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 Cop 1984
- Beverly Hills Cop II 1987
- Gone Baby Gone 2007
- Breaking Away 1979
- Trapped in Paradise 1994
- Little Big League 1994
- King Kong Lives 1986
- Borderline 1980
- Midnight Run 1988
- She's Having a Baby 1988
- Meet the Deedles 1998
- Psycho Sisters 1974
- Some Kind of Wonderful 1987
- An Eye for an Eye 1973
- The Shooter 1995
- The Deliberate Stranger 1986
- Cat Murkil and the Silks 1976
- Fast Money 1996
- For Which He Stands 1996
- The Day Lincoln Was Shot 1998
- Middle Men 2009
- Last Resort 1986
- Oh, God! 1977
- Uncle John 2015
- Instinct 1999
- Curly Sue 1991
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984
- Honky Tonk Freeway 1981
- I Want to Go Home 1989
- Death in Texas 2022
- Lawman Without a Gun 1979
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F 2024
- Dirty Work 1992
- Lonesome Soldier 2023
- Hardball 1989
- The Take 2009
- The Finder 2012
- Judging Amy 1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
- Kojak 1973
- A Death in California 1985
- The Tommyknockers 1993
- Fairly Legal 2011
- JAG 1995
- Fantasy Island 1998
- Dallas 1978
- I Know My First Name Is Steven 1989
- Columbo 1971
- King of the Hill 1997
- The Twilight Zone 1985
- The A-Team 1983