Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 25, 1938
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 - Movies
Gremlins
as Randall Peltzer
The Black Stallion
as Alec's Father
We're No Angels
as Father Levesque
The Black Stallion Returns
as Narrator (voice)
Endangered Species
as Ben Morgan
Heart Like a Wheel
as Jack Roque
Act of Vengeance
as Silous Huddleston
Buried Alive
as Sheriff Sam Eberly
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Huey P. Long, Sr.
Liar's Moon
as Cecil Duncan
Known For - TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
as Sheriff Tate
I Dream of Jeannie
as Bull
McCloud
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Forest Ranger
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Bionic Woman
Growing Pains
as Claver Jackson
WKRP in Cincinnati
as T.J. Watson
The Civil War
as Various