Person Details

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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Duncan, Oklahoma, USA

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

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".

Most Famous Work

Rock Concert
Average
8

Rock Concert

(1973) Self
The Midnight Special
Average
7

The Midnight Special

(1972) Self
Murder, She Wrote
Average
8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Sheriff Tate
Reading Rainbow
Average
8

Reading Rainbow

(1983) Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Civil War
Average
8

The Civil War

(1990) Various
The Rousters
Average
3

The Rousters

(1983) Jack Slade
Doorways
Average
8

Doorways

(2024) Jake
Buried Alive
Average
7

Buried Alive

(1990) Sheriff Sam Eberly

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2014 (archive footage)
1999 Mayor Ed Biddle
1995 Joe Halsey
Huey P. Long, Sr.
1994 Big Upton
1993 Narrator
1992 Bill Stratton
Charlie
1990 Self
Various
Sheriff Sam Eberly
1989 Father Levesque
Sheriff Henault
1988 Sheriff Ben Tree
Clarence Laidlaw
1987 Al Bensinger
Lt. Ashley
Charlie Hartford
1986 Silous Huddleston
Aaron Southworth
1985 Claver Jackson
Red
1984 Sheriff Tate
N/A
Randall Peltzer
Forest Ranger
N/A
Self
1983 Captain Gibbs
Jack Slade
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Jack Roque
Narrator
1982 Forest Ranger
Ben Morgan
Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
Cecil Duncan
1980 Self
Brad's Mechanic
Lead Cop
1979 Cyrus Flint
Alec's Father
1978 N/A
T.J. Watson
1976 N/A
1973 Self
1972 Self
1970 N/A
1966 Fred Denton
1965 Bull
Jake
Year Character Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Music
1974 Songs
Year Role Movie/Tv

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