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".
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Murder, She Wrote
I Dream of Jeannie
McCloud
Growing Pains
The Bionic Woman
Dinah!
All Movies (37)
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies2022 · as Self - (archive footage)
- Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins2014 · as (archive footage)
- King Cobra1999 · as Mayor Ed Biddle
- Number One Fan1995 · as Joe Halsey
- Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long1995 · as Huey P. Long, Sr.
- Season of Change1994 · as Big Upton
- Doorways1993 · as Jake Mitchell
- Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle1993 · as Narrator
- Harmony Cats1992 · as Bill Stratton
- Space Case1992 · as Charlie
- Dorf Goes Auto Racing1990 · as Self
- Buried Alive1990 · as Sheriff Sam Eberly
- We're No Angels1989 · as Father Levesque
- Disorganized Crime1989 · as Sheriff Henault
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge1988 · as Sheriff Ben Tree
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge1988 · as Sheriff
- Dixie Lanes1988 · as Clarence Laidlaw
- Christmas Comes to Willow Creek1987 · as Al Bensinger
- Retribution1987 · as Lt. Ashley
- Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story1987 · as Charlie Hartford
- Act of Vengeance1986 · as Silous Huddleston
- Dallas: The Early Years1986 · as Aaron Southworth
- The Steel Collar Man1985 · as Red
- Gremlins1984 · as Randall Peltzer
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears1984 · as Forest Ranger
- Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'1984 · as Self
- Deadline Auto Theft1983 · as Captain Gibbs
- Heart Like a Wheel1983 · as Jack Roque
- The Black Stallion Returns1983 · as Narrator (voice)
- Cocaine Blues1983 · as Narrator
- Endangered Species1982 · as Ben Morgan
- The Junkman1982 · as Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
- Liar's Moon1982 · as Cecil Duncan
- Cloud Dancer1980 · as Brad's Mechanic
- Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol1979 · as Cyrus Flint
- The Black Stallion1979 · as Alec's Father
- Smoky1966 · as Fred Denton
All TV Shows (21)
- The Civil War1990 · as Various (voice)
- Growing Pains1985 · as Claver Jackson
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Sheriff Tate
- Cover Up1984
- Domestic Life1984
- The Rousters1983 · as Jack Slade
- Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Forest Ranger
- Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters1980 · as Self
- Flying High1978
- WKRP in Cincinnati1978 · as T.J. Watson
- The Bionic Woman1976
- The Smothers Brothers Show1975
- Dinah!1974 · as Self
- Rock Concert1973 · as Self
- The Midnight Special1972 · as Self
- McCloud1970
- I Dream of Jeannie1965 · as Bull
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self - Musical Guest
- Doorways— · as Jake