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 | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Det. Sgt. John Taggart | 2024-07-03 |
Movie | The Last Big Save | Joseph Bird Sr. | 2019-05-18 |
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 |
Series | Fairly Legal | Lou Fisher | 2011-01-20 |
Movie | A Letter to Dad | Mike Donahue | 2009-07-27 |
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 | Escape from Alaska | Kemp | 1999-07-28 |
Movie | Instinct | Guard Dacks | 1999-06-04 |
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 | 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 |
Movie | Dirty Work | Eddie Ryan | 1992-07-22 |
Series | A Touch of Frost | Unknown | 1992-12-06 |
Movie | Curly Sue | Frank Arnold | 1991-10-25 |
Movie | I Want to Go Home | Harry Dempsey | 1989-09-27 |
Series | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Del Stayner | 1989-05-22 |
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 | Beverly Hills Cop II | Det. Sgt. John Taggart | 1987-05-18 |
Movie | Some Kind of Wonderful | Cliff Nelson | 1987-02-27 |
Movie | Last Resort | Phil Cocoran | 1986-03-31 |
Movie | King Kong Lives | Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt | 1986-12-16 |
Movie | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Roger Dunn | 1986-05-04 |
Series | A Death in California | Bob Swalwell | 1985-05-12 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Movie | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Highway Patrolman | 1984-08-15 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Cop | Sgt. John Taggart | 1984-12-05 |
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 | Breaking Away | Mike's Brother | 1979-05-24 |
Movie | Lawman Without a Gun | 1st State Trooper | 1978-12-04 |
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 | 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 |