JOHN ASHTON
ACTING
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.
Beverly Hills Cop1984
Beverly Hills Cop II1987
Gone Baby Gone2007
Breaking Away1979
Trapped in Paradise1994
Little Big League1994
King Kong Lives1986
Borderline1980
Midnight Run1988
She's Having a Baby1988
Meet the Deedles1998
Psycho Sisters1974
Some Kind of Wonderful1987
An Eye for an Eye1973
The Shooter1995
The Deliberate Stranger1986
Cat Murkil and the Silks1976
Fast Money1996
For Which He Stands1996
The Day Lincoln Was Shot1998
Middle Men2009
Last Resort1986
Oh, God!1977
Uncle John2015
Instinct1999
Curly Sue1991
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension1984
Honky Tonk Freeway1981
I Want to Go Home1989
Death in Texas2022
Lawman Without a Gun1979
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F2024
Dirty Work1992
Lonesome Soldier2023
Hardball1989
The Take2009
The Finder2012
Judging Amy1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Kojak1973
A Death in California1985
The Tommyknockers1993
Fairly Legal2011
JAG1995
Fantasy Island1998
Dallas1978
I Know My First Name Is Steven1989
Columbo1971
King of the Hill1997
The Twilight Zone1985
The A-Team1983