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John Ashley(1934-1997)

  • Producer
  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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John Ashley in Beach Party (1963)
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Oklahoma-bred John Ashley got his start in the movie business while on a vacation in California. A friend from Oklahoma State University got him onto the set of the John Wayne movie The Conqueror (1956), and Wayne in turn steered him toward a job in television in the William Castle series Men of Annapolis (1957). One day, Ashley was at the offices of American International Pictures to pick up his girlfriend, who was auditioning for a part in the company's Dragstrip Girl (1957). AIP house writer Lou Rusoff saw Ashley waiting in the hall and decided the young man was the type AIP was looking for to play the Dragstrip Girl (1957) male lead. Ashley acted in a long line of "kids-in-trouble" melodramas, monster movies and in the Beach Party series before carving a lucrative niche for himself as producer-star of a series of Filipino exploitation pictures. He was also producer of several TV series, including The A-Team (1983) and Werewolf (1987).
BornDecember 25, 1934
DiedOctober 3, 1997(62)
BornDecember 25, 1934
DiedOctober 3, 1997(62)
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Robert Conrad, Nick Adams, John Ashley, and Dan Terranova in Young Dillinger (1965)
Buddy Ebsen, John Ashley, and Raymond Bailey in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
John Ashley, Max Baer Jr., and Donna Douglas in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Maureen Arthur, John Ashley, and Jody Fair in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
John Ashley in Hot Rod Gang (1958)
Robert Conrad, Nick Adams, John Ashley, and Mary Ann Mobley in Young Dillinger (1965)
Robert Conrad, Nick Adams, John Ashley, and Mary Ann Mobley in Young Dillinger (1965)
Robert Conrad, Nick Adams, John Ashley, and Mary Ann Mobley in Young Dillinger (1965)
Mickey Rooney, John Ashley, Dwayne Hickman, and Jody McCrea in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Frankie Avalon, John Ashley, and Harvey Lembeck in Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
John Ashley in High School Caesar (1960)
John Ashley and Steven Terrell in Dragstrip Girl (1957)

Known for

George Peppard, Mr. T, Dirk Benedict, and Dwight Schultz in The A-Team (1983)
The A-Team
7.5
TV Series
  • Producer
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
4.7
  • Johnny
  • 1965
Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now
8.5
  • Producer
  • 1979
The Twilight People (1972)
The Twilight People
4.0
  • Producer
  • 1972

Credits

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Producer

  • Scar City (1998)
    Scar City
  • Brian Bosworth and Glenn Plummer in Lawless (1997)
    Lawless
  • Marker (1995)
    Marker
  • Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
    Walker, Texas Ranger
  • Raven (1992)
    Raven
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993)
    Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Raven: Return of the Black Dragons (1992)
    Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
  • Dark Avenger (1990)
    Dark Avenger
  • Something Is Out There (1988)
    Something Is Out There
  • Hardball (1989)
    Hardball
  • Police Story: Gladiator School (1988)
    Police Story: Gladiator School
  • Chuck Connors, Lance LeGault, and John J. York in Werewolf (1987)
    Werewolf
  • Something Is Out There (1988)
    Something Is Out There
  • George Peppard, Mr. T, Dirk Benedict, and Dwight Schultz in The A-Team (1983)
    The A-Team
  • The Quest (1982)
    The Quest

Actor

  • George Peppard, Mr. T, Dirk Benedict, and Dwight Schultz in The A-Team (1983)
    The A-Team
    • (voice, uncredited)
  • Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly in Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
    Hardcastle and McCormick
  • Sudden Death (1977)
    Sudden Death
  • Walter Brennan in Smoke in the Wind (1975)
    Smoke in the Wind
  • The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
    Black Mamba
  • Cheri Caffaro, Gloria Hendry, and Rosanna Ortiz in Savage Sisters (1974)
    Savage Sisters
  • Beyond Atlantis (1973)
    Beyond Atlantis
  • The Woman Hunt (1972)
    The Woman Hunt
  • The Twilight People (1972)
    The Twilight People
  • Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)
    The Beast of the Yellow Night
  • Beast of Blood (1970)
    Beast of Blood
  • Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
    Mad Doctor of Blood Island
  • Manila, Open City (1968)
    Manila, Open City
  • John Ashley, Eva Darren, Carmelita Estrella, and Beverly Powers in Brides of Blood (1968)
    Brides of Blood
  • The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
    The Beverly Hillbillies

Soundtrack

  • How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
    How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
    • (uncredited)
  • Hot Rod Gang (1958)
    Hot Rod Gang
    • (uncredited)
  • How to Make a Monster (1958)
    How to Make a Monster

Videos5

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Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Trailer 2:41
Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Personal details

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    • December 25, 1934
    • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
    • October 3, 1997
    • New York City, New York, USA(heart attack)
    • 1978 - October 3, 1997 (his death)
    • Anthony Brooks Ashley
  • Single: "Seriously in Love" (Silver Records).
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Was adopted when only a few months old. Never knew his birth parents.
  • Quotes
    This is a terrible thing to admit, but maybe the key to my success with exploitation films is that I always LIKED those movies, and I never had any real reason to turn them down. I just enjoyed doing them.

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