John Ashton
Birthday
1948/02/22
Day of death
2024/09/26 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
John David Ashton
Biography
John David Ashton (February 22, 1948 – September 26, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Sergeant John Taggart in the hit action-comedy films Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), where he played alongside Eddie Murphy. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Ashton developed a passion for acting early in life, later attending the University of Southern California's School of Theatre. Beyond his iconic role in the Beverly Hills Cop series, Ashton appeared in ...Read more
Acting
(1984) Beverly Hills Cop
as Sgt. Taggart
(1987) Beverly Hills Cop II
as John Taggart
(1979) Lawman Without a Gun
as 1st State Trooper
(2007) Gone Baby Gone
as Det. Nick Poole
(1979) Breaking Away
as Mike's Brother
(1994) Little Big League
as Mac MacNally
(1994) Trapped in Paradise
as Ed Dawson
(1986) King Kong Lives
as Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
(1980) Borderline
as Charlie Monroe
(1988) Midnight Run
as Marvin Dorfler
(1988) She's Having a Baby
as Ken
(1998) Meet the Deedles
as Capt. Douglas Pine
(2007) Reign of the Gargoyles
as Commander Latham
(1974) Psycho Sisters
as Brock
(1987) Some Kind of Wonderful
as Cliff Nelson
(1973) An Eye for an Eye
as Sgt. Matthews
(1999) Escape from Alaska
as Kemp
(1995) The Shooter
as Alex Reed
(1986) The Deliberate Stranger
as Det. Roger Dunn
(1978) The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands
as Orville
(1996) Fast Money
as Lt. Diego
(1976) Cat Murkil and the Silks
as Coach Larkin
(1996) For Which He Stands
as District Attorney
(1998) The Day Lincoln Was Shot
as Ulysses S. Grant
(1997) Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
as Peter Bryant
(2009) Middle Men
as Morgan
(1986) Last Resort
as Phil Cocoran
(2023) Lonesome Soldier
as Macroberts
(1977) Oh, God!
as Police Officer (uncredited)
(2024) Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
as Chief John Taggart
(2024) All Happy Families
as ---
(2015) Uncle John
as Uncle John
(1992) Dirty Work
as Eddie Ryan
(1995) Condition Red
as Deputy Warden
(1999) Instinct
as Guard Dacks
(2024) BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1991) Curly Sue
as Frank Arnold
(1984) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as Highway Patrolman
(2018) The Joke Thief
as Joseph Rogers
(1981) Elvis and the Beauty Queen
as Jake
(2019) Making a Deal with the Devil
as FBI Director
(2019) The Last Big Save
as Joseph Bird Sr.
(2019) Once Upon a River
as ---
(2019) American Christmas
as Rob
(1981) Honky Tonk Freeway
as Otto Kemper
(2009) A Letter to Dad
as Mike Donahue
(1989) I Want to Go Home
as Harry Dempsey
(2022) Death in Texas
as Asher
(1984) Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link
as Cash Hunt
(1975) My Father's House
as Sergeant
(1972) M*A*S*H
as ---
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as ---
(1999) Judging Amy
as Dashiel Purdue
(1952) Today
as Self
(1992) A Touch of Frost
as ---
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as ---
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Alan Fewkes
(1973) Kojak
as Cullen
(1978) Dallas
as Willie Joe Garr
(1982) Police Squad!
as ---
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1989) Hardball
as Charlie Battles
(1977) Code R
as Karl
(1989) I Know My First Name Is Steven
as Del Stayner
(2012) The Finder
as Franklin Sherman
(1971) Columbo
as Calvin MacGruder
(1993) The Tommyknockers
as Butch Duggan
(1985) A Death in California
as Bob Swalwell
(2011) Fairly Legal
as Lou Fisher
(1997) King of the Hill
as Instructor (voice)
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as Chief Brady Simmons
(1995) JAG
as Brian Turque
(1998) Fantasy Island
as Bobby
(1983) The A-Team
as Cactus Jack Slater