The US actor John Ashton has died at the age of 76 in Fort Collins, Colorado. His manager confirmed this to Variety.
Born in Springfield on February 22, 1948, the actor’s career has spanned five decades, both on television and in the cinema. “An Eye for an Eye” (1973), “So Evil, My Sister” (1974), “Cat Murkil and the Silks” (1976), “Breaking Away” (1979), “Borderline” (1980), “Honky Tonk Freeway » (1981) and “Gone Baby Gone” (2007) are just a few of the films in which John Ashton appeared.
However, he became world famous as Detective Sergeant John Taggart in the first two “Beverly Hills Cop” films (1984 and 1987), in which he played alongside Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold. Ashton was also seen again in his role as Taggart in the new film in the saga, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F”, which was released in cinemas in July of this year, as Le Matin writes.
In the action comedy “Midnight Run” (1988) he played the brutal and clumsy bounty hunter Marvin Dorfler. John Ashton has appeared on television in numerous series, including “Columbo”, “Barnaby Jones”, “MASH”, “Starsky and Hutch” and “Dallas”. Ashton was married and had two children.
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