The interpreter of Sergeant John Ashton in the saga “Beverly Hills Cop” died at the age of 76 this Thursday, September 26.
American actor John Ashton, known to audiences for his role as Sergeant John Taggart in the franchise Beverly Hills Copdied Thursday, September 26 in Fort Collins, Colorado. The announcement of his death was made in a press release sent by his family, but the causes of his disappearance are currently unknown. The actor was 76 years old.
Television actor, John Ashton made his debut in the series Dallasbefore making a few appearances in other flagship programs of the 1970s, such as Wonder Woman, MASH, Columbo Or Kojak. In the 1980s, it was in The Fifth Dimension Then The All Risks Agency that we were able to recognize his face.
His film roles
In the cinema, his most cult role was that of investigator John Taggart, who can be seen in several episodes of Beverly Hills Cop since 1984. He has participated in all films, with the exception of the third episode. We see it in particular in the fourth opus, available on Netflix and released last July.
But that wasn’t the only role he played on the big screen. John Ashton also played alongside Robert DeNiro in 1988 in Midnight Runbut also in the film Gone Baby Gonefilm by Ben Affleck with Casey Affleck, released in 2007. The fourth opus of the saga Beverly Hills Cop However, this remains his last on-screen role.