John Ashton (actor)
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John Ashton, 2006 |
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| Born | February 22, 1948 (age 60) Springfield, Massachusetts |
John Ashton (born February 22, 1948) is an American actor, and graduate of the University of Southern California School of Theatre.
Ashton has starred in several productions including M*A*S*H and Midnight Run. He played "Willie Joe Garr" on several episodes of Dallas, his character and that of "Jeb Ames" were charged with the crime of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Tina Louise's Dallas character "Julie Grey". Ashton also starred as Detective Sergeant John Taggart in the first two movies of the the popular Beverly Hills Cop trilogy alongside Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold.

