John Ashton, best known for playing John Taggart in the film John Taggart beverly hills cop and three sequels, already dead. He is 76 years old.
Ashton died Thursday in Fort Collins, Colorado, after a brief battle with cancer, his agent, Alan Summers, told reporters. hollywood reporter.
Detective Sergeant Taggart, played by Ashton, appeared in the first two films beverly hills cop Starred in films with Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold in 1984 and 1987. He returns in the role in 2024 and has been promoted to Police Chief Beverly Hills Detective: Axel F.
Ashton has also appeared in more than half a century of films and television shows, including 1973’s an eye for an eye1974 So evil, my sister1976 Cat Mukill and Silk1979 edge and 1981 Bentonk Highway.
Most recently, he had a role in the 2006 film sweet deadly dream2007 Gone, baby gone2009 middleman and 2023 lonely soldier. On television, he guest-starred columbusoh, police story barnaby jones and mashed.
exist dallas In 1978-79, he played Willie Jo Garr, JR’s (Larry Hagman) business partner who accidentally leads to an affair with JR’s former secretary and mistress Julie Gray (Tina Lewis) )die.
John David Ashton was born on February 22, 1948 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was raised in Enfield, Connecticut, by his parents, Edward Richard Ashton Sr. and Eva May Ashton. He attended Enfield High School and Defiance College before transferring to the University of Southern California, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in theater arts.
Ashton is survived by his sisters, Sharon Ann Ashton (and her husband, Montana District Judge Kenneth R. Neal) and Linda Jean Ashton; his brother, Edward Richard Ashton, Jr.;
A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Donations in his memory may be made to Pathways Hospice Care, 305 Carpenter Road, Fort Collins, CO 80525.
