Hoyt Axton
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
Murder, She Wrote
Sheriff Tate
I Dream of Jeannie
Bull
The Bionic Woman
Gremlins
Randall Peltzer
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Midnight Special
Self
McCloud
Growing Pains
Claver Jackson
The Civil War
Various
Faerie Tale Theatre
Forest Ranger
WKRP in Cincinnati
T.J. Watson
Cover Up
Buried Alive
Sheriff Sam Eberly
Cloud Dancer
Brad's Mechanic
The Junkman
Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
Space Case
Charlie
Smoky
Fred Denton
Retribution
Lt. Ashley
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Self
Disorganized Crime
Sheriff Henault
Flying High
Endangered Species
Ben Morgan
Rock Concert
Self
King Cobra
Mayor Ed Biddle
The Black Stallion
Alec's Father
Cocaine Blues
Narrator
Harmony Cats
Bill Stratton
Heart Like a Wheel
Jack Roque
We're No Angels
Father Levesque
Doorways
Jake
The Smothers Brothers Show
The Rousters
Jack Slade
Act of Vengeance
Silous Huddleston
Domestic Life
The Black Stallion Returns
Narrator (voice)
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Huey P. Long, Sr.
Liar's Moon
Cecil Duncan
Doorways
Jake Mitchell
Dorf Goes Auto Racing
Self
Number One Fan
Joe Halsey
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Al Bensinger
The Steel Collar Man
Red
Dixie Lanes
Clarence Laidlaw
Dallas: The Early Years
Aaron Southworth
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
(archive footage)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Forest Ranger
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Sheriff Ben Tree
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Self
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Narrator
Deadline Auto Theft
Captain Gibbs
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
Cyrus Flint
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Season of Change
Big Upton
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Sheriff
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Charlie Hartford
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self