About John 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), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2025) where he played alongside Eddie Murphy. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Ashton…
Filmography51 films
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- All Happy Families2024
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F2024
- BRATS2024
- Lonesome Soldier2023
- Death in Texas2022
- American Christmas2019
- Making a Deal with the Devil2019
- The Last Big Save2019
- Once Upon a River2019
- The Joke Thief2018
- Uncle John2015
- A Letter to Dad2009
- Middle Men2009
- Gone Baby Gone2007
- Reign of the Gargoyles2007
- Bill's Gun Shop2001
- Escape from Alaska1999
- Instinct1999
- The Day Lincoln Was Shot1998
- Meet the Deedles1998
- Little Girls in Pretty Boxes1997
- Fast Money1996
- For Which He Stands1996
- The Shooter1995
- Condition Red1995
- Trapped in Paradise1994
- Little Big League1994
- Dirty Work1992
- Curly Sue1991
- I Want to Go Home1989
- Midnight Run1988
- She's Having a Baby1988
- Beverly Hills Cop II1987
- Some Kind of Wonderful1987
- King Kong Lives1986
- The Deliberate Stranger1986
- Last Resort1986
- Beverly Hills Cop1984
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension1984
- Honky Tonk Freeway1981
- Elvis and the Beauty Queen1981
- Borderline1980
- Lawman Without a Gun1979
- Breaking Away1979
- The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands1978
- Oh, God!1977
- Cat Murkil and the Silks1976
- My Father's House1975
- Psycho Sisters1974
- An Eye for an Eye1973
- Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2TBA
- All Happy Families2024
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F2024
- BRATS2024