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John Ashton

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Photos John Ashton Birth name: John David Ashton
Birth date: 1948/02/22 (76 years old)
Birth place : Springfield Massachusetts
Height: 1.83 m

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Biography for John Ashton

John Ashton, his real name John David Ashton is an American actor born February 22, 1948 in Springfield Massachusetts.

He is mainly known for having interpreted the role of Sergeant John Taggart in the first 2 parts of the "Beverly Hills" cops alongside Eddie Murphy and the prime hunter Marvin Dorfler in "Midnight Run" with Robert de Niro.

John Ashton is an American actor born on February 22, 1948 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is best known for his roles in films such as Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run. Ashton began his career in the 1970s by playing in regional theater productions and television shows. He made his cinema debut in 1980 with the film The Boys From Brazil, in which he played a secondary role.

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Filmography

Title Role
A Letter to Dad (2009) Mike
Middle Men (2009) Morgan
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Chief of Detectives (1 episode, 2009)
Gone Baby Gone (2007) Nick Poole
Reign of the Gargoyles (2007) (TV) Commander Latham
Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006) Harry
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005) (TV) Richie Parsons
Body & Soul Jordan Meadows (1 episode, 2002)
Going to California Victor (1 episode, 2001)
Judging Amy Dashiel Purdue (1 episode, 2001)
Bill's Gun Shop (2001) Bill Voight
Avalanche (1999) Kemp
Instinct (1999) Guard Dacks
Fantasy Island (1 episode, 1999)
My Uncle Sidney (1998) Uncle Sidney
King of the Hill Instructor (1 episode, 1998)
The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) (TV) Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant
Meet the Deedles (1998) Capt. Douglas Pine
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997) (TV) Peter Bryant
Fast Money (1996) Lt. Diego
JAG Agent Brian Turque (1 episode, 1996)
For Which He Stands (1996) District Attorney
The Shooter (1995) Alex Reed
Trapped in Paradise (1994) Ed Dawson
Little Big League (1994) Mac Macnally
In the Living Years (1994) Mike Donahue
The Tommyknockers (1993) (TV) Trooper Butch Duggan
Dirty Work (1992) (TV) Eddie
Curly Sue (1991) (uncredited) Frank Arnold
Love, Lies and Murder (1991) (TV) Carrothers
Saturday's (1991) (TV) George
Hardball Charlie Battles (18 episodes, 1989-1990)
The Tracey Ullman Show Jimmy, neighborly doorman (1 episode, 1990)
I Want to Go Home (1989) Harry Dempsey
I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) (TV) Del Stayner
Midnight Run (1988) Marvin Dorfler
She's Having a Baby (1988) Ken
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Det. Sgt. John Taggart
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Cliff Nelson
King Kong Lives (1986) Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
Brothers Agent Harris (1 episode, 1986)
Hardcastle and McCormick Leonard Porter (1 episode, 1986)
The Deliberate Stranger (1986) (TV) Det. Roger Dunn
Last Resort (1986) Phil Cocoran
The Twilight Zone Crew Chief Brady Simmons (segment Chameleon) (1 episode, 1985)
A Death in California (1985) (TV) Det. Bob Swalwell
The A-Team Cactus Jack Slater (1 episode, 1985)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Det. Sgt. John Taggart
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) (as John David Ashton) Highway Patrolman
Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984) (V) Cash Hunt
Police Squad! Rocky (1 episode, 1982)
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) Otto Kemper
Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) (TV) Jake
Breaking Away Roy (1 episode, 1980)
Borderline (1980) Charlie Monroe
Dallas Willie Joe Garr (6 episodes, 1978-1979)
Breaking Away (1979) Mike's Brother
Lawman Without a Gun (1979) (TV) 1st State Trooper
Starsky and Hutch Paul H. Willits / ... (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Oh, God! (1977) (uncredited) Police Officer
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H The M.P. (1 episode, 1977)
The Rhinemann Exchange (1977) TV mini-series
The New Adventures of Wonder Woman Thug (1 episode, 1977)
Police Woman Curt Thomas (1 episode, 1977)
Police Story Sgt. Paulson (1 episode, 1976)
Phyllis (1 episode, 1976)
Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976) Coach Larkin
The Psychopath (1975) (as John D. Ashton) Sgt. Matthews
My Father's House (1975) (TV) Sergeant
Columbo Calvin MacGruder (1 episode, 1974)
Kojak Cullen (1 episode, 1974)

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  • Creation date: 13/08/2010 by abdest
  • Last update: 10/01/2012 by abdest

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