John Ashton

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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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Action-packedEnjoyableFunnyClassic

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Brest
CAST:  Eddie Murphy  •  Judge Reinhold  •  John Ashton  •  Lisa Eilbacher

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Brest
CAST:  Eddie Murphy  •  Judge Reinhold  •  John Ashton  •  Lisa Eilbacher

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

Axel heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Scott
CAST:  Eddie Murphy  •  Judge Reinhold  •  John Ashton  •  Jürgen Prochnow

Axel heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Scott
CAST:  Eddie Murphy  •  Judge Reinhold  •  John Ashton  •  Jürgen Prochnow

Breaking Away (1979)

GrippingFunnyDramaticThrilling

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  Dennis Quaid  •  Daniel Stern  •  Jackie Earle Haley  •  Dennis Christopher

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  Dennis Quaid  •  Daniel Stern  •  Jackie Earle Haley  •  Dennis Christopher

Curly Sue (1991)

Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Jim Belushi  •  Alisan Porter  •  Kelly Lynch  •  John Getz

Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Jim Belushi  •  Alisan Porter  •  Kelly Lynch  •  John Getz

Instinct (1999)

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Turteltaub
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Cuba Gooding Jr.  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Maura Tierney

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Turteltaub
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Cuba Gooding Jr.  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Maura Tierney

King Kong Lives (1986)

After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Linda Hamilton  •  Brian Kerwin  •  John Ashton

After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Linda Hamilton  •  Brian Kerwin  •  John Ashton

Midnight Run (1988)

Action-packedFunHeistSmart

An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Brest
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Charles Grodin  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  John Ashton

An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Brest
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Charles Grodin  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  John Ashton

Oh, God! (1977)

When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Reiner
CAST:  John Denver  •  George Burns  •  Teri Garr  •  Donald Pleasence

When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Reiner
CAST:  John Denver  •  George Burns  •  Teri Garr  •  Donald Pleasence

She's Having a Baby (1988)

Clever

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Elizabeth McGovern  •  Alec Baldwin  •  William Windom

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Elizabeth McGovern  •  Alec Baldwin  •  William Windom

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.D. Richter
CAST:  Peter Weller  •  John Lithgow  •  Ellen Barkin  •  Jeff Goldblum

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.D. Richter
CAST:  Peter Weller  •  John Lithgow  •  Ellen Barkin  •  Jeff Goldblum

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

RomanticEmotionalCharmingUplifting

A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Deutch
CAST:  Eric Stoltz  •  Mary Stuart Masterson  •  Lea Thompson  •  Chynna Phillips

A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Deutch
CAST:  Eric Stoltz  •  Mary Stuart Masterson  •  Lea Thompson  •  Chynna Phillips

Little Big League (1994)

When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organisation that struggles to take orders from a 12-year-old.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Scheinman
CAST:  Luke Edwards  •  Timothy Busfield  •  John Ashton  •  Dennis Farina

When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organisation that struggles to take orders from a 12-year-old.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Scheinman
CAST:  Luke Edwards  •  Timothy Busfield  •  John Ashton  •  Dennis Farina

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997)

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

DIRECTION:  Christopher Leitch
CAST:  Swoosie Kurtz  •  Courtney Peldon  •  John Ashton  •  Philip Casnoff

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

DIRECTION:  Christopher Leitch
CAST:  Swoosie Kurtz  •  Courtney Peldon  •  John Ashton  •  Philip Casnoff

Condition Red (1995)

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

DIRECTION:  Mika Kaurismäki
CAST:  James Russo  •  Cynda Williams  •  Paul Calderon  •  Victor Argo

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

DIRECTION:  Mika Kaurismäki
CAST:  James Russo  •  Cynda Williams  •  Paul Calderon  •  Victor Argo

Last Resort (1986)

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers everywhere, an unhelpful staff, inhospitable accomodation and undesirable holiday makers, but everyone except for George ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zane Buzby
CAST:  Charles Grodin  •  Phil Hartman  •  Robin Pearson Rose  •  Brenda Bakke

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers everywhere, an unhelpful staff, inhospitable accomodation and undesirable holiday makers, but everyone except for George ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zane Buzby
CAST:  Charles Grodin  •  Phil Hartman  •  Robin Pearson Rose  •  Brenda Bakke

The Deliberate Stranger (1986)

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Mark Harmon  •  Frederic Forrest  •  George Grizzard  •  Ben Masters

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Mark Harmon  •  Frederic Forrest  •  George Grizzard  •  Ben Masters

A Letter to Dad (2009)

Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams. But on the night he is going to propose, he is overcome by deep-rooted anger caused by the father who abandoned him as a boy. Dan confronts his feelings of bitterness head on as he pours his heart out in a letter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johnny Remo
CAST:  Thom Mathews  •  John Ashton  •  Corin Nemec  •  Janice Lynde

Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams. But on the night he is going to propose, he is overcome by deep-rooted anger caused by the father who abandoned him as a boy. Dan confronts his feelings of bitterness head on as he pours his heart out in a letter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johnny Remo
CAST:  Thom Mathews  •  John Ashton  •  Corin Nemec  •  Janice Lynde

Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)

Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Trikonis
CAST:  Stephanie Zimbalist  •  Don Johnson  •  Ann Dusenberry  •  Rick Lenz

Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Trikonis
CAST:  Stephanie Zimbalist  •  Don Johnson  •  Ann Dusenberry  •  Rick Lenz

Borderline (1980)

Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerrold Freedman
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Bruno Kirby  •  Bert Remsen  •  Michael Lerner

Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerrold Freedman
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Bruno Kirby  •  Bert Remsen  •  Michael Lerner

Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976)

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

DIRECTION:  John A. Bushelman
CAST:  David Kyle  •  Kelly Yaegermann  •  Steve Bond  •  Rhodes Reason

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

DIRECTION:  John A. Bushelman
CAST:  David Kyle  •  Kelly Yaegermann  •  Steve Bond  •  Rhodes Reason
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