
Narrator
The Steel Collar Man
Movie • 1985
Red
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Movie • 1984
Self
Season of Change
Movie • 1994
Big Upton
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Movie • 2014
(archive footage)
Doorways
Movie • 1993
Jake Mitchell
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie • 2022
Self - (archive footage)
Growing Pains
TV • 1985
Claver Jackson
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Sheriff Tate
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Bull
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Forest Ranger
Cover Up
TV • 1984
Rock Concert
TV • 1973
Self
McCloud
TV • 1970
Domestic Life
TV • 1984
Flying High
TV • 1978
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
TV • 1980
Self
The Rousters
TV • 1983
Jack Slade
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
T.J. Watson
Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Civil War
TV • 1990
Various
The Midnight Special
TV • 1972
Self
Doorways
TV
Jake
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Smothers Brothers Show
TV • 1975