Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Axton

Born: March 25, 1938
Died: October 26, 1999
in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
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".

Movies for Hoyt Axton...

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Title: Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Character: (archive footage)
Released: September 30, 2014
Type: Movie
This new retrospective features new interviews with director Joe Dante, star Zach Galligan, writer Chris Columbus, executive producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall and producer Michael Finnell.
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King Cobra
Title: King Cobra
Character: Mayor Ed Biddle
Released: August 10, 1999
Type: Movie
30 feet of pure terror is the result of an experimental drug used in a biochemical lab and this mutated nightmare is pure evil! Half-African cobra and half-diamondback, he's 30 feet long with a giant appetite for terror.
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Number One Fan
Title: Number One Fan
Character: Joe Halsey
Released: September 26, 1995
Type: Movie
A movie star is being stalked by a one-night stand.
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Title: Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Character: Huey P. Long, Sr.
Released: March 18, 1995
Type: Movie
A Louisiana governor becomes a controversial political kingpin during the Depression.
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Season of Change
Title: Season of Change
Character: Big Upton
Released: April 16, 1994
Type: Movie
A girl discovers her father's secret, changing their lives forever.
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Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Title: Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
American Documentary: A documentary celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Co., with news footage, film clips, and interviews with various celebrities who are Harley-Davidson owners.
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Harmony Cats
Title: Harmony Cats
Character: Bill Stratton
Released: August 6, 1992
Type: Movie
Graham Braithwaite is a violinist in a B.C. symphony. Unfortunately the symphony folds and much to his horror and disdain, he's forced to get a gig with a country band as the bassist. He has to leave the city and his girlfriend, Jane, to tour the B.C. interior with Frank Hay and his band.
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Space Case
Title: Space Case
Character: Charlie
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
In the future, mental institutions are located on far-away planets. One such planet is the apex for an invasion of Earth by rodent-like aliens. It is up to a band of intrepid mental patients to thwart their evil schemes.
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Dorf Goes Auto Racing
Title: Dorf Goes Auto Racing
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1990
Type: Movie
World-famous European race car driver, Duessel Dorf, comes to America to take on his greatest challenge-stock car racing in the Indy 500. However, Dorf, with his usual skill, soon turns the race into a shambles and sets the world of stock car racing on its ear.
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Title: The Civil War
Character: Various
Released: September 23, 1990
Type: TV
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Buried Alive
Title: Buried Alive
Character: Sheriff Sam Eberly
Released: May 9, 1990
Type: Movie
A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.
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We're No Angels
Title: We're No Angels
Character: Father Levesque
Released: June 2, 1989
Type: Movie
Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
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Disorganized Crime
Title: Disorganized Crime
Character: Sheriff Henault
Released: April 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang hits the bank vault, it's a safe bet there's going to be organized insanity and disorganized crime!
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Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Title: Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Character: Sheriff Ben Tree
Released: May 24, 1988
Type: Movie
Duell McCall is an outlaw on the run for a crime he didn't commit. Captured by the law and coerced into helping rescue the daughter of the evil local land baron, he finds himself drawn into an ever-deepening web of lies that threatens to cost him his life.
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Dixie Lanes
Title: Dixie Lanes
Character: Clarence Laidlaw
Released: May 3, 1988
Type: Movie
Small town America, 1945. The boys are coming home, as is Clarence Laidlaw who served overseas in lieu of serving time in prison. Chaos and confusion greet Clarence upon his return - his pre-war moonshine activities and absence have embittered his teenage son, split apart his family, and alienated the small town. Moreover, his conniving sister-in-law conspires with the crooked sheriff to prevent a family reconciliation. In attempting to stabilize his family, and in seeking to punish the conspirator who brought him before the law, Clarence almost destroys both the town and his family. But sanity, love and music conquer all, and family and town are reunited.
