John Ashton

John Ashton

Acting

Born February 22, 1948 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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), Beverly Hills…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

1997

Columbo

Columbo

1971

JAG

JAG

1995

Dallas

Dallas

1978

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Today

Today

1952

The A-Team

The A-Team

1983

Acting(78)

2024All Happy FamiliesRoy Landry

2024Beverly Hills Cop: Axel FChief John Taggart

2024BRATSSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023Lonesome SoldierMacroberts

2022Death in TexasAsher

2019American ChristmasRob

2019Making a Deal with the DevilFBI Director

2019The Last Big SaveJoseph Bird Sr.

2019Once Upon a River

2018The Joke ThiefJoseph Rogers

2015Uncle JohnUncle John

2012The FinderFranklin Sherman

2011Fairly LegalLou Fisher

2009A Letter to DadMike Donahue

2009Middle MenMorgan

2007Gone Baby GoneNick Poole

2007Reign of the GargoylesCommander Latham

2001Bill's Gun ShopBill Voight

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAlan Fewkes

1999Judging AmyDashiel Purdue

1999Escape from AlaskaKemp

1999InstinctGuard Dacks

1998Fantasy IslandBobby

1998The Day Lincoln Was ShotUlysses S. Grant

1998Meet the DeedlesCapt. Douglas Pine

1997Little Girls in Pretty BoxesPeter Bryant

1997King of the HillInstructor (voice)

1996Fast MoneyLt. Diego

1996For Which He StandsDistrict Attorney

1995The ShooterAlex Reed

1995Condition RedDeputy Warden

1995JAGBrian Turque

1994Trapped in ParadiseEd Dawson

1994Little Big LeagueMac MacNally

1993The TommyknockersButch Duggan

1992A Touch of FrostRidley

1992Dirty WorkEddie Ryan

1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1991Curly SueFrank Arnold

1991Love, Lies and MurderCarrothers

1989I Want to Go HomeHarry Dempsey

1989HardballCharlie Battles

1989I Know My First Name Is StevenDel Stayner

1988Midnight RunMarvin Dorfler, Headhunter

1988She's Having a BabyKen

1987Beverly Hills Cop IIJohn Taggart

1987Some Kind of WonderfulCliff Nelson

1986King Kong LivesLt. Col. R.T. Nevitt

1986The Deliberate StrangerDet. Roger Dunn

1986The Deliberate StrangerDet. Roger Dunn

1986Last ResortPhil Cocoran

1985The Twilight ZoneChief Brady Simmons (segment "Chameleon")

1985A Death in CaliforniaBob Swalwell

1984Beverly Hills CopSgt. Taggart

1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionHighway Patrolman

1984Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing LinkCash Hunt

1983The A-TeamCactus Jack Slater

1982Police Squad!

1981Honky Tonk FreewayOtto Kemper

1981Elvis and the Beauty QueenJake

1980BorderlineCharlie Monroe

1979Lawman Without a Gun1st State Trooper

1979Breaking AwayMike's Brother

1978DallasWillie Joe Garr

1978The Wilds of Ten Thousand IslandsOrville

1977Oh, God!Police Officer (uncredited)

1976Cat Murkil and the SilksCoach Larkin

1975Starsky & Hutch

1975My Father's HouseSergeant

1974Psycho SistersBrock

1973KojakCullen

1973An Eye for an EyeSgt. Matthews

1973Police Story

1971ColumboCalvin MacGruder

Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2Judge Nathan Rivers

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