1948-02-22 Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
John Ashton (born February 22, 1948) is an American actor born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and graduate of the University of Southern California School of Theatre. John Ashton attended Enfield High School in Enfield, Connecticut. Ashton has starred in several productions including MAS*H and Midnight Run. He played "Willie Joe Garr" on several episodes of Dallas, his character and that of "Jeb Ames" were charged with the crime of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Tina Louise's Dallas character "Julie Grey". Ashton also starred as Detective Sergeant John Taggart in the first two movies of the popular Beverly Hills Cop trilogy alongside Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold. He also starred in the 1994 film, Little Big League, with Luke Edwards. Ashton currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado and is co-host of the Ashton and Davis show on 870 ESPN radio. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lonesome Soldier | Macroberts | 2023-11-03 | |
All Happy Families | 2023-10-14 | ||
Death in Texas | Asher | 2022-10-06 | |
Making a Deal with the Devil | FBI Director | 2019-06-20 | |
Once Upon a River | 2019-05-10 | ||
The Last Big Save | Joseph Bird Sr. | 2019-05-18 | |
American Christmas | Rob | 2019-11-04 | |
The Joke Thief | Joseph Rogers | 2018-04-16 | |
Uncle John | Uncle John | 2015-03-16 | |
A Letter to Dad | Mike Donahue | 2009-07-27 | |
Middle Men | Morgan | 2009-05-17 | |
Gone Baby Gone | Det. Nick Poole | 2007-09-18 | |
Reign of the Gargoyles | Commander Latham | 2007-03-24 | |
Escape from Alaska | Kemp | 1999-07-28 | |
Instinct | Guard Dacks | 1999-06-04 | |
The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Ulysses S. Grant | 1998-04-12 | |
Meet the Deedles | Capt. Douglas Pine | 1998-03-27 | |
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes | Peter Bryant | 1997-01-18 | |
For Which He Stands | District Attorney | 1996-05-17 | |
Fast Money | Lt. Diego | 1996-08-13 | |
The Shooter | Alex Reed | 1995-12-15 | |
Condition Red | Deputy Warden | 1995-12-08 | |
Little Big League | Mac MacNally | 1994-06-29 | |
Trapped in Paradise | Ed Dawson | 1994-12-02 | |
Dirty Work | Eddie Ryan | 1992-07-22 | |
Curly Sue | Frank Arnold | 1991-10-25 | |
I Want to Go Home | Harry Dempsey | 1989-09-27 | |
Midnight Run | Marvin Dorfler | 1988-07-20 | |
She's Having a Baby | Ken | 1988-02-05 | |
Some Kind of Wonderful | Cliff Nelson | 1987-02-27 | |
Beverly Hills Cop II | Det. Sgt. John Taggart | 1987-05-18 | |
Last Resort | Phil Cocoran | 1986-03-31 | |
The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Roger Dunn | 1986-05-04 | |
King Kong Lives | Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt | 1986-12-16 | |
Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link | Cash Hunt | 1984-01-01 | |
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Highway Patrolman | 1984-08-15 | |
Beverly Hills Cop | Sgt. John Taggart | 1984-12-05 | |
Elvis and the Beauty Queen | Jake | 1981-03-01 | |
Honky Tonk Freeway | Otto Kemper | 1981-08-21 | |
Borderline | Charlie Monroe | 1980-12-19 | |
Lawman Without a Gun | 1st State Trooper | 1979-05-30 | |
Breaking Away | Mike's Brother | 1979-05-24 | |
The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands | Orville | 1978-02-28 | |
Oh, God! | Police Officer (uncredited) | 1977-10-07 | |
Cat Murkil and the Silks | Coach Larkin | 1976-07-01 | |
Psycho Sisters | Brock | 1974-12-25 | |
An Eye for an Eye | Sgt. Matthews | 1973-09-28 |