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 developed a passion for acting early in life, later attending the University of Southern California's School of Theatre.…
Filmography
Psycho Sisters
1974 · 10.0
Bill's Gun Shop
2001 · 9.0
Lawman Without a Gun
1979 · 9.0
My Father's House
1975 · 9.0
Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link
1984 · 9.0
Columbo
1971 · 8.1
Code R
1977 · 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0
M*A*S*H
1972 · 8.0
Police Squad!
1982 · 7.9
The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7
A Touch of Frost
1992 · 7.6
Fantasy Island
1998 · 7.6
The A-Team
1983 · 7.5
Judging Amy
1999 · 7.5
King of the Hill
1997 · 7.4
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · 7.4
Gone Baby Gone
2007 · 7.3
Kojak
1973 · 7.3
JAG
1995 · 7.3
Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · 7.2
Midnight Run
1988 · 7.2
Breaking Away
1979 · 7.2
The Finder
2012 · 7.1
Police Story
1973 · 7.0
Hardball
1989 · 7.0
Dirty Work
1992 · 7.0
Dallas
1978 · 6.9
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987 · 6.8
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
1998 · 6.8
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989 · 6.7
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024 · 6.6
Fairly Legal
2011 · 6.6
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · 6.5
Middle Men
2009 · 6.5
The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · 6.5
Instinct
1999 · 6.5
For Which He Stands
1996 · 6.5
Once Upon a River
2019 · 6.5
Curly Sue
1991 · 6.4
Oh, God!
1977 · 6.4
The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · 6.3
A Death in California
1985 · 6.2
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · 6.0
Borderline
1980 · 6.0
Little Big League
1994 · 6.0
She's Having a Baby
1988 · 5.9
Uncle John
2015 · 5.9
The Last Big Save
2019 · 5.8
A Letter to Dad
2009 · 5.8
Reign of the Gargoyles
2007 · 5.7
The Tommyknockers
1993 · 5.6
Trapped in Paradise
1994 · 5.6
An Eye for an Eye
1973 · 5.6
All Happy Families
2024 · 5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · 5.3
Death in Texas
2022 · 5.3
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981 · 5.3
Fast Money
1996 · 5.3
King Kong Lives
1986 · 5.2
The Joke Thief
2018 · 5.0
Love, Lies and Murder
1991 · 4.9
Condition Red
1995 · 4.8
The Shooter
1995 · 4.8
I Want to Go Home
1989 · 4.8
Cat Murkil and the Silks
1976 · 4.7
Escape from Alaska
1999 · 4.6
Lonesome Soldier
2023 · 4.5
Meet the Deedles
1998 · 4.5
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981 · 3.9
American Christmas
2019 · 3.8
Last Resort
1986 · 3.7
Making a Deal with the Devil
2019 · 0.0
Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2
— · 0.0
The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands
1978 · 0.0