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John Ashton
Actor
Born February 22, 1948 (74 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2020 | Death in Texas · as Asher |
| 2019 | American Christmas · as Rob |
| 2019 | Making a Deal with the Devil · as FBI Director |
| 2019 | The Last Big Save · as Joseph Bird Sr. |
| 2019 | Once Upon a River · as Unknown |
| 2018 | The Joke Thief · as Joseph Rogers |
| 2016 | The Neighborhood · as Matt Krivinsky |
| 2015 | Uncle John · as Uncle John |
| 2012 | The Finder (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2011 | Fairly Legal (TV Series) · as Lou Fisher |
| 2009 | The Take (TV Series) · as Joseph |
| 2009 | Middle Men · as Morgan |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone · as Det. Nick Poole |
| 2007 | Reign of the Gargoyles · as Commander Latham |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part · as Richie Parsons |
| 2003 | Family (2003) (TV Series) · as Martin |
| 1999 | Instinct · as Guard Dacks |
| 1999 | Avalanche · as Kemp |
| 1999 | Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Dashiel Purdue |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Chief of Detectives |
| 1998 | Meet the Deedles · as Capt. Douglas Pine |
| 1998 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot · as Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1998 | Fantasy Island (1998) (TV Series) · as Bobby |
| 1997 | Little Girls in Pretty Boxes · as Peter Bryant |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Instructor |
| 1996 | Fast Money · as Lt. Diego |
| 1996 | For Which He Stands · as District Attorney |
| 1995 | Hidden Assassin · as Alex Reed |
| 1995 | Condition Red · as Deputy Warden |
| 1995 | JAG (TV Series) · as Brian Turque |
| 1994 | Trapped in Paradise · as Ed Dawson |
| 1994 | Little Big League · as Mac MacNally |
| 1994 | In the Living Years · as Mike Donahue |
| 1993 | The Tommyknockers (TV Series) · as Trooper Butch Duggan |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Dirty Work · as Eddie |
| 1991 | Love, Lies and Murder (TV Series) · as Carrothers |
| 1991 | Curly Sue · as Frank Arnold |
| 1989 | I Want to Go Home · as Harry Dempsey |
| 1989 | Hardball (1989) (TV Series) · as Charlie Battles |
| 1989 | I Know My First Name Is Steven (TV Series) · as Del Stayner |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby · as Ken |
| 1988 | Midnight Run · as Marvin Dorfler |
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II · as Det. Sgt. John Taggart |
| 1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful · as Cliff Nelson |
| 1986 | King Kong Lives · as Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt |
| 1986 | Last Resort · as Phil Cocoran |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop · as Det. Sgt. John Taggart |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension · as Highway Patrolman |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series) · as Leonard Porter |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · as Cactus Jack Slater |
| 1982 | Police Squad! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway · as Otto Kemper |
| 1980 | Borderline · as Charlie Monroe |
| 1979 | Breaking Away · as Mike's Brother |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Willie Joe Garr |
| 1977 | Oh, God! · as Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1977 | The Rhinemann Exchange (TV Series) · as Ballentyne |
| 1976 | Cat Murkil and the Silks · as Coach Larkin |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) · as Nazi Henchman |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | So Evil, My Sister · as Brock |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | An Eye for an Eye · as Sgt. Matthews |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Cullen |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Lester Shiller |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Station Wagon Driver |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Calvin MacGruder |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |