Biography
A burly, mustachioed character actor frequently cast as law enforcement agents or villainous heavies, John Ashton began his acting career on the L. A. stage in the early 1970s after graduating from USC. The New Englander entered films as a police sergeant in "Psychopath" (1973) and went on to be cast as law enforcement agents in such efforts as "Breaking Away" (1979, as Dennis Quaid's older brother), "Borderline" (1980) and the cult favorite …
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Hardball | Charlie Battles |
Moosie | Deputy Carson Baker |
Dirty Work | Eddie |
Bill's Gun Shop | Bill Voight |
I Know My First Name Is Steven | Del Stayner |
Love, Lies and Murder | Frank Carrothers |
Fast Money | Actor |
Last Resort | Phil Corcoran |
Little Big League | Mac MacNally |
In the Living Years | Mike |
Avalanche | Kemp |
Beverly Hills Cop | Sergeant Taggart |
Meet the Deedles | Captain Douglas Pine |
Stephen King's The Tommyknockers | Butch |
Midnight Run | Marvin Dorfler |
Gone Baby Gone | Nick Poole |
The Shooter | Alex Reed |
King Kong Lives | Colonel Nevitt |
A Death in California | Detective Bob Swalwell |
Beverly Hills Cop II | John Taggart |
I Want to Go Back Home | Harry Dempsey |
For Which He Stands | District Attorney |
Some Kind of Wonderful | Cliff |
Instinct | Guard Dacks |
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes | Peter Bryant |
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