John Ashton Biography
John Ashton (John David Ashton) an acclaimed American actor, known for his roles in the films Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, and Midnight Run.
John Ashton Age
John was born John David Ashton on February 22, 1948, in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America.
John Ashton Actor
John has made various features in both television and feature movies. He played Willie Joe Garr on several Dallas episodes. He featured in Columbo’s episode “Negative Reaction,” and in Police Squad’s episode 5! “Rendezvous in Big Gulch (Neighborhood Terror).”
His early credits included roles in An Eye for an Eye, Breaking Awa, Borderline, Honky Tonk Freeway, Last Resort, and King Kong Lives. John also starred together with Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold in the first two installments of the Beverly Hills Cop trilogy as Detective Sergeant John Taggart.
In the 1987 John Hughes-penned comedy-drama Some Kind of Wonderful, he featured as Eric Stoltz’s character’s father and worked with Hughes again the following year in She’s Having a Baby. In 1988, he co-starred as a rival bounty hunter to the character of Robert De Niro in the action-comedy Midnight Run.
John also starred in the Little Big League with Luke Edwards, Trapped in Paradise, The Shooter, Meet the Deedles, Instinct, and featured in a supporting role in Ben Affleck’s 2007 drama Gone Baby Gone.
John also played the role of Cactus Jack Slater in an episode of the 80s TV show The A-Team called “Cup A Joe.” He has said that, given the proper methods, he would like to replace his roles in the rumored productions of Beverly Hills Cop IV and Midnight Run II. In an episode of Matthew Perry’s 2011 series, Mr. Sunshine, he guest-starred opposite Beverly Hills Cop co-star Ronny Cox.
John Ashton Net Worth
John has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
John Ashton Movies
- An Eye for an Eye (1973) as Sgt. Matthews
- So Evil, My Sister (1974) as Brock
- My Father’s House (TV – 1975) as Sergeant
- “M.A.S.H” (1977)”Last Laugh” as an MP tasked to arrest B.J.
- Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976) as Coach Larkin
- Oh, God! (1977) as Police Officer
- The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands (TV – 1978) as Orville
- Lawman Without a Gun (1978) as 1st State Trooper
- Breaking Away (1980) as Mike’s Brother
- Borderline (1980) as Border Patrol Agent Charlie Monroe
- Elvis and the Beauty Queen (TV – 1981) as Jake
- Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) as Otto Kemper
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
- (1984) as Highway Patrolman
- Beverly Hills Cop (1984) as Sgt. John Taggart
- The A-Team (TV – 1985) as Cactus Jack Slater
- Last Resort (1986) as Phil Corcoran
- The Deliberate Stranger (TV – 1986) as Det. Roger Dunn
- King Kong Lives (1986) as Lt. Col. R. T. Nevitt
- Some kind of Wonderful (1987) as Cliff Nelson
- Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) as Sgt. John Taggart
- She’s Having a Baby (1988) as Ken
- Midnight Run (1988) as Marvin Dorfler
- I Want to Go Home (1989) as Harry Dempsey
- Curly Sue (1991) as Frank Arnold
1991 – 2018
- Saturday’s (TV – 1991) as George
- Dirty Work (TV – 1992) as Eddie
- Little Big League (1994) as Mac Mcnally
- Trapped in Paradise (1994) as Ed Dawson
- In the Living Years (1995) as Mike Donahue
- Hidden Assassin (1995) as Alex Reed
- For Which He Stands (1996) as District Attorney
- Fast Money (1996) as Lt. Diego
- Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (TV – 1997) as Peter Bryant
- Meet the Deedles (1998) as Capt. Douglas Pine
- The Day Lincoln Was Shot (TV – 1998) as Gen. Ulysses Simpson
- Grant
- Avalanche aka Escape from Alaska (1999) as Kemp
- Bill’s Gun Shop (2001) as Bill Voight
- Family (TV Mini-Series – 2003) as Martin
- Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (TV – 2005) as Richie Parsons
- Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006) as Harry
- Reign of the Gargoyles (TV – 2007) as Commander Latham
- Gone Baby Gone (2007) as Detective Nick Poole
- Middle Men (2009) as Morgan
- A Letter to Dad (2009) as Mike
- Uncle John (2015) as John
- The Neighborhood (2017) as Matt Kravinsky
- My Little Baby (2017) as Sheriff Johnson
- The Joke Thief (2018) as Joseph Rogers
John Ashton Beverly Hills Cop
John played the role of Sgt. John Taggart Beverly Hills Cop an American action comedy film.
John Ashton Height
John stands tall at a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 m) and has anaverage body weight.
John Ashton Education
John attended Defiance College in Ohio and is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Theatre. He laterattended Enfield High School in Enfield, Connecticut.
John Ashton Family
John information about his family are publicly unavailable. This section will be updated as soon as the information is available.
John Ashton Wife
John has married three times; he first married was with Victoria Marie Runn in 1968 and divorced in 1970. The duo had a daughter together. He then married Bridget Ashton as of 1976 to 2001. While he was with Bridget, he married Barbara Valentin back in 1983 and they later separated in 1986.
John Ashton Children
John has two children, a daughter from his first marriage and another child with his second wife Bridget Ashton.