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John Ashley is a Actor and Producer American born on 25 december 1934 at Kansas City (USA)

John Ashley

John Ashley
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Birth name John Atchley
Nationality USA
Birth 25 december 1934 at Kansas City (USA)
Death 3 october 1997 (at 62 years) at New York City (USA)

John Ashley (December 25, 1934 - October 3, 1997) was an American actor, producer and singer. He was best known for his work as an actor in films for American International Pictures, producing and acting in horror movies shot in the Philippines, and for producing various television series, including The A-Team.

Biography

Ashley married actress Deborah Walley in 1962. They had one son, Anthony Ashley, before they divorced. Ashley later married his second wife, Nancy Moore, and had a son, Cole Ashley. He later remarried to his third wife, Jan Ashley. The couple remained married until John's death.

Best films

Apocalypse Now (1979)
(Associate Producer)

Usually with

Eddie Romero
Eddie Romero
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Filmography of John Ashley (37 films)

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Actor

Invisible Mom, 1h31
Directed by Fred Olen Ray
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Barry Livingston, Dee Wallace, Russ Tamblyn, John Ashley, Stella Stevens, Christopher Stone
Roles Herbert Pringle
Rating37% 1.8594051.8594051.8594051.8594051.859405
A family's life is thrown into comical chaos after mom accidentally drinks her inventor husband's latest concoction, an invisibility potion.
Sudden Death, 1h29
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Robert Conrad, Don Stroud, John Ashley, Felton Perry, Vic Díaz, Bill Raymond
Roles John Shaw
Rating55% 2.7676152.7676152.7676152.7676152.767615
When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death.
Smoke In The Wind
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Ashley, Walter Brennan, John Russell, Myron Daniel Healey, Henry Kingi, Dan White
Roles Whipple Mondier
Rating60% 3.0071853.0071853.0071853.0071853.007185
The War Between the States has just ended as the action in this work begins, following five Union soldiers as they return to their homes in the Ozarks of northern Arkansas, matter-of-factly planning a resumption of their pre-War existences. However, many residents from the village of Winslow and its surrounding region are averse to offering a helping hand to Yankees, Arkansas having been a member of the Confederacy. Nonetheless, some Winslow citizens are working to close the nation's divisiveness and it is to them that the returning veterans must look for support. Ongoing animosity between both factions in a recent war provides interesting material for a film; unfortunately, this one is not composed well with a result that it fails to develop interest for viewers. Veteran director of Westerns Joseph Kane is called from retirement as an attempt to rescue this faltering production, but he is not enough to offset a stale script and a great deal of deficient acting. Although it should properly be designated as a Southern rather than as a Western, some old hands of the latter genre are present, including Walter Brennan in his last feature film outing, John Russell, Myron Healey, and Dan White, each of whom plays creditably, although unavailingly, given the screenplay shortcomings. Locals, along with stuntmen, fill many of the parts, while members of a remarkable quartet composed of the lead females either are barely able to read their lines or overact to an absurd extent, sure signs of too few takes and a lack of direction. Cinematographer Mario Tosi creates a visually sensuous environment, one that correctly utilizes natural light; the sound mixing, however, is eccentric. The Ozark location is extraordinarily beautiful, and Tosi takes full advantage of its luxuriance so that in each scene, notwithstanding the action's failure to consistently draw in the viewer, there remains much to enjoy in the pictoral sense; 'tis less than providential that for Kane's swan song, the landscape steals the show.
Savage Sisters
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Gloria Hendry, John Ashley, Sid Haig, Eddie García, Cheri Caffaro, Vic Díaz
Roles W. P. Billingsley
Rating48% 2.419482.419482.419482.419482.41948
Set in a revolution torn country, the story is about an army led by a woman who helps out two other women escape from jail. A cache of money is around, but the escaped
Beyond Atlantis
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Patrick Wayne, John Ashley, Sid Haig, George Nader, Vic Díaz, Eddie García
Roles Logan
Rating41% 2.0711052.0711052.0711052.0711052.071105
A man brings a woman named Syrene (Leigh Christian) to an island, and she pays him with some pearls. The inhabitants of the island appear to be inbred, with oversized eyes, and they kill an intruder that they find. Back on the mainland, a fisherman, Manuel the Barracuda (Vic Diaz), pays East Eddie (Sid Haig), who runs the piers, with some pearls. Eddie shows them to Logan (Ashley), a local hustler, and they decide to find the source of the pearls. Logan meets Vic Mathias (Patrick Wayne), who has a boat, and strikes a deal with him to use the boat to look for the pearls. Dr. Katherine Vernon (Lenore Stevens) overhears this and talks to Logan, who agrees to meet her the next day. At a museum, Dr. Vernon tells Logan she wants to find the pearls solely for their scientific value. The party sets off for the island, confronting Manuel the Barracuda and finding the location. The group encounters Syrene and her people, who can live both on land and in the sea, and she agrees to show the party where the pearls are, but Syrene and her father Nereus (George Nader), want to mate Syrene with one of the group, specifically, Vic. She leads them to beds of pearls and the first mate is mysteriously killed. Vic wants to leave, but Logan and Eddie want to make one more dive. Syrene enraptures Vic and they mate. Nereus decides that the group must die, and Vic, Logan, Eddie and the crew have to fight their way back to their boat. Katherine is jumped by Syrene, but Syrene is killed, thus ending any chance for the race of sea people to continue. They all march into the sea as Logan takes a blanket of pearls from Syrene's funeral pyre. Manuel arrives and tries to double-cross the surviving pearl hunters. A fight breaks out and the case of pearls falls overboard, with Logan trying to convince Eddie and Vic that they can find the pearls.
The Woman Hunt, 1h21
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Sid Haig, Ken Metcalfe, Eddie García, Alona Alegre
Roles Tony
Rating46% 2.342582.342582.342582.342582.34258
Some mercenaries Tony (John Ashley), Silas (Sid Haig) and Karp (Ken Metcalf) have been kidnapping women and taking them to an island where a wealthy man named Spyros (Eddie Garcia) assembles a group to hunt the women. Tony begins to question what he is doing and helps McGee (Pat Woodell), Billie (Charlene Jones) and Lori (Laurie Rose) escape. Karp and Silas have a falling out and Karp kills Silas. Spyros' head of security, Magda (Lisa Todd) goes after the escapees but is killed in a trap. Billie and Lori are killed during the hunt and Tony kills Spyros. He and McGee escape to safety.
Twilight People
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors John Ashley, Pam Grier, Pat Woodell, Jan Merlin, Eddie García, Ken Metcalfe
Roles Matt Farrell
Rating41% 2.077942.077942.077942.077942.07794
While diving, Matt Farrell (Ashley) is kidnapped by Neva Gordon (Pat Woodell) and Steinman (Jan Merlin) and taken to an island where Neva's father Dr. Gordon (Charles Macauly) is experimenting, trying to make a "Super Race" by combining humans and animals. His creations are Ayesa the panther-woman (Grier), Kuzma the antelope-man (Ken Metcalfe), Darmo the bat-man (Tony Gonsalvez), Primo the ape-man (Kim Ramos), Lupa the wolf-woman (Mona Morena) and Doro the boar-man (who is shot down by Steinman while trying to flee early in the film). Dr. Gordon wants Farrell to be one of his upcoming experiments but Neva begins to doubt her fathers' work after a botched experiment on another test subject, Juan Pereira (Eddie Garcia). She decides to help Farrell and the animal people escape. As Steinman and his men hunt them down, Ayesa turns completely savage and is killed. A fierce gun-battle begins, and Farrell kills Steinman. Most of the other animal people are also killed, except Darmo, who is now able to fly and returns to the compound to attack Steinman's men. Dr. Gordon tries to escape, but is confronted and killed by the tree-woman who used to be his wife. At the end, Farrell and Neva watch as Darmo flies off.
The Beast of the Yellow Night, 1h27
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin Philippines
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Demons in film, Werewolves in film
Actors John Ashley, Mary Charlotte Wilcox, Leopoldo Salcedo, Eddie García, Ken Metcalfe, Vic Díaz
Roles Joseph Langdon / Philip Rogers
Rating34% 1.724471.724471.724471.724471.72447
Near the end of World War II, Satan saves Joseph Langdon/Philip Rogers (John Ashley) from death on condition that he become his disciple. Satan has Langdon inhabit the bodies of several people over the years, bringing out their latent evil. As it turns out, he becomes a hairy murderous beast — a werewolf on the rampage carrying out the evil deeds of the Devil for the next 25 years.
Beast of Blood
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin Philippines
Genres Adventure, Horror
Actors John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie García
Roles Dr. Bill Foster
Rating49% 2.4611652.4611652.4611652.4611652.461165
A ship carrying Dr. Bill Foster (John Ashley), Sheila Willard, her father and Carlos Lopez explodes and sinks after Don Ramon Lopez (the titular "beast") is found on board and goes on a rampage. Don Ramon washes up on Blood Island and heads to the jungle. Dr. Foster was the only other survivor, and after a few months, he heads back to the island on another ship. On board is reporter Myra Russell (Celeste Yarnall), who is looking for the story about the explosion.
Mad Doctor of Blood Island
Directed by Eddie Romero, Gerardo de León
Origin Philippines
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Actors John Ashley, Angelique Pettyjohn, Ronaldo Valdez, Germelina Viana Hernandez, Tita Muñoz
Roles Dr. Bill Foster
Rating46% 2.3090952.3090952.3090952.3090952.309095
A woman running naked through the jungle is killed by something. A ship arrives at Blood Island carrying American pathologist Bill Foster(John Ashley), who is investigating the discovery of green blood; Sheila Willard (Angelique Pettyjohn), who has come to find her father; and Carlos Lopez (Ronaldo Valdez), who wants to get his mother, Mrs. Lopez (Tita Munoz), off the island. The captain of the ship claims that the island is cursed and tells a story of a man they picked up on a raft who bled green blood.
Brides of Blood, 1h37
Directed by Eddie Romero, Gerardo de León
Origin Philippines
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors John Ashley, Kent Taylor, Mario Montenegro, Eva Darren
Roles Jim Farrell
Rating50% 2.5063852.5063852.5063852.5063852.506385
The film opens with a freighter approaching a tropical island; on board, the captain of the boat has breakfast with his three passengers. Dr. Paul Henderson is a scientist who has come to the island to investigate the possibility of radiation due to the testing of atomic bombs in the area. Accompanying him is his beautiful wife, Carla, who seems to suffer from an extreme case of sexual frustration; she makes provocative statements intended to get a rise out of her stoic and seemingly emotionless husband