John Ashton’s career began modestly with minor roles in TV series like Starsky & Hutch, Columbo, and Dallas.His breakout role came in 1984 when he was cast in Martin Brest’s Beverly Hills Cop ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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. He was 76.