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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-03-25 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Duncan, Oklahoma, USA

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

1999

King Cobra as Mayor Ed Biddle

1995

Number One Fan as Joe Halsey

1994

Season of Change as Big Upton

1993

Doorways as Jake Mitchell

1992

Harmony Cats as Bill Stratton
Space Case as Charlie

1990

Buried Alive as Sheriff Sam Eberly
The Civil War as Various

1989

Disorganized Crime as Sheriff Henault
We're No Angels as Father Levesque

1988

Dixie Lanes as Clarence Laidlaw

1987

Retribution as Lt. Ashley

1986

Act of Vengeance as Silous Huddleston
Dallas: The Early Years as Aaron Southworth

1985

Growing Pains as Claver Jackson

1984

Gremlins as Randall Peltzer
Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Tate

1983

Heart Like a Wheel as Jack Roque
Deadline Auto Theft as Captain Gibbs
Cocaine Blues as Narrator
The Black Stallion Returns as Narrator (voice)
The Rousters as Jack Slade
Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982

Endangered Species as Ben Morgan
Liar's Moon as Cecil Duncan
The Junkman as Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre as Forest Ranger

1980

Cloud Dancer as Brad's Mechanic

1979

The Black Stallion as Alec's Father

1978

WKRP in Cincinnati as T.J. Watson

1976

1973

Rock Concert as Self

1972

1970

1966

Smoky as Fred Denton

1965

1962

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Doorways as Jake

Sound

2022

Americana as Music