Hoyt Axton

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1938-03-25

Deathday 1999-10-26 (61 years old)

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".

Known For

Actor

Doorways

as Jake

1999
King Cobra

as Mayor Ed Biddle

1995
Number One Fan

as Joe Halsey

1995
1994
Season of Change

as Big Upton

1993
Doorways

as Jake Mitchell

1992
Harmony Cats

as Bill Stratton

1992
Space Case

as Charlie

1990
Buried Alive

as Sheriff Sam Eberly

1990
The Civil War

as Various

1989
We're No Angels

as Father Levesque

1989
Disorganized Crime

as Sheriff Henault

1988
Dixie Lanes

as Clarence Laidlaw

1987
Retribution

as Lt. Ashley

1986
Act of Vengeance

as Silous Huddleston

1986
Dallas: The Early Years

as Aaron Southworth

1985
Growing Pains

as Claver Jackson

1984
Gremlins

as Randall Peltzer

1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Sheriff Tate

1983
Deadline Auto Theft

as Captain Gibbs

1983
Heart Like a Wheel

as Jack Roque

1983
The Black Stallion Returns

as Narrator (voice)

1983
Cocaine Blues

as Narrator

1983
The Rousters

as Jack Slade

1983
Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982
Endangered Species

as Ben Morgan

1982
The Junkman

as Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)

1982
Liar's Moon

as Cecil Duncan

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre

as Forest Ranger

1980
Cloud Dancer

as Brad's Mechanic

1979
The Black Stallion

as Alec's Father

1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as T.J. Watson

1973
Rock Concert

as Self

1966
Smoky

as Fred Denton

1965

Sound

2022
Americana

as Music