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Hoyt Axton est un Acteur et Son Américain né le 25 mars 1938 à Duncan (Etats-Unis)

Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Axton
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Nom de naissance Hoyt Wayne Axton
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 25 mars 1938 à Duncan (Etats-Unis)
Mort 26 octobre 1999 (à 61 ans) à Helena (Etats-Unis)

Hoyt Axton est un acteur, chanteur et compositeur américain, né le 25 mars 1938 à Duncan, dans l'Oklahoma, et décédé le 26 octobre 1999 à Helena, dans le Montana (États-Unis).

Biographie

Born in Duncan, Oklahoma, Axton spent his pre-teen years in Comanche, Oklahoma, with his brother, John. His mother, Mae Boren Axton, co-wrote the classic rock 'n' roll song "Heartbreak Hotel", which became the first major hit for Elvis Presley. Some of Hoyt's own songs were also later recorded by Elvis. Axton's father, John T. Axton, was a Naval officer stationed in Jacksonville, Florida; the family joined him there in 1949. Axton graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1956 and left town after Knauer's Hardware burned down on graduation night, a prank gone wrong. Axton attended Oklahoma State for a short length of time before following his father and enlisting in the Navy. Axton served aboard the USS Ranger before pursuing a music career.

After his discharge from the Navy on the West Coast, he began singing folk songs in San Francisco nightclubs. In the early 1960s he released his first folk album titled The Balladeer (recorded at the Troubadour), which included his song "Greenback Dollar", a 1963 hit for The Kingston Trio. Axton released numerous albums well into the 1980s.

Axton had many minor singing hits of his own, such as "Boney Fingers", "When the Morning Comes", and 1979's "Della and the Dealer", as well as "Jealous Man" (the latter two he sang in a guest appearance on WKRP in Cincinnati). His vocal style featured his distinctive bass-baritone (which later deepened to near-bass) and use of characterization.



But his most lasting contributions were songs made famous by others: "Joy to the World" and "Never Been to Spain" (Three Dog Night), the previously mentioned "Greenback Dollar" (Kingston Trio), "The Pusher" and "Snowblind Friend" (Steppenwolf), "No-No Song" (Ringo Starr), and an array of others, covered by singers such as Joan Baez, Guthrie Thomas, John Denver, Waylon Jennings,Jonathan Edwards, and Anne Murray. Axton also sang a couple of duets with Linda Ronstadt, including "Lion in Winter" and "When the Morning Comes" (a top 40 country hit). His composition "Joy to the World", as performed by Three Dog Night, was Number 1 on the charts for six straight weeks in 1971, making it the top hit of the year.

Axton first appeared on television in a David L. Wolper ABC production of The Story of a Folksinger (1963). He frequently appeared on Hootenanny, hosted by Jack Linkletter during this period. In 1965, he appeared in an episode of Bonanza, then followed with other TV roles over the years. As he matured, Axton specialized in playing good ol' boys on television and in films. His face became well known in the 1970s and 1980s through many TV and film appearances, such as in the movies Gremlins (1984) and The Black Stallion (1979). He sang the jingle "Head For the Mountains" in the Busch beer commercials in the 1980s (and also "The Ballad of Big Mac", touting McDonald's Big Mac onscreen in a 1969 commercial he filmed for the hamburger franchise). In 1985 he did a commercial for Pizza Hut.


Last years and death
Axton spent some time struggling with cocaine addiction and several of his songs, including "The Pusher", "Snowblind Friend", and "No-No Song", partly reflect his negative drug experiences. He had been known as an opponent of drug use for many years when, in February 1997, he and his wife were arrested at their Montana home for possession of approximately 500 grams of marijuana, a little over a pound. His wife explained later that she offered Axton marijuana to relieve pain and stress following a 1995 stroke; both were fined and given deferred sentences.

Axton never fully recovered from his stroke, and still had to use a wheelchair much of the time. His mother, Mae, drowned in a hot tub at her Tennessee home in 1997. Hoyt Axton died of a heart attack in Victor, Montana, on October 26, 1999, at the age of 61, after suffering a severe heart attack two weeks earlier.

On November 1, 2007, he and his mother were inducted posthumously in to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Ses meilleurs films

Gremlins (1984)
(Acteur)
L'Étalon noir (1979)
(Acteur)

Le plus souvent avec

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Filmographie de Hoyt Axton (25 films)

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AnnéeNomMétierRôle
1999King CobraActeur
1999King CobraActeur
1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongActeur
1992Harmony CatsActeur
1990Dorf Goes Auto RacingActeur
1990The Civil WarActeur
1990Enterré VivantActeurLe shérif Sam Eberly
1989Désorganisation de MalfaiteursActeur
1989Nous ne sommes pas des angesActeurLe père Levesque
1987Miracle en AlaskaActeur
1987Les Forces Du MalActeur
1986Act of VengeanceActeur
1986Dallas : Quand tout a commencé...Acteur
1984GremlinsActeurRandall « Rand » Peltzer, père de Billy, inventeur
1983Le Retour de l'Étalon noirActeurNarrateur (voix)
1983Deadline Auto TheftActeur, Son
1983Pied au plancherActeur
1982Espèce en voie de disparitionActeurBen Morgan
1982La Grande Casse 2Acteur, Son
1982Le challengerActeur
1980La guerre des asActeur
1980Les Chevaliers d'HollywoodActeur
1979L'Étalon noirActeurLe père d'Alec
1975Liquidez l'inspecteur MitchellSon
1966SmokyActeur