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John Ashton

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1948-02-22 (76 years old)

Biography

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

all 78

Movies 50

TV Shows 28

Director 1

Voice 1

John Ashton

Biography

Filmography

all 78

Movies 50

TV Shows 28

Director 1

Voice 1

self 1

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)

Lonesome Soldier (2023)

All Happy Families (2023)

Death in Texas (2022)

American Christmas (2019)

Making a Deal with the Devil (2019)

The Last Big Save (2019)

Once Upon a River (2019)

The Joke Thief (2018)

The Neighborhood (2017)

Uncle John (2015)

The Finder (2012)

Fairly Legal (2011)

A Letter to Dad (2009)

The Take (2009)

Middle Men (2009)

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Reign of the Gargoyles (2007)

The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006)

Body & Soul (2002)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Judging Amy (1999)

Escape from Alaska (1999)

Instinct (1999)

Fantasy Island (1998)

The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998)

Meet the Deedles (1998)

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997)

King of the Hill (1997)

Fast Money (1996)

For Which He Stands (1996)

The Shooter (1995)

Condition Red (1995)

JAG (1995)

Trapped in Paradise (1994)

Little Big League (1994)

The Tommyknockers (1993)

A Touch of Frost (1992)

Dirty Work (1992)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)

Curly Sue (1991)

Love, Lies and Murder (1991)

I Want to Go Home (1989)

Hardball (1989)

I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989)

Midnight Run (1988)

She's Having a Baby (1988)

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

King Kong Lives (1986)

The Deliberate Stranger (1986)

Last Resort (1986)

The Twilight Zone (1985)

A Death in California (1985)

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984)

The A-Team (1983)

Police Squad! (1982)

Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)

Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)

Borderline (1980)

Breaking Away (1979)

Lawman Without a Gun (1978)

Dallas (1978)

The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands (1978)

Oh, God! (1977)

Code R (1977)

Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976)

Starsky & Hutch (1975)

Psycho Sisters (1974)

MAS*H (1972)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1948-02-22 (76 years old)

Birth Place
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Relationships
Barbara Valentin (1983-01-01 - 1986-01-01)

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
John David Ashton