John Ashton: movies and TV shows
John Ashton has 78 credits in the archive: 52 films and 26 TV series, from 1952 to 2024. Highest rated: Columbo (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1952 – 2024 · busiest year: 1986 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Chief John Taggart | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 2024 | BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2024 | All Happy Families | Roy Landry | Film | 5.4 | 76 |
| 2023 | Lonesome Soldier | Macroberts | Film | 4.5 | 75 |
| 2022 | Death in Texas | Asher | Film | 5.0 | 74 |
| 2019 | The Last Big Save | Joseph Bird Sr. | Film | 5.8 | 71 |
| 2019 | American Christmas | Rob | Film | 3.8 | 71 |
| 2019 | Making a Deal with the Devil | FBI Director | Film | — | 71 |
| 2019 | Once Upon a River | Film | 6.5 | 71 | |
| 2018 | The Joke Thief | Joseph Rogers | Film | 5.8 | 70 |
| 2015 | Uncle John | Uncle John | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 2012 | The Finder | Franklin Sherman | TV | 7.1 | 64 |
| 2011 | Fairly Legal | Lou Fisher | TV | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2009 | Middle Men | Morgan | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2009 | A Letter to Dad | Mike Donahue | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Nick Poole | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 2007 | Reign of the Gargoyles | Commander Latham | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2001 | Bill's Gun Shop | Bill Voight | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Alan Fewkes | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Dashiel Purdue | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1999 | Instinct | Guard Dacks | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1999 | Escape from Alaska | Kemp | Film | 4.7 | 51 |
| 1998 | Fantasy Island | Bobby | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1998 | Meet the Deedles | Capt. Douglas Pine | Film | 4.6 | 50 |
| 1998 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Ulysses S. Grant | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Instructor (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1997 | Little Girls in Pretty Boxes | Peter Bryant | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1996 | For Which He Stands | District Attorney | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1996 | Fast Money | Lt. Diego | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1995 | JAG | Brian Turque | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1995 | The Shooter | Alex Reed | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1995 | Condition Red | Deputy Warden | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Ed Dawson | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1994 | Little Big League | Mac MacNally | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1993 | The Tommyknockers | Butch Duggan | TV | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 44 | |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Ridley | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1992 | Dirty Work | Eddie Ryan | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1991 | Love, Lies and Murder | Carrothers | TV | 4.9 | 43 |
| 1991 | Curly Sue | Frank Arnold | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1989 | Hardball | Charlie Battles | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1989 | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Del Stayner | TV | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1989 | I Want to Go Home | Harry Dempsey | Film | 4.8 | 41 |
| 1988 | Midnight Run | Marvin Dorfler, Headhunter | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Ken | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II | John Taggart | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Cliff Nelson | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1986 | King Kong Lives | Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Roger Dunn | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Roger Dunn | TV | — | 38 |
| 1986 | Last Resort | Phil Cocoran | Film | 3.6 | 38 |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Chief Brady Simmons (segment "Chameleon") | TV | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1985 | A Death in California | Bob Swalwell | TV | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | Sgt. Taggart | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Highway Patrolman | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1984 | Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link | Cash Hunt | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Cactus Jack Slater | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1982 | Police Squad! | TV | 7.9 | 34 | |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Otto Kemper | Film | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1981 | Elvis and the Beauty Queen | Jake | Film | 3.9 | 33 |
| 1980 | Borderline | Charlie Monroe | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1979 | Breaking Away | Mike's Brother | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1979 | Lawman Without a Gun | 1st State Trooper | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1978 | Dallas | Willie Joe Garr | TV | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1978 | The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands | Orville | Film | — | 30 |
| 1977 | Code R | Karl | TV | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1977 | Oh, God! | Police Officer (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1976 | Cat Murkil and the Silks | Coach Larkin | Film | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | TV | 7.3 | 27 | |
| 1975 | My Father's House | Sergeant | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1974 | Psycho Sisters | Brock | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Cullen | TV | 7.2 | 25 |
| 1973 | Police Story | TV | 7.0 | 25 | |
| 1973 | An Eye for an Eye | Sgt. Matthews | Film | 5.6 | 25 |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | TV | 7.9 | 24 | |
| 1971 | Columbo | Calvin MacGruder | TV | 8.1 | 23 |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 4 |
| Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2 | Judge Nathan Rivers | Film | — | — |