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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 25, 1938
Died
October 26, 1999
Place of Birth
Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
Hoyt Axton
0.4 Popularity
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
7.0
(archive footage)
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
2014
4.7
Mayor Ed Biddle
King Cobra
1999
2.6
Joe Halsey
Number One Fan
1995
7.5
Huey P. Long, Sr.
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995
1.5
Big Upton
Season of Change
1994
5.0
Jake Mitchell
Doorways
1993
🎬
0.0
Narrator
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993
🎬
2.0
Bill Stratton
Harmony Cats
1992
0.0
Charlie
Space Case
1992
0.0
Self
Dorf Goes Auto Racing
1990
Credits
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as (archive footage)
2014
7.0
King Cobra
as Mayor Ed Biddle
1999
4.7
Number One Fan
as Joe Halsey
1995
2.6
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Huey P. Long, Sr.
1995
7.5
Season of Change
as Big Upton
1994
1.5
Doorways
as Jake Mitchell
1993
5.0
🎬
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
as Narrator
1993
0.0
🎬
Harmony Cats
as Bill Stratton
1992
2.0
Space Case
as Charlie
1992
0.0
Dorf Goes Auto Racing
as Self
1990
0.0
The Civil War
as Various
1990
8.0
Buried Alive
as Sheriff Sam Eberly
1990
6.7
We're No Angels
as Father Levesque
1989
6.1
Disorganized Crime
as Sheriff Henault
1989
5.4
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
as Sheriff Ben Tree
1988
0.0
🎬
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
as Sheriff
1988
0.0
Dixie Lanes
as Clarence Laidlaw
1988
3.4
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
as Al Bensinger
1987
5.9
Retribution
as Lt. Ashley
1987
5.9
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as Charlie Hartford
1987
0.0
Act of Vengeance
as Silous Huddleston
1986
5.6
Dallas: The Early Years
as Aaron Southworth
1986
5.0
Growing Pains
as Claver Jackson
1985
6.5
The Steel Collar Man
as Red
1985
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Sheriff Tate
1984
7.5
Cover Up
1984
6.6
Gremlins
as Randall Peltzer
1984
7.1
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Forest Ranger
1984
5.0
Domestic Life
1984
5.0
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
1984
5.0
Deadline Auto Theft
as Captain Gibbs
1983
5.3
The Rousters
as Jack Slade
1983
3.0
Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.4
Heart Like a Wheel
as Jack Roque
1983
5.6
The Black Stallion Returns
as Narrator (voice)
1983
6.4
Cocaine Blues
as Narrator
1983
0.0
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Forest Ranger
1982
8.1
Endangered Species
as Ben Morgan
1982
4.9
The Junkman
as Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
1982
5.0
Liar's Moon
as Cecil Duncan
1982
5.3
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
as Self
1980
5.0
Cloud Dancer
as Brad's Mechanic
1980
5.6
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
as Cyrus Flint
1979
5.5
The Black Stallion
as Alec's Father
1979
7.0
Flying High
1978
4.5
WKRP in Cincinnati
as T.J. Watson
1978
7.5
The Bionic Woman
1976
7.0
🎬
The Smothers Brothers Show
1975
0.0
Rock Concert
as Self
1973
8.0
The Midnight Special
as Self
1972
7.8
McCloud
1970
7.1
Smoky
as Fred Denton
1966
5.5
I Dream of Jeannie
as Bull
1965
7.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
Doorways
as Jake
N/A
8.0