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"The A-Team" (1983): Season 3: Episode 14 -- B.A. and Murdock protect diner owners from a man who is trying to put them out of business.
Gone Baby Gone (2007) -- Clip- Meet the captain - pre
Gone Baby Gone (2007) -- 2, post
"Wonder Woman" (1976): Season 1: Episode 12 -- Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor travel to Argentina to beat a pair of enemy agents to a secret formula that can make rubber as tough as steel.
Gone Baby Gone (2007) -- Clip-Intro, pre

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Date of Birth:
22 February 1948, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA more
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Trivia:
Burly, balding character actor best known for his 80s detectives in... more
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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 Ashton
US TV Schedule:
Tue. Nov. 108:00 PMUSA Law & Order: Special Victims UnitBaggage#10.18more

Filmography

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Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. A Letter to Dad (2009) 2009 - -
- 2. Middle Men (2009) Morgan 2009 - 5.8 (14)
- 3. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)   Chief of Detectives (1 episode, 2009) 2009 - 8.6 (7,925)
AKAs:
  • Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  • Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)
1 TV episode:
- 4. Gone Baby Gone (2007) Nick Poole 2007 $21.2M 7.9 (54,733)
- 5. Reign of the Gargoyles (2007) (TV) Commander Latham 2007 - 4.1 (290)
- 6. Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006) Harry 2006 - 6.2 (19)
- 7. Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005) (TV) Richie Parsons 2005 - 6.4 (133)
- 8. "Body & Soul" (2002)   Jordan Meadows (1 episode, 2002) 2002 - 1.3 (41)
1 TV episode:
- 9. "Going to California" (2001)   Victor (1 episode, 2001) 2001 - 7.2 (78)
1 TV episode:
- 10. "Judging Amy" (1999)   Dashiel Purdue (1 episode, 2001) 2001 - 7.0 (1,164)
1 TV episode:
- 11. Bill's Gun Shop (2001) Bill Voight 2001 - 4.5 (49)
- 12. Avalanche (1999)   Kemp 1999 - 4.0 (302)
AKAs:
  • Escape from Alaska (USA: video title)
- 13. Instinct (1999) Guard Dacks 1999 $36.7M 6.2 (14,214)
- 14. "Fantasy Island" (1998)   (1 episode, 1999) 1999 - 5.9 (159)
1 TV episode:
- 15. My Uncle Sidney (1998) Uncle Sidney 1998 - -
- 16. "King of the Hill" (1997)   Instructor (1 episode, 1998) 1998 - 7.7 (2,869)
1 TV episode:
- 17. The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) (TV) Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant 1998 - 6.8 (195)
- 18. Meet the Deedles (1998)   Capt. Douglas Pine 1998 - 3.4 (1,296)
AKAs:
  • The Deedles
- 19. Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997) (TV) Peter Bryant 1997 - 5.8 (153)
- 20. Fast Money (1996) Lt. Diego 1996 - 5.5 (422)
- 21. "JAG" (1995)   Agent Brian Turque (1 episode, 1996) 1996 - 6.7 (2,706)
AKAs:
  • JAG: Judge Advocate General (Australia)
1 TV episode:
- 22. For Which He Stands (1996) District Attorney 1996 - 5.0 (83)
- 23. The Shooter (1995)   Alex Reed 1995 - 4.5 (727)
AKAs:
  • Único sospechoso (Spain: TV title)
  • Desafío final (Spain)
  • Hidden Assassin (USA: video title)
  • Strelec (Czech Republic)
- 24. Trapped in Paradise (1994) Ed Dawson 1994 - 5.6 (4,397)
- 25. Little Big League (1994) Mac Macnally 1994 - 5.7 (3,037)
- 26. In the Living Years (1994)   Mike Donahue 1994 - 4.9 (37)
AKAs:
  • Letter to Dad (USA)
- 27. The Tommyknockers (1993) (TV)   Trooper Butch Duggan 1993 - 5.1 (3,696)
AKAs:
  • Stephen King's The Tommyknockers
- 28. Dirty Work (1992) (TV) Eddie 1992 - 4.5 (17)
- 29. Curly Sue (1991) (uncredited) Frank Arnold 1991 - 4.9 (5,626)
- 30. Love, Lies and Murder (1991) (TV) Carrothers 1991 - 6.6 (192)
- 31. Saturday's (1991) (TV) George 1991 - -
- 32. "Hardball" (1989)   Charlie Battles (18 episodes, 1989-1990) 1990 - 5.6 (59)
18 TV episodes: 13 episodes not shown.
- 33. "The Tracey Ullman Show" (1987)   Jimmy, neighborly doorman (1 episode, 1990) 1990 - 7.1 (191)
1 TV episode:
- 34. I Want to Go Home (1989)   Harry Dempsey 1989 - 5.6 (221)
AKAs:
  • Je veux rentrer à la maison (France)
- 35. I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) (TV)   Del Stayner 1989 - 7.4 (917)
AKAs:
