John Ashton
Birthday: 1948-02-22 | Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USAJohn 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
Known For
Acting
Role
as Asher
as Uncle John
as Commander Latham
as Det. Nick Poole
as Guard Dacks
as Kemp
as Capt. Douglas Pine
as Lt. Diego
as Alex Reed
as Deputy Warden
as Ed Dawson
as Mac MacNally
as Trooper Butch Duggan
as Charlie Battles
as Del Stayner
as Harry Dempsey
as Ken
as Marvin Dorfler
as Cliff Nelson
as John Taggart
as Det. Roger Dunn
as Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
as Sgt. Taggart
as Coach Larkin
as Brock
as Sgt. Matthews
