Personal Info
Birth date
1934-12-25 (90 Years)
Day of death
1997-10-03
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also known as
John Atchley
John Ashley
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Ashley (December 25, 1934, Kansas City, Missouri – October 3, 1997) was an actor who appeared in many films, most notably the American International Pictures' "Beach Party" films. In the 1961–1962 television season, he appeared with costar Brian Kelly on ABC's Straightaway a half-hour series about auto racing which ran on Friday evenings. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Ashley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
The A-Team
7.5
Overview:
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."Petticoat Junction
5.803
Overview:
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.Walker, Texas Ranger
6.972
Overview:
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.The Beverly Hillbillies
6.9
Overview:
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.The Wild Wild West
7.5
Overview:
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.Dr. Kildare
5.5
Overview:
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.The Millionaire
5
Overview:
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.Apocalypse Now
8.271
Overview:
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.The Twilight People
4.5
Overview:
A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.Suicide Battalion
4.5
Overview:
Second World War drama, set in the Philippines about a group of men recruited for the dangerous mission of destroying an American base to keep strategic papers out of enemy hands when Japanese forces invade. The men spend their last hours drowning their sorrows in a bar, but time is running out. American International Pictures originally distributed this film as a double feature with "Jet Attack".Hud
7.3
Overview:
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."Hardball
7
Overview:
Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.Beach Party
5.973
Overview:
Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric Von Zipper and dance to Dick Dale and the Del Tones.Sergeant Deadhead
4
Overview:
An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the astronaut, and the astronaut has the brains of the chimp. Complications ensue.Beach Blanket Bingo
6
Overview:
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei.Bikini Beach
5.7
Overview:
A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is intending to build a retirement home.Zero Hour!
6.6
Overview:
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.Straightaway
NYR
Overview:
Straightaway is a 26-week half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired on ABC during the 1961–1962 season – the story of two young men who operate a garage and engage in auto racing. John Ashley and Brian Kelly played race car designers Clipper Hamilton and Scott Ross, respectively. Scott designs the vehicles, and Clipper is the mechanic. Asa Maynor was cast in four episodes as Dixie. Most episodes center on the clients who bring a race car to the Straightaway Garage. The series was originally planned to be named “The Racers”, but the title had to be altered because of sponsor problems. Straightaway ran at 7:30 Eastern on Fridays opposite CBS’s Rawhide with Clint Eastwood and Eric Fleming. Straightaway was moved to Wednesdays effective January 10, 1962, for the remainder of its brief run.Brides of Blood
4.7
Overview:
Americans investigating the results of nuclear radiation discover a man-eating monster on a remote island.Monster Invaders from Space
4
Overview:
Monsters from space attack earth, two scientists and a couple of teenagers try to stop the extraterrestrial invaders.Smoke In The Wind
6
Overview:
The Civil War is over but in the Ozarks of Arkansas people are not ready to forgive and forget. The Mondier brothers have returned from fighting for the Union and Mort Fagan is keeping things difficult for them in the community.How to Make a Monster
5.6
Overview:
When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
5.4
Overview:
When he's stationed in Tahiti, a sailor hires a witch doctor to keep an eye on his girlfriend.Black Mama, White Mama
5.401
Overview:
When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight their way across the wilderness, igniting a bloody shootout between gangsters and a group of revolutionaries.The Eye Creatures
2.9
Overview:
A teenager and his girlfriend must save the world from "eye" aliens after their attempts to convince authorities of an invasion fall on deaf ears.Muscle Beach Party
5.6
Overview:
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.Beast of Blood
4.326
Overview:
A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.High School Caesar
5.8
Overview:
Matt Stevens is the big man at high school. He sweats the students for protection money, acquires copies of tests for a fee, and has rigged the votes so he can beat Kelly in the election for student president. Aside from his anointed acolytes, Matt is almost universally despised. His parents are obscenely rich and spend their time travelling in Europe rather than giving him the parental guidance he needs. Things begin to get ugly when some of the teens resist his power and show Matt up at the drag race.Acting
2018Monster Invaders from Space as Stan Kenyon (archive footage)
1996Invisible Mom as Herbert Pringle
1977Sudden Death as John Shaw
1975Smoke In The Wind as Whipple Mondier
1974Savage Sisters as W. P. Billingsley
1974Black Mamba as Dr. Paul Morgan
1973Beyond Atlantis as Logan
1972The Woman Hunt as Tony
1972The Twilight People as Matt Farrell
1971The Beast of the Yellow Night as Joseph Langdon / Philip Rogers
1970Beast of Blood as Dr. Bill Foster
1969Mad Doctor of Blood Island as Dr. Bill Foster
1968Brides of Blood as Jim Farrell
1968Manila, Open City as U.S. Medic
1967The Eye Creatures as Stan Kenyon
1967Hell on Wheels as Del Robbins
1965The Wild Wild West (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965Sergeant Deadhead as Airman Filroy
1965How to Stuff a Wild Bikini as Johnny
1965Young Dillinger as 'Baby Face' Nelson
1965Beach Blanket Bingo as Steve Gordon
1964Bikini Beach as Johnny
1964Muscle Beach Party as Johnny
1963Petticoat Junction (1 Episode) as Fred
1963Beach Party as Ken
1963Hud as Hermy
1962The Beverly Hillbillies (2, 1 Episode) as Troy Apollo, Bob Billington
1961Straightaway (26 Episodes) as Clipper Hamilton
1961Dr. Kildare (1 Episode) as Mitch
1960High School Caesar as Matt Stevens
1958Frankenstein's Daughter as Johnny Bruder
1958Hot Rod Gang as John Abernathy III
1958How to Make a Monster as Himself
1958Suicide Battalion as Tommy Novello
1957Zero Hour! as TV Singer
1957Motorcycle Gang as Nick Rogers
1957Dragstrip Girl as Fred Armstrong
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Ken Clarkson
Production
1993Walker, Texas Ranger (202 Episodes) ... Producer
1989Hardball (18 Episodes) ... Producer
1983The A-Team (94 Episodes) ... Producer
1982The Quest (10 Episodes) ... Producer
1979Apocalypse Now ... Associate Producer
1974Savage Sisters ... Producer
1974Black Mamba ... Producer
1973Beyond Atlantis ... Producer
1973Black Mama, White Mama ... Producer
1972The Woman Hunt ... Producer
1972The Twilight People ... Producer
1971The Big Doll House ... Executive Producer
1971The Beast of the Yellow Night ... Executive Producer