  • The Missing Years
- 36. Midnight Run (1988) Marvin Dorfler 1988 - 7.5 (21,745)
- 37. She's Having a Baby (1988) Ken 1988 - 5.4 (4,757)
- 38. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Det. Sgt. John Taggart 1987 $300M 6.0 (27,188)
- 39. Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Cliff Nelson 1987 - 6.7 (8,094)
- 40. King Kong Lives (1986)   Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt 1986 - 3.2 (1,969)
AKAs:
  • King Kong 2 (USA: alternative title)
- 41. "Brothers" (1984)   Agent Harris (1 episode, 1986) 1986 - 7.8 (87)
1 TV episode:
- 42. "Hardcastle and McCormick" (1983)   Leonard Porter (1 episode, 1986) 1986 - 6.3 (230)
1 TV episode:
- 43. The Deliberate Stranger (1986) (TV) Det. Roger Dunn 1986 - 7.4 (662)
- 44. Last Resort (1986)   Phil Cocoran 1986 - 3.5 (146)
AKAs:
  • She Knew No Other Way
- 45. "The Twilight Zone" (1985)   Crew Chief Brady Simmons (segment "Chameleon") (1 episode, 1985) 1985 - 7.8 (1,127)
AKAs:
  • The New Twilight Zone (Australia)
1 TV episode:
- 46. A Death in California (1985) (TV)   Det. Bob Swalwell 1985 - 6.2 (77)
AKAs:
  • Psychopath (USA: video title)
- 47. "The A-Team" (1983)   Cactus Jack Slater (1 episode, 1985) 1985 - 7.6 (4,989)
1 TV episode:
- 48. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Det. Sgt. John Taggart 1984 $316M 7.3 (41,279)
- 49. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)   (as John David Ashton) Highway Patrolman 1984 - 6.0 (9,317)
AKAs:
  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (USA: short title)
- 50. Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984) (V)   Cash Hunt 1984 - 4.7 (8)
AKAs:
  • Money Hunt (USA: video box title)
- 51. "Police Squad!" (1982)   Rocky (1 episode, 1982) 1982 - 8.7 (2,295)
- 52. Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) Otto Kemper 1981 - 4.8 (421)
- 53. Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) (TV) Jake 1981 - 4.8 (77)
- 54. "Breaking Away" (1980)   Roy (1 episode, 1980) 1980 - 7.6 (41)
1 TV episode:
- 55. Borderline (1980) Charlie Monroe 1980 - 5.6 (510)
- 56. "Dallas" (1978)   Willie Joe Garr (6 episodes, 1978-1979) 1979 - 6.9 (2,103)
- 57. Breaking Away (1979) Mike's Brother 1979 - 7.7 (8,703)
- 58. Lawman Without a Gun (1979) (TV)   1st State Trooper 1979 - 6.3 (20)
AKAs:
  • He Who Walks Alone (USA: video title)
  • This Man Stands Alone (USA: alternative title)
- 59. "Starsky and Hutch" (1975)   Paul H. Willits / Roy Sears (2 episodes, 1977-1978) 1978 - 7.0 (928)
2 TV episodes:
- 60. Oh, God! (1977) (uncredited) Police Officer 1977 - 6.3 (3,572)
- 61. "M*A*S*H" (1972)   The M.P. (1 episode, 1977) 1977 - 8.6 (6,977)
1 TV episode:
- 62. "The Rhinemann Exchange" (1977) 1977 - 7.3 (61)
- 63. "Wonder Woman" (1976)   Thug (1 episode, 1977) 1977 - 6.9 (689)
AKAs:
  • The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (USA: new title)
  • The New Original Wonder Woman (USA: first episodes title)
1 TV episode:
- 64. "Police Woman" (1974)   Curt Thomas (1 episode, 1977) 1977 - 6.6 (186)
1 TV episode:
- 65. "Police Story" (1973)   Sergeant Paulson (1 episode, 1976) 1976 - 7.5 (150)
1 TV episode:
- 66. Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976)   High school coach 1976 - 4.7 (32)
AKAs:
  • Cruisin' High (USA: reissue title)
  • L.A. Gangs Rising (USA: alternative title)
  • Street Kids of America (USA: alternative title)
- 67. The Psychopath (1975)   (as John D. Ashton) Sgt. Matthews 1975 - 4.5 (38)
AKAs:
  • An Eye for an Eye
- 68. My Father's House (1975) (TV) Sergeant 1975 - 6.6 (21)
- 69. "Columbo" (1971)   Calvin MacGruder (1 episode, 1974) 1974 - 8.6 (316)
1 TV episode:
- 70. "Kojak" (1973)   Culler (1 episode, 1974) 1974 - 7.3 (799)
1 TV episode:
  • Mojo (1974) Culler
- 71. So Evil, My Sister (1974)   Brock 1974 - 3.9 (33)
AKAs:
  • Psycho Sisters
  • The Sibling
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Beverly Hills Cop: The Phenomenon Begins (2002) (V) Himself 2002 - 5.0 (12)
Archive Footage
- 1. "JAG"  
1 TV episode:

Additional Details

Other Works:
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. more
Genres:
Drama | Crime | Action | Comedy more
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Murder | Character Name In Title | Independent Film | Police more

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