Hoyt Axton
Acting
Born: 1938-03-25 in 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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Musical Guest
Murder, She Wrote
Sheriff Tate
I Dream of Jeannie
Bull
The Bionic Woman
Growing Pains
Claver Jackson
Dinah!
Self
McCloud
Gremlins
Randall Peltzer
Faerie Tale Theatre
Forest Ranger
Rock Concert
Self
WKRP in Cincinnati
T.J. Watson
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Midnight Special
Self
The Civil War
Various (voice)
Cover Up
Buried Alive
Sheriff Sam Eberly
The Black Stallion
Alec's Father
Flying High
We're No Angels
Father Levesque
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Self
The Rousters
Jack Slade
The Smothers Brothers Show
The Steel Collar Man
Red
Harmony Cats
Bill Stratton
Retribution
Lt. Ashley
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Huey P. Long, Sr.
King Cobra
Mayor Ed Biddle
Domestic Life
The Black Stallion Returns
Narrator (voice)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Liar's Moon
Cecil Duncan
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Self
Doorways
Jake
Endangered Species
Ben Morgan
Act of Vengeance
Silous Huddleston
Heart Like a Wheel
Jack Roque
Disorganized Crime
Sheriff Henault
The Junkman
Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
Dixie Lanes
Clarence Laidlaw