John David 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Ashton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | All Happy Families | 2024-09-20 | |
Movie | BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-07 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Chief John Taggart | 2024-06-20 |
Movie | Once Upon a River | 2019-05-10 | |
Movie | American Christmas | Rob | 2019-11-04 |
Movie | The Joke Thief | Joseph Rogers | 2018-04-16 |
Movie | Uncle John | Uncle John | 2015-03-16 |
Series | The Finder | Unknown | 2012-01-12 |
Movie | Middle Men | Morgan | 2009-05-17 |
Series | The Take | Joseph | 2009-06-17 |
Movie | Reign of the Gargoyles | Commander Latham | 2007-03-24 |
Movie | Gone Baby Gone | Det. Nick Poole | 2007-09-18 |
Movie | The Psychedelic Furs: Live From House Of Blues | Himself | 2001-11-19 |
Movie | Instinct | Guard Dacks | 1999-06-04 |
Movie | Escape from Alaska | Kemp | 1999-07-28 |
Series | Judging Amy | Unknown | 1999-09-19 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | Meet the Deedles | Capt. Douglas Pine | 1998-03-27 |
Movie | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Ulysses S. Grant | 1998-04-12 |
Movie | Little Girls in Pretty Boxes | Peter Bryant | 1997-01-18 |
Movie | For Which He Stands | District Attorney | 1996-05-17 |
Movie | Fast Money | Lt. Diego | 1996-08-13 |
Movie | Condition Red | Deputy Warden | 1995-12-08 |
Movie | The Shooter | Alex Reed | 1995-12-15 |
Movie | Little Big League | Mac MacNally | 1994-06-29 |
Movie | Trapped in Paradise | Ed Dawson | 1994-12-02 |
Series | The Tommyknockers | Butch Duggan | 1993-05-09 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | A Touch of Frost | Unknown | 1992-12-06 |
Movie | Dirty Work | Eddie Ryan | 1992-07-22 |
Movie | Curly Sue | Frank Arnold | 1991-10-25 |
Series | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Del Stayner | 1989-05-22 |
Movie | I Want to Go Home | Harry Dempsey | 1989-09-27 |
Series | Hardball | Charlie Battles | 1989-09-21 |
Movie | She's Having a Baby | Ken | 1988-02-05 |
Movie | Midnight Run | Marvin Dorfler | 1988-07-20 |
Movie | Some Kind of Wonderful | Cliff Nelson | 1987-02-27 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Cop II | John Taggart | 1987-05-18 |
Movie | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Roger Dunn | 1986-05-04 |
Movie | Last Resort | Phil Cocoran | 1986-03-31 |
Movie | King Kong Lives | Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt | 1986-12-16 |
Series | A Death in California | Bob Swalwell | 1985-05-12 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Movie | Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link | Cash Hunt | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Cop | Sgt. Taggart | 1984-12-05 |
Movie | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Highway Patrolman | 1984-08-10 |
Series | Police Squad! | 1982-03-04 | |
Movie | Elvis and the Beauty Queen | Jake | 1981-03-01 |
Movie | Honky Tonk Freeway | Otto Kemper | 1981-08-21 |
Movie | Borderline | Charlie Monroe | 1980-12-19 |
Movie | Breaking Away | Mike's Brother | 1979-05-24 |
Movie | Lawman Without a Gun | 1st State Trooper | 1979-05-30 |
Series | Code R | 1977-01-21 | |
Movie | Oh, God! | Police Officer (uncredited) | 1977-10-07 |
Movie | Cat Murkil and the Silks | Coach Larkin | 1976-07-01 |
Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
Movie | Psycho Sisters | Brock | 1974-12-25 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Sgt. Matthews | 1973-09-28 |
Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |