Hoyt Axton
Acting
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 57
Movies (37)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies2022Self - (archive footage)
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins2014(archive footage)
King Cobra1999Mayor Ed Biddle
Number One Fan1995Joe Halsey
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long1995Huey P. Long, Sr.
Season of Change1994Big Upton
Doorways1993Jake Mitchell- Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle1993Narrator
Harmony Cats1992Bill Stratton
Space Case1992Charlie
Dorf Goes Auto Racing1990Self
Buried Alive1990Sheriff Sam Eberly
We're No Angels1989Father Levesque
Disorganized Crime1989Sheriff Henault- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge1988Sheriff
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge1988Sheriff Ben Tree
Dixie Lanes1988Clarence Laidlaw
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek1987Al Bensinger
Retribution1987Lt. Ashley
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story1987Charlie Hartford
Act of Vengeance1986Silous Huddleston
Dallas: The Early Years1986Aaron Southworth
The Steel Collar Man1985Red
Gremlins1984Randall Peltzer
Goldilocks and the Three Bears1984Forest Ranger
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'1984Self
Deadline Auto Theft1983Captain Gibbs
Heart Like a Wheel1983Jack Roque
The Black Stallion Returns1983Narrator (voice)
Cocaine Blues1983Narrator
Shows (20)
The Civil War1990Various (voice)
Growing Pains1985Claver Jackson
Murder, She Wrote1984Sheriff Tate
Cover Up1984
Domestic Life1984
The Rousters1983Jack Slade
Reading Rainbow1983Self - Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre1982Forest Ranger
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters1980Self
Flying High1978
WKRP in Cincinnati1978T.J. Watson
The Bionic Woman1976
The Smothers Brothers Show1975
Dinah!1974Self
Rock Concert1973Self
The Midnight Special1972Self
McCloud1970
I Dream of Jeannie1965Bull
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962Self
DoorwaysJake