Hoyt Axton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-03-25
Day of Death
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".
Acting
(2014)
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as (archive footage)
(1999)
King Cobra
as Mayor Ed Biddle
(1995)
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Huey P. Long, Sr.
(1995)
Number One Fan
as Joe Halsey
(1994)
Season of Change
as Big Upton
(1993)
Doorways
as Jake Mitchell
(1993)
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
as Narrator
(1992)
Space Case
as Charlie
(1992)
Harmony Cats
as Bill Stratton
(1990)
Buried Alive
as Sheriff Sam Eberly
(1990)
Dorf Goes Auto Racing
as Self
(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)
Dixie Lanes
as Clarence Laidlaw
(1988)
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
as Sheriff
(1987)
Retribution
as Lt. Ashley
(1987)
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
as Al Bensinger
(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)
The Steel Collar Man
as Red
(1984)
Gremlins
as Randall Peltzer
(1984)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Forest Ranger
(1984)
(1983)
The Black Stallion Returns
as Narrator (voice)
(1983)
Deadline Auto Theft
as Captain Gibbs
(1983)
Heart Like a Wheel
as Jack Roque
(1983)
Cocaine Blues
as Narrator
(1982)
Liar's Moon
as Cecil Duncan
(1982)
Endangered Species
as Ben Morgan
(1982)
The Junkman
as Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
(1980)
Cloud Dancer
as Brad's Mechanic
(1979)
The Black Stallion
as Alec's Father
(1979)
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
as Cyrus Flint
(1966)
Smoky
as Fred Denton
Crew
(2022)
Americana
Music
(1974)