Person
Hoyt Axton
Acting · 1938–1999 · Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Murder, She Wrote
Sheriff Tate
I Dream of Jeannie
Bull
Growing Pains
Claver Jackson
McCloud
1970
The Bionic Woman
1976
Dinah!
Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
Forest Ranger
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rock Concert
Self
Filmography
- 2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesSelf - (archive footage)
- 2014Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins(archive footage)
- 1999King CobraMayor Ed Biddle
- 1995Number One FanJoe Halsey
- 1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongHuey P. Long, Sr.
- 1994Season of ChangeBig Upton
- 1993DoorwaysJake Mitchell
- 1993Harley-Davidson: The American MotorcycleNarrator
- 1992Harmony CatsBill Stratton
- 1992Space CaseCharlie
- 1990Dorf Goes Auto RacingSelf
- 1990The Civil WarVarious (voice)
- 1990Buried AliveSheriff Sam Eberly
- 1989We're No AngelsFather Levesque
- 1989Disorganized CrimeSheriff Henault
- 1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeSheriff Ben Tree
- 1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeSheriff
- 1988Dixie LanesClarence Laidlaw
- 1987Christmas Comes to Willow CreekAl Bensinger
- 1987RetributionLt. Ashley
- 1987Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter StoryCharlie Hartford
- 1986Act of VengeanceSilous Huddleston
- 1986Dallas: The Early YearsAaron Southworth
- 1985Growing PainsClaver Jackson
- 1985The Steel Collar ManRed
- 1984Murder, She WroteSheriff Tate
- 1984Cover Up
- 1984GremlinsRandall Peltzer
- 1984Goldilocks and the Three BearsForest Ranger
- 1984Domestic Life
- 1984Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'Self
- 1983Deadline Auto TheftCaptain Gibbs
- 1983The RoustersJack Slade
- 1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1983Heart Like a WheelJack Roque
- 1983The Black Stallion ReturnsNarrator (voice)
- 1983Cocaine BluesNarrator
- 1982Faerie Tale TheatreForest Ranger
- 1982Endangered SpeciesBen Morgan
- 1982The JunkmanHimself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
- 1982Liar's MoonCecil Duncan
- 1980Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell SistersSelf
- 1980Cloud DancerBrad's Mechanic
- 1979Skinflint: A Country Christmas CarolCyrus Flint
- 1979The Black StallionAlec's Father
- 1978Flying High
- 1978WKRP in CincinnatiT.J. Watson
- 1976The Bionic Woman
- 1975The Smothers Brothers Show
- 1974Dinah!Self
- 1974The Legend of Hillbilly JohnSongs
- 1973Rock ConcertSelf
- 1972The Midnight SpecialSelf
- 1970McCloud
- 1966SmokyFred Denton
- 1965I Dream of JeannieBull
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- —DoorwaysJake
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