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Burly, balding character actor best known for his 80s detectives in... moreNewsDesk:
(10 articles)
Rosewood and Taggart Back for 'Beverly Hills Cop 4'? (From Get The Big Picture. 17 October 2009, 11:42 AM, PDT)
New Writer To Start Beverly Hills Cop 4 Script Over
(From Slash Film. 16 October 2009, 2:54 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
John D. Ashton | John David AshtonUS TV Schedule:
| Tue. Nov. 10 | 8:00 PM | USA | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Baggage | #10.18 | more |
Filmography
Actor:
- A Letter to Dad (2009)
- Middle Men (2009) .... Morgan
- "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Chief of Detectives (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)
- Baggage (2009) TV episode .... Chief of Detectives - Gone Baby Gone (2007) .... Nick Poole
- Reign of the Gargoyles (2007) (TV) .... Commander Latham
- Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006) .... Harry
- Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005) (TV) .... Richie Parsons
- "Body & Soul" .... Jordan Meadows (1 episode, 2002)
- Saviors (2002) TV episode .... Jordan Meadows - "Going to California" .... Victor (1 episode, 2001)
- Apocalypse Cow (2001) TV episode .... Victor - "Judging Amy" .... Dashiel Purdue (1 episode, 2001)
- Everybody Falls Down (2001) TV episode .... Dashiel Purdue - Bill's Gun Shop (2001) .... Bill Voight
- Avalanche (1999) .... Kemp
... aka Escape from Alaska (USA: video title) - Instinct (1999) .... Guard Dacks
- "Fantasy Island" (1 episode, 1999)
- Heroes (1999) TV episode - My Uncle Sidney (1998) .... Uncle Sidney
- "King of the Hill" .... Instructor (1 episode, 1998)
- Pregnant Paws (1998) TV episode (voice) .... Instructor - The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) (TV) .... Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant
- Meet the Deedles (1998) .... Capt. Douglas Pine
... aka The Deedles - Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997) (TV) .... Peter Bryant
- Fast Money (1996) .... Lt. Diego
- "JAG" .... Agent Brian Turque (1 episode, 1996)
... aka JAG: Judge Advocate General (Australia)
- Skeleton Crew (1996) TV episode .... Agent Brian Turque - For Which He Stands (1996) .... District Attorney
- The Shooter (1995) .... Alex Reed
... aka Único sospechoso (Spain: TV title)
... aka Desafío final (Spain)
... aka Hidden Assassin (USA: video title)
... aka Strelec (Czech Republic) - Trapped in Paradise (1994) .... Ed Dawson
- Little Big League (1994) .... Mac Macnally
- In the Living Years (1994) .... Mike Donahue
... aka Letter to Dad (USA) - The Tommyknockers (1993) (TV) .... Trooper Butch Duggan
... aka Stephen King's The Tommyknockers - Dirty Work (1992) (TV) .... Eddie
- Curly Sue (1991) (uncredited) .... Frank Arnold
- Love, Lies and Murder (1991) (TV) .... Carrothers
- Saturday's (1991) (TV) .... George
- "Hardball" .... Charlie Battles (18 episodes, 1989-1990)
- The Hunt for Honus Wagner (1990) TV episode .... Charlie Battles
- Every Dog Has His Day (1990) TV episode .... Charlie Battles
- Prescription for Murder (1990) TV episode .... Charlie Battles
- Wedding Bell Blues (1990) TV episode .... Charlie Battles
- Sex, Cops, and Videotape (1990) TV episode .... Charlie Battles
(13 more) - "The Tracey Ullman Show" .... Jimmy, neighborly doorman (1 episode, 1990)
- Who Is He? (1990) TV episode .... Jimmy, neighborly doorman - I Want to Go Home (1989) .... Harry Dempsey
... aka Je veux rentrer à la maison (France) - I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) (TV) .... Del Stayner
... aka The Missing Years - Midnight Run (1988) .... Marvin Dorfler
- She's Having a Baby (1988) .... Ken
- Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) .... Det. Sgt. John Taggart
- Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) .... Cliff Nelson
- King Kong Lives (1986) .... Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
... aka King Kong 2 (USA: alternative title) - "Brothers" .... Agent Harris (1 episode, 1986)
