John Ashton
1 FOLLOWER • 29 CREDITS • FEB 22, 1948 • 76
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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Known For
JAG
The A-Team
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Columbo
King of the Hill
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kojak
Judging Amy
Today
M*A*S*H
Police Woman
The Twilight Zone
Fantasy Island
Dallas
Starsky & Hutch
Code R
BRATS
Middle Men
Breaking Away
Trapped in Paradise
She's Having a Baby
Some Kind of Wonderful
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Midnight Run
Beverly Hills Cop
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Beverly Hills Cop II
Meet the Deedles
Hardball
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