John Ashton
Charlie Battles in Hardball
Birth name : John David Ashton
Birth date : 1948/02/22 (77 years old)
Birth place : Springfield Massachusetts
Height: 1.83 m
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