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John Ashton

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.


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Born:
Feb 22, 1948 In Springfield - Massachusetts - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
63
First Appeared:
In the series Today 1952-01-14
Latest Project:
Movie All Happy Families 2024-09-20
Known For
Poster of The Joke Thief
Poster of Uncle John
Poster of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Poster of Cat Murkil and the Silks
Filmography
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