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".

Most Famous Work

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Rock Concert

(1973) Self

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The Midnight Special

(1972) Self

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Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Sheriff Tate

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Reading Rainbow

(1983) Himself - Narrator (voice)

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The Civil War

(1990) Various

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The Rousters

(1983) Jack Slade

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Doorways

(2024) Jake

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Buried Alive

(1990) Sheriff Sam Eberly

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	(archive footage)	Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins 2014-09-30 Movie
1999	Mayor Ed Biddle	King Cobra 1999-08-10 Movie
1995	Joe Halsey	Number One Fan 1995-09-26 Movie
	Huey P. Long, Sr.	Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long 1995-03-18 Movie
1994	Big Upton	Season of Change 1994-04-16 Movie
1993	Narrator	Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle 1993-01-01 Movie
1992	Bill Stratton	Harmony Cats 1992-08-06 Movie
	Charlie	Space Case 1992-01-01 Movie
1990	Self	Dorf Goes Auto Racing 1990-12-01 Movie
	Various	The Civil War 1990-09-23 TV Show
	Sheriff Sam Eberly	Buried Alive 1990-05-09 Movie
1989	Father Levesque	We're No Angels 1989-06-02 Movie
	Sheriff Henault	Disorganized Crime 1989-04-14 Movie
1988	Sheriff Ben Tree	Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge 1988-05-24 Movie
	Clarence Laidlaw	Dixie Lanes 1988-05-03 Movie
1987	Al Bensinger	Christmas Comes to Willow Creek 1987-12-20 Movie
	Lt. Ashley	Retribution 1987-10-01 Movie
	Charlie Hartford	Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story 1987-02-03 Movie
1986	Silous Huddleston	Act of Vengeance 1986-09-04 Movie
	Aaron Southworth	Dallas: The Early Years 1986-03-22 Movie
1985	Claver Jackson	Growing Pains 1985-09-24 TV Show
	Red	The Steel Collar Man 1985-08-07 Movie
1984	Sheriff Tate	Murder, She Wrote 1984-09-30 TV Show
	N/A	Cover Up 1984-09-22 TV Show
	Randall Peltzer	Gremlins 1984-06-08 Movie
	Forest Ranger	Goldilocks and the Three Bears 1984-01-09 Movie
	N/A	Domestic Life 1984-01-04 TV Show
	Self	Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' 1984-01-01 Movie
1983	Captain Gibbs	Deadline Auto Theft 1983-10-28 Movie
	Jack Slade	The Rousters 1983-10-01 TV Show
	Himself - Narrator (voice)	Reading Rainbow 1983-06-06 TV Show
	Jack Roque	Heart Like a Wheel 1983-04-01 Movie
	Narrator	Cocaine Blues 1983-01-02 Movie
1982	Forest Ranger	Faerie Tale Theatre 1982-09-11 TV Show
	Ben Morgan	Endangered Species 1982-09-10 Movie
	Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)	The Junkman 1982-08-28 Movie
	Cecil Duncan	Liar's Moon 1982-01-15 Movie
1980	Self	Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters 1980-11-18 TV Show
	Brad's Mechanic	Cloud Dancer 1980-05-29 Movie
	Lead Cop	The Hollywood Knights 1980-05-18 Movie
1979	Cyrus Flint	Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol 1979-12-18 Movie
	Alec's Father	The Black Stallion 1979-10-13 Movie
1978	N/A	Flying High 1978-09-29 TV Show
	T.J. Watson	WKRP in Cincinnati 1978-09-18 TV Show
1976	N/A	The Bionic Woman 1976-01-14 TV Show
1973	Self	Rock Concert 1973-09-27 TV Show
1972	Self	The Midnight Special 1972-08-19 TV Show
1970	N/A	McCloud 1970-02-17 TV Show
1966	Fred Denton	Smoky 1966-08-03 Movie
1965	Bull	I Dream of Jeannie 1965-09-18 TV Show
	Jake	Doorways TV Show
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2022	Music	AMERICANA 2022-10-31 Movie
1974	Songs	The Legend of Hillbilly John 1974-02-01 Movie
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