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Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Title: Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Character: Al Bensinger
Released: December 20, 1987
Type: Movie
Two brothers' lives are changed forever when they hit the road to a snowbound Alaskan village. Brother Ray and Pete had been feuding for years. So, when their ailing father asks them to drive a semitruck full of gifts and supplies from California to the isolated Alaskan village of Willow Creek, they agree ---- reluctantly. Along the way, they pick up trouble when they're joined by Jessie, who is Ray's estranged wife and Pete's ex-girlfriend. Then, a blizzard strands the truck deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Miles from help, with time running our fast, they realize only a miracle can save them. But, as they are about to be reminded, Christmas...is the season for miracles.
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Retribution
Title: Retribution
Character: Lt. Ashley
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
After a depressed artist miraculously survives a suicide attempt, a series of horrific murders leads him to realize he may have been possessed by the vengeful spirit of a murdered gangster.
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Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Title: Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Character: Charlie Hartford
Released: February 3, 1987
Type: Movie
This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brought to assist in his case.
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Act of Vengeance
Title: Act of Vengeance
Character: Silous Huddleston
Released: September 4, 1986
Type: Movie
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
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Dallas: The Early Years
Title: Dallas: The Early Years
Character: Aaron Southworth
Released: March 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Prequel to the popular "Dallas" TV series focuses on the origins of the Ewing-Barnes feud during the 1930's. Larry Hagman provides the opening narration for the film. The story opens at a 1951 barbecue with "Digger" Barnes firing a shot at "Jock" Ewing. Immediately flashing back to the depression, the two men first meet in a boxcar as both are hoboing. Their original friendship is built on their desires to find oil. But their failings start as they both compete for the hand of the beautiful Miss Ellie. Jock is shown to be an honorable man caught up in a backlash. Digger is a neurotic, alcoholic with a gift for finding oil.
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Title: Growing Pains
Character: Claver Jackson
Released: September 24, 1985
Type: TV
Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spending 15 years as a housewife.
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The Steel Collar Man
Title: The Steel Collar Man
Character: Red
Released: August 7, 1985
Type: Movie
An android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck driver with whom they help people.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Sheriff Tate
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Cover Up
Released: September 22, 1984
Type: TV
Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson.
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Gremlins
Title: Gremlins
Character: Randall Peltzer
Released: June 8, 1984
Type: Movie
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Title: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Character: Forest Ranger
Released: January 9, 1984
Type: Movie
A spirited young girl disobeys her parents and runs off to the wood for the afternoon where she rudely invades the home of a family of bears, taking advantage of all its comforts and thoughtlessly wrecking things. When caught, she learns important lessons about truthfulness and respecting others' rights to privacy.
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Title: Domestic Life
Released: January 4, 1984
Type: TV
Domestic Life is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from January 4, 1984 to September 11, 1984. Film star Steve Martin served as executive producer.
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Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Title: Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part travelogue and part hootenanny, it follows the singer's son, Arlo Guthrie, as he retraces his father's steps and collects reminiscences from his father's family, friends and musical partners.
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Deadline Auto Theft
Title: Deadline Auto Theft
Character: Captain Gibbs
Released: October 28, 1983
Type: Movie
After the attempted theft of his daughter's husband's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace, whose insurance investigation company provides the perfect front. A South American drug lord pays Pace and his team to steal 48 cars for him, so they set out on the job while the police frantically try to track him down. Their efforts pay off when Pace's boss double-crosses him and tips them off on his next job. Police pursue Pace in "Eleanor", the last of the cars needed to fulfill their contract, through southern California as he tries to get away.
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Title: The Rousters
Character: Jack Slade
Released: October 1, 1983
Type: TV
The Rousters is a 1983 NBC television series about a group of modern-day bounty hunters who are descendants of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp. Despite advertising claims that this series would "sink The Love Boat" in the ratings, it ran for only one season of 13 episodes.
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Title: Reading Rainbow
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice)
Released: June 6, 1983
Type: TV
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
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Heart Like a Wheel
Title: Heart Like a Wheel
Character: Jack Roque
Released: April 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
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The Black Stallion Returns
Title: The Black Stallion Returns
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 25, 1983
Type: Movie
"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay (Kelly Reno), he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odds to reclaim his beloved horse.