- The Gang Who Could Shoot Straight (1986) TV episode .... Agent Harris - "Hardcastle and McCormick" .... Leonard Porter (1 episode, 1986)
- A Chip Off the Ol' Milt (1986) TV episode .... Leonard Porter - The Deliberate Stranger (1986) (TV) .... Det. Roger Dunn
- Last Resort (1986) .... Phil Cocoran
... aka She Knew No Other Way - "The Twilight Zone" .... Crew Chief Brady Simmons (segment "Chameleon") (1 episode, 1985)
... aka The New Twilight Zone (Australia)
- Wordplay/Dreams for Sale/Chameleon (1985) TV episode .... Crew Chief Brady Simmons (segment "Chameleon") - A Death in California (1985) (TV) .... Det. Bob Swalwell
... aka Psychopath (USA: video title) - "The A-Team" .... Cactus Jack Slater (1 episode, 1985)
- Cup A' Joe (1985) TV episode .... Cactus Jack Slater - Beverly Hills Cop (1984) .... Det. Sgt. John Taggart
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) (as John David Ashton) .... Highway Patrolman
... aka The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (USA: short title) - Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984) (V) .... Cash Hunt
... aka Money Hunt (USA: video box title) - "Police Squad!" .... Rocky (1 episode, 1982)
- Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) (1982) TV episode .... Rocky - Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) .... Otto Kemper
- Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) (TV) .... Jake
- "Breaking Away" .... Roy (1 episode, 1980)
- Pilot (1980) TV episode .... Roy - Borderline (1980) .... Charlie Monroe
- "Dallas" .... Willie Joe Garr (6 episodes, 1978-1979)
- Whatever Happened to Baby John?: Part 2 (1979) TV episode .... Willie Joe Garr
- Whatever Happened to Baby John?: Part 1 (1979) TV episode .... Willie Joe Garr
- The Red File: Part 2 (1979) TV episode .... Willie Joe Garr
- The Red File: Part 1 (1979) TV episode .... Willie Joe Garr
- Fallen Idol (1978) TV episode .... Willie Joe Garr
(1 more) - Breaking Away (1979) .... Mike's Brother
- Lawman Without a Gun (1979) (TV) .... 1st State Trooper
... aka He Who Walks Alone (USA: video title)
... aka This Man Stands Alone (USA: alternative title) - "Starsky and Hutch" .... Paul H. Willits / ... (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
- The Groupie (1978) TV episode .... Roy Sears
- The Committee (1977) TV episode .... Paul H. Willits - Oh, God! (1977) (uncredited) .... Police Officer
- "M*A*S*H" .... The M.P. (1 episode, 1977)
- Last Laugh (1977) TV episode .... The M.P. - "The Rhinemann Exchange" (1977) TV mini-series
- "Wonder Woman" .... Thug (1 episode, 1977)
... aka The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (USA: new title)
... aka The New Original Wonder Woman (USA: first episodes title)
- Formula 407 (1977) TV episode .... Thug - "Police Woman" .... Curt Thomas (1 episode, 1977)
- Once a Snitch (1977) TV episode .... Curt Thomas - "Police Story" .... Sergeant Paulson (1 episode, 1976)
- The Other Side of the Badge (1976) TV episode .... Sergeant Paulson - Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976) .... High school coach
... aka Cruisin' High (USA: reissue title)
... aka L.A. Gangs Rising (USA: alternative title)
... aka Street Kids of America (USA: alternative title) - The Psychopath (1975) (as John D. Ashton) .... Sgt. Matthews
... aka An Eye for an Eye - My Father's House (1975) (TV) .... Sergeant
- "Columbo" .... Calvin MacGruder (1 episode, 1974)
- Negative Reaction (1974) TV episode .... Calvin MacGruder - "Kojak" .... Culler (1 episode, 1974)
- Mojo (1974) TV episode .... Culler - So Evil, My Sister (1974) .... Brock
... aka Psycho Sisters
... aka The Sibling
Self:
- Beverly Hills Cop: The Phenomenon Begins (2002) (V) .... Himself
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1976 - Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Ensemble Cast, "The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia", The Company of Angels and The Coronet Playhouse, Hollywood,CA. moreMessage Boards
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