Hoyt Axton

ActorSound Mar 25 (died age 61) Duncan, Oklahoma, USA 1962–2022 (60 year career)

5.9 avg rating

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

Film

Gremlins

Randall Peltzer

Film

The Black Stallion

Alec's Father

Film

We're No Angels

Father Levesque

Film

The Civil War

Various

Film

Buried Alive

Sheriff Sam Eberly

Film

The Black Stallion Returns

Narrator (voice)

Film

Retribution

Lt. Ashley

Film

Disorganized Crime

Sheriff Henault

Filmography

Acting (56)

Movies (37)

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2022

as Self - (archive footage)

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

as (archive footage)

King Cobra

as Mayor Ed Biddle

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

as Huey P. Long, Sr.

Number One Fan

as Joe Halsey

Season of Change

as Big Upton

Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle

1993

as Narrator

Doorways

1993

as Jake Mitchell

4.3

Space Case

1992

as Charlie

Harmony Cats

1992

as Bill Stratton

2.0

Buried Alive

1990

as Sheriff Sam Eberly

6.7

Dorf Goes Auto Racing

1990

as Self

We're No Angels

as Father Levesque

Disorganized Crime

as Sheriff Henault

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge

1988

as Sheriff

Dixie Lanes

1988

as Clarence Laidlaw

3.0

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge

1988

as Sheriff Ben Tree

Retribution

1987

as Lt. Ashley

5.9

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

1987

as Charlie Hartford

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek

as Al Bensinger

Act of Vengeance

as Silous Huddleston

Dallas: The Early Years

1986

as Aaron Southworth

5.0

The Steel Collar Man

1985

as Red

Gremlins

1984

as Randall Peltzer

7.1

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

1984

as Self

5.0

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

1984

as Forest Ranger

5.0

Cocaine Blues

1983

as Narrator

The Black Stallion Returns

as Narrator (voice)

Heart Like a Wheel

as Jack Roque

Deadline Auto Theft

as Captain Gibbs

Liar's Moon

as Cecil Duncan

Endangered Species

as Ben Morgan

The Junkman

as Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)

Cloud Dancer

as Brad's Mechanic

The Black Stallion

as Alec's Father

Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol

as Cyrus Flint

Smoky

as Fred Denton

Television (19)

The Civil War

as Various

Growing Pains

as Claver Jackson

Murder, She Wrote

as Sheriff Tate

Cover Up

Domestic Life

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Rousters

as Jack Slade

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Forest Ranger

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters

as Self

WKRP in Cincinnati

as T.J. Watson

Flying High

The Bionic Woman

The Smothers Brothers Show

Rock Concert

as Self

The Midnight Special

as Self

McCloud

I Dream of Jeannie

as Bull

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

Doorways

as Jake

8.0

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Americana

2022

Music

9.0

The Legend of Hillbilly John

1974

Songs

5.3