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Hoyt Axton
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 61
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn25/03/1938Born inDuncan, Oklahoma, USADied26/10/1999 (aged 61)Died inHelenaCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ80530 ↗Buried atRiverview CemeteryTMDb#16166 ↗

Hoyt Wayne Axton 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", "Never Been to Spain", and "Boney Fingers".

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Filmography48 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesMovieSelf - (archive footage)84
2014Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making GremlinsMovie(archive footage)76
1999King CobraMovieMayor Ed Biddle61
1995Number One FanMovieJoe Halsey57
1993DoorwaysMovieJake Mitchell55
1992Harmony CatsMovieBill Stratton54
1992Space CaseMovieCharlie54
1990The Civil WarSeriesVarious52
1990Dorf Goes Auto RacingMovieSelf52
1990Buried AliveMovieSheriff Sam Eberly52
1989We're No AngelsMovieFather Levesque51
1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeMovieSheriff Ben Tree50
1988Dixie LanesMovieClarence Laidlaw50
1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's RidgeMovieSheriff50
1987Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter StoryMovieCharlie Hartford49
1987Christmas Comes to Willow CreekMovieAl Bensinger49
1986Act of VengeanceMovieSilous Huddleston48
1985Growing PainsSeriesClaver Jackson47
1985The Steel Collar ManMovieRed47
1984Murder, She WroteSeriesSheriff Tate46
1984GremlinsMovieRandall Peltzer46
1984Cover UpSeries—46
1984Goldilocks and the Three BearsMovieForest Ranger46
1984Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'MovieSelf46
1984Domestic LifeSeries—46
1983Reading RainbowSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)45
1983The Black Stallion ReturnsMovieNarrator (voice)45
1983Cocaine BluesMovieNarrator45
1983The RoustersSeriesJack Slade45
1982Faerie Tale TheatreSeriesForest Ranger44
1982Endangered SpeciesMovieBen Morgan44
1982The JunkmanMovieHimself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)44
1980Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell SistersSeriesSelf42
1980Cloud DancerMovieBrad's Mechanic42
1979The Black StallionMovieAlec's Father41
1979Skinflint: A Country Christmas CarolMovieCyrus Flint41
1978Flying HighSeries—40
1978WKRP in CincinnatiSeriesT.J. Watson40
1976The Bionic WomanSeries—38
1975The Smothers Brothers ShowSeries—37
1974Dinah!SeriesSelf36
1973Rock ConcertSeriesSelf35
1972The Midnight SpecialSeriesSelf34
1970McCloudSeries—32
1966SmokyMovieFred Denton28
1965I Dream of JeannieSeriesBull27
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesSelf24
0DoorwaysSeriesJake—