
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 | Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2 | Judge Nathan Rivers | 2026 |
Movie | All Happy Families | Roy Landry | 2024-09-20 |
Movie | BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-07 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Chief John Taggart | 2024-06-20 |
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Movie | The Last Big Save | Joseph Bird Sr. | 2019-05-18 |
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 |
Series | Fairly Legal | Lou Fisher | 2011-01-20 |
Movie | A Letter to Dad | Mike Donahue | 2009-07-27 |
Series | The Take | Joseph | 2009-06-17 |
Movie | Middle Men | Morgan | 2009-05-17 |
Movie | Gone Baby Gone | Det. Nick Poole | 2007-09-18 |
Movie | Reign of the Gargoyles | Commander Latham | 2007-03-24 |
Movie | The Psychedelic Furs: Live From House Of Blues | Self | 2001-11-19 |
Movie | Instinct | Guard Dacks | 1999-06-04 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Series | Judging Amy | Unknown | 1999-09-19 |
Movie | Escape from Alaska | Kemp | 1999-07-28 |
Movie | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Ulysses S. Grant | 1998-04-12 |
Movie | Meet the Deedles | Capt. Douglas Pine | 1998-03-27 |
Movie | Little Girls in Pretty Boxes | Peter Bryant | 1997-01-18 |
Movie | Fast Money | Lt. Diego | 1996-08-13 |
Movie | For Which He Stands | District Attorney | 1996-05-17 |
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 | Hardball | Charlie Battles | 1989-09-21 |
Series | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Del Stayner | 1989-05-22 |
Movie | I Want to Go Home | Harry Dempsey | 1989-09-27 |
Movie | She's Having a Baby | Ken | 1988-02-05 |
Movie | Midnight Run | Marvin Dorfler, Headhunter | 1988-07-20 |
Movie | Some Kind of Wonderful | Cliff Nelson | 1987-02-27 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Cop II | John Taggart | 1987-05-18 |
Movie | Last Resort | Phil Cocoran | 1986-03-31 |
Movie | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Roger Dunn | 1986-05-04 |
Movie | King Kong Lives | Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt | 1986-12-16 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Series | A Death in California | Bob Swalwell | 1985-05-12 |
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! | Unknown | 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 | Lawman Without a Gun | 1st State Trooper | 1979-05-30 |
Movie | Breaking Away | Mike's Brother | 1979-05-24 |
Movie | Oh, God! | Police Officer (uncredited) | 1977-10-07 |
Series | Code R | 1977-01-21 | |
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 | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Sgt. Matthews | 1973-09-28 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |
Movie | The Head of the Family | Robert Letts | 1922-06-01 |