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) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), 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.
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Beverly Hills Cop
As Sgt. Taggart
Beverly Hills Cop II
As John Taggart
Lawman Without a Gun
As 1st State Trooper
Gone Baby Gone
As Det. Nick Poole
Breaking Away
As Mike's Brother
Little Big League
As Mac MacNally
Trapped in Paradise
As Ed Dawson
King Kong Lives
As Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
Borderline
As Charlie Monroe
Midnight Run
As Marvin Dorfler
She's Having a Baby
As Ken
Meet the Deedles
As Capt. Douglas Pine
Reign of the Gargoyles
As Commander Latham
Psycho Sisters
As Brock
Some Kind of Wonderful
As Cliff Nelson
An Eye for an Eye
As Sgt. Matthews
Escape from Alaska
As Kemp
The Shooter
As Alex Reed
The Deliberate Stranger
As Det. Roger Dunn
The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands
As Orville
Fast Money
As Lt. Diego
Cat Murkil and the Silks
As Coach Larkin
For Which He Stands
As District Attorney
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
As Ulysses S. Grant
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
As Peter Bryant
Middle Men
As Morgan
Last Resort
As Phil Cocoran
Lonesome Soldier
As Macroberts
Oh, God!
As Police Officer (uncredited)
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
As Chief John Taggart
All Happy Families
Uncle John
As Uncle John
Dirty Work
As Eddie Ryan
Condition Red
As Deputy Warden
Instinct
As Guard Dacks
BRATS
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Curly Sue
As Frank Arnold
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
As Highway Patrolman
The Joke Thief
As Joseph Rogers
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
As Jake
Making a Deal with the Devil
As FBI Director
The Last Big Save
As Joseph Bird Sr.
Once Upon a River
American Christmas
As Rob
Honky Tonk Freeway
As Otto Kemper
A Letter to Dad
As Mike Donahue
I Want to Go Home
As Harry Dempsey
Death in Texas
As Asher
Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link
As Cash Hunt
My Father's House
As Sergeant
M*A*S*H
Starsky & Hutch
Judging Amy
As Dashiel Purdue
Today
As Self
A Touch of Frost
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As Alan Fewkes
Kojak
As Cullen
Dallas
As Willie Joe Garr
Police Squad!
Police Woman
Police Story
Hardball
As Charlie Battles
Code R
As Karl
I Know My First Name Is Steven
As Del Stayner
The Finder
As Franklin Sherman
Columbo
As Calvin MacGruder
The Tommyknockers
As Butch Duggan
A Death in California
As Bob Swalwell
Fairly Legal
As Lou Fisher
King of the Hill
As Instructor (voice)
The Twilight Zone
As Chief Brady Simmons
JAG
As Brian Turque
Fantasy Island
As Bobby
The A-Team
As Cactus Jack Slater