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Cocaine Blues
Title: Cocaine Blues
Character: Narrator
Released: January 2, 1983
Type: Movie
A look at the problems associated with cocaine use, including the toll it takes, not only on the users themselves but on society in general.
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Title: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: Forest Ranger
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Endangered Species
Title: Endangered Species
Character: Ben Morgan
Released: September 10, 1982
Type: Movie
A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.
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The Junkman
Title: The Junkman
Character: Himself / Cap. Gibbs / Rev. Jim Beam (voice)
Released: August 28, 1982
Type: Movie
As film-maker Harlan Hollis drives to a James Dean festival, he's unaware that killers are tracking his every move. The fast and furious race to avoid their net, stay alive and discover who is behind this lethal plan, will take Hollis through a fiery battle, turning highways and city streets into a blazing junkyard.
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Liar's Moon
Title: Liar's Moon
Character: Cecil Duncan
Released: January 15, 1982
Type: Movie
In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town's banker (Jack's mom's high school sweetheart). Ginny's been at boarding school; she's headed for Vassar. Over her father's strenuous objections, she spends time with Jack. At summer's end, Jack and Ginny elope to Louisiana (where 17-year-olds can marry without their parents' permission), and he gets a job in the oil fields. Her dad hires a menacing private eye to find them, Ginny's pregnant, her town doctor gives her horrible news, and Jack's mom has her own agenda. It seems that Jack and Ginny have grown up under a liar's moon. What will these sweethearts do?
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Title: Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Character: Self
Released: November 18, 1980
Type: TV
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters is an American variety show hosted by Barbara, Louise, and Irlene Mandrell that aired on NBC for two season in 1980.
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Cloud Dancer
Title: Cloud Dancer
Character: Brad's Mechanic
Released: May 29, 1980
Type: Movie
An aerobatic pilot comes to terms with his work, his photographer ex-lover and a brash newcomer.
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The Hollywood Knights
Title: The Hollywood Knights
Character: Lead Cop
Released: May 18, 1980
Type: Movie
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high school love.
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Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
Title: Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
Character: Cyrus Flint
Released: December 18, 1979
Type: Movie
Charled Dicken's tale A Christmas Carol takes a contemporary jolt in this original musical set in modern-day Tennessee. Cyrus Flint is a mean old banker whose one and only concern is the welfare of Flint City Bank. Dennis and Laura Pritchett are two parents struggling to make enough money to pay for an operation their son needs. Flint is organizing a songwriting and singing contest with a $2000 first prize to promote his bank.
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The Black Stallion
Title: The Black Stallion
Character: Alec's Father
Released: October 13, 1979
Type: Movie
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
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Title: Flying High
Released: September 29, 1978
Type: TV
Flying High is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS from August 28, 1978 until January 23, 1979. Created by Dawn Aldredge and Martin Cohan, the series stars Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, and Kathryn Witt.
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Title: WKRP in Cincinnati
Character: T.J. Watson
Released: September 18, 1978
Type: TV
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.
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Title: The Bionic Woman
Released: January 14, 1976
Type: TV
After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
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Title: Rock Concert
Character: Self
Released: September 27, 1973
Type: TV
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is an American television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations. It premiered on September 27, 1973, with a performance by The Rolling Stones; its last episode was in 1981.
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Title: The Midnight Special
Character: Self
Released: August 19, 1972
Type: TV
The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts. As the program neared the end of its run in the early 1980s, it began to frequently use lip-synched performances rather than live. The program also featured occasional comedic performances such as Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman.
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Title: McCloud
Released: February 17, 1970
Type: TV
Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.
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Smoky
Title: Smoky
Character: Fred Denton
Released: August 3, 1966
Type: Movie
A cowboy named Clint bonds with a beautiful wild stallion that he trains, but after the two are separated and the horse ends up in a rodeo, Clint is determined to set it free.
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Title: I Dream of Jeannie
Character: Bull
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
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Title: Doorways
Character: Jake
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A mysterious woman leads a doctor through a door into a parallel universe.