Personal Info
Known Credits
36
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1938-03-25 (87 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known For
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
Acting
2014 --
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
| (archive footage)
1999 --
King Cobra
| Mayor Ed Biddle
1995 --
Number One Fan
| Joe Halsey
1995 --
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
| Huey P. Long, Sr.
1994 --
Season of Change
| Big Upton
1993 --
Doorways
| Jake Mitchell
1993 --
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
| Narrator
1992 --
Harmony Cats
| Bill Stratton
1992 --
Space Case
| Charlie
1990 --
Dorf Goes Auto Racing
| Self
1990 --
Buried Alive
| Sheriff Sam Eberly
1989 --
We're No Angels
| Father Levesque
1989 --
Disorganized Crime
| Sheriff Henault
1988 --
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
| Sheriff
1988 --
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
| Sheriff Ben Tree
1988 --
Dixie Lanes
| Clarence Laidlaw
1987 --
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
| Al Bensinger
1987 --
Retribution
| Lt. Ashley
1987 --
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
| Charlie Hartford
1986 --
Act of Vengeance
| Silous Huddleston
1986 --
Dallas: The Early Years
| Aaron Southworth
1985 --
The Steel Collar Man
| Red
1984 --
Gremlins
| Randall Peltzer
1984 --
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
| Forest Ranger
1984 --
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
| Self
1983 --
Deadline Auto Theft
| Captain Gibbs
1983 --
Heart Like a Wheel
| Jack Roque
1983 --
The Black Stallion Returns
| Narrator (voice)
1983 --
Cocaine Blues
| Narrator
1982 --
Endangered Species
| Ben Morgan
1982 --
The Junkman
| Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
1982 --
Liar's Moon
| Cecil Duncan
1980 --
Cloud Dancer
| Brad's Mechanic
1979 --
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
| Cyrus Flint
1979 --
The Black Stallion
| Alec's Father
1966 --
Smoky
| Fred Denton