John Ashton From The Movie Once Upon A River

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 5 p.m.

John has appeared in over 100 stage, film, and television productions throughout his more than 50-year illustrious career. Select credits include "Kojak," "Colombo," "Police Story," and a recurring role as Willie Joe Garr in the hit series "Dallas." He then starred in a few mini-series including "A Death in California," "Love, Lies and Murder," "The Tommyknockers," and the critically acclaimed "I Know My First Name is Steven." He later starred as Charlie Battles in his own series "Hardball" for NBC.

His many film credits include BREAKING AWAY, SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, SHE'S HAVING A BABY, and LITTLE BIG LEAGUE.

His most well known critically acclaimed hit films were BEVERLY HILLS COP I & II as Sgt. John Taggart, and MIDNIGHT RUN as Marvin Dorfler. John received his BA degree in Theater Arts from the University of Southern California and is proudly still working at the profession he loves.