John Ashton

Born: 1948-02-22

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. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Oh, God!

as Police Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1977-10-07

When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects...

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as Sgt. John Taggart
Released: 1984-12-05

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and...

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as Det. Sgt. John Taggart
Released: 1987-05-18

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting...

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Instinct

as Guard Dacks
Released: 1999-06-04

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be...

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Gone Baby Gone

as Det. Nick Poole
Released: 2007-09-18

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in...

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as Marvin Dorfler
Released: 1988-07-20

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is...

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King Kong Lives

as Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
Released: 1986-12-16

After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to...

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Curly Sue

as Frank Arnold
Released: 1991-10-25

Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of...

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

as Highway Patrolman
Released: 1984-08-15

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers,...

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Middle Men

as Morgan
Released: 2009-05-17

Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals...

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Breaking Away

as Mike's Brother
Released: 1979-05-24

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the...

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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

as Det. Sgt. John Taggart
Released: 2024-07-03

Detective Axel Foley is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter Jane’s life is...

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Borderline

as Charlie Monroe
Released: 1980-12-19

Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has...

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She's Having a Baby

as Ken
Released: 1988-02-05

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the...

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Some Kind of Wonderful

as Cliff Nelson
Released: 1987-02-27

A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just...

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Last Resort

as Phil Cocoran
Released: 1986-03-31

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company....

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Little Big League

as Mac MacNally
Released: 1994-06-29

When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen...

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The Shooter

as Alex Reed
Released: 1995-12-15

A CIA agent gets caught up in political intrigue after he gets brought in to solve the murder of...

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The Deliberate Stranger

as Det. Roger Dunn
Released: 1986-05-04

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974,...

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Trapped in Paradise

as Ed Dawson
Released: 1994-12-02

Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.

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Dirty Work

as Eddie Ryan
Released: 1992-07-22

A bail bondsman deals drugs on the side and thinks he's struck it rich when he conceives a...

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Psycho Sisters

as Brock
Released: 1974-12-25

After her husband dies, a woman begins to have a nervous breakdown and is consoled by her...

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Fast Money

as Lt. Diego
Released: 1996-08-13

Butler is an experienced car thief, McCoy a struggling reporter trying to nail a bad...

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American Christmas

as Rob
Released: 2019-11-04

It took another ruined Christmas dinner to make Martha finally realize: her kids are jerks....

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Lonesome Soldier

as Macroberts
Released: 2023-11-03

Based on a true American story, Lonesome Soldier immerses viewers in the captivating journey of...

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Uncle John

as Uncle John
Released: 2015-03-16

In this tale of small town intrigue, an urbanite returns to his quiet hometown on an impromptu...

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Meet the Deedles

as Capt. Douglas Pine
Released: 1998-03-27

Two surfers end up as Yellowstone park rangers and have to stop a former ranger who is out for...

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Lawman Without a Gun

as 1st State Trooper
Released: 1979-05-30

During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small...

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The Day Lincoln Was Shot

as Ulysses S. Grant
Released: 1998-04-12

A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.

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Death in Texas

as Asher
Released: 2022-10-06

Recently released from prison, Billy will do whatever it takes to save the only person who has...

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Honky Tonk Freeway

as Otto Kemper
Released: 1981-08-21

Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government...

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I Want to Go Home

as Harry Dempsey
Released: 1989-09-27

Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France...

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Reign of the Gargoyles

as Commander Latham
Released: 2007-03-24

During World War 2 a group of brave US Airmen are downed in Nazi controlled Europe, after their...

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Condition Red

as Deputy Warden
Released: 1995-12-08

Prison guard falls in love with inmate. She wants him to let her escape.

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Making a Deal with the Devil

as FBI Director
Released: 2019-06-20

A fascinating and dramatic tale of a behind the scenes plot developed by the FBI as they work...

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Escape from Alaska

as Kemp
Released: 1999-07-28

A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the...

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The Last Big Save

as Joseph Bird Sr.
Released: 2019-05-18

A professional hockey player who is only happy when he is miserable signs a long-term contract...

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An Eye for an Eye

as Sgt. Matthews
Released: 1973-09-28

The host of a children's TV show is really a psychopathic killer, and when he hears stories from...

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Elvis and the Beauty Queen

as Jake
Released: 1981-03-01

Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair...

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Once Upon a River

as uncredited
Released: 2019-05-10

After her father’s violent death, Native American teenager Margo Crane flees down Michigan’s...

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A Letter to Dad

as Mike Donahue
Released: 2009-07-27

Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams. But on the night he is going to propose, he...

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For Which He Stands

as District Attorney
Released: 1996-05-17

To save his family he'll risk losing everything. Fame, fortune, his life... even his soul.

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Cat Murkil and the Silks

as Coach Larkin
Released: 1976-07-01

A street-gang member kills the gang's leader and blames it on a rival gang.

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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

as Peter Bryant
Released: 1997-01-18

A gymnast moves to a gym where the top coach in the US is and has difficulties adjusting.

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The Joke Thief

as Joseph Rogers
Released: 2018-04-16

The Joke Thief takes us on a journey of one man's last hurrah. Simon McCabe is a stand up...

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Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link

as Cash Hunt
Released: 1984-01-01

In this film noir comedy, detective Cash Hunt follows clues to solve a difficult puzzle. The...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Alan Fewkes
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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JAG

as Brian Turque
First aired: 1995-09-23

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...

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Columbo

as Calvin MacGruder
First aired: 1971-09-15

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...

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King of the Hill

as Instructor (voice)
First aired: 1997-01-12

Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives...

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Dallas

as Willie Joe Garr
First aired: 1978-04-02

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all....

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M*A*S*H

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-17

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little...

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The A-Team

as Cactus Jack Slater
First aired: 1983-01-23

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune...

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The Twilight Zone

as Chief Brady Simmons
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-25

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that...

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Starsky & Hutch

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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Judging Amy

as Dashiel Purdue
First aired: 1999-09-19

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...

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A Touch of Frost

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-12-06

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and...

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Police Woman

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-13

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...

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Fairly Legal

as Lou Fisher
First aired: 2011-01-20

Kate Reed is a firm believer that justice can always be found – even if it's not always in the...

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The Finder

as Franklin Sherman
First aired: 2012-01-12

Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the...

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Fantasy Island

as Bobby
First aired: 1998-09-26

Mr. Roarke and his three assistants run a tropical paradise where guests come in to have their...

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Kojak

as Cullen
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Police Squad!

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-04

In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin...

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Hardball

as Charlie Battles
First aired: 1989-09-21

Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990...

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I Know My First Name Is Steven

as Del Stayner
First aired: 1989-05-22

In 1973, 7-year-old Steven Stayner is kidnapped by pedophile Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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Code R

as Karl
First aired: 1977-01-21

Code R is an American action-adventure television series that aired on CBS from January 21 to...

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The Tommyknockers

as Butch Duggan
First aired: 1993-05-09

A buried UFO slowly turns local inhabitants into gizmo-building alien mutants.

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Today

as Self
First aired: 1952-01-14

Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on...

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The Take

as Joseph
First aired: 2009-06-17

Freddie Jackson is released from prison in 1984 having served a four-year sentence for armed...

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A Death in California

as Bob Swalwell
First aired: 1985-05-12

A Beverly Hills socialite embarks on a love/hate relationship with a psychotic businessman who...

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