John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died.
NEW YORK — He was 76.Ashton died Thursday in Fort Collins, Colorado, his family announced in a statement released by Ashton's manager, Alan Somers, on Sunday. No cause of death was immediately available.In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ashton was a regular face across TV series and films, including 'Midnight Run,” “Little Big League” and “Gone Baby Gone.”But in the “ Beverly Hills Cop ” films, Ashton played an essential part of an indelible trio.
Ashton co-starred in the first two films, beginning with the 1984 original, and returned for the the Netflix reboot, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,' released earlier this year.Ashton played a more unscrupulous character in Martin Brest's 1988 buddy comedy “Midnight Run.” He was the rival bounty hunter also pursuing Charles Grodin's wanted accountant in “The Duke' while he's in the custody of Robert De Niro's Jack Walsh.
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