Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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

7.1%

Gremlins

Jun 8, 1984

7.8%

I Dream of Jeannie

Sep 18, 1965

6.1%

We're No Angels

Jun 2, 1989

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

7.0%

The Black Stallion

Oct 13, 1979

7.0%

The Bionic Woman

Jan 14, 1976

6.7%

Buried Alive

May 9, 1990

6.5%

Growing Pains

Sep 24, 1985

8.1%

The Civil War

Sep 23, 1990

7.5%

WKRP in Cincinnati

Sep 18, 1978

7.5%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 1, 1962

6.5%

The Black Stallion Returns

Mar 25, 1983

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Acting

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Doorways as Jake

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 Himself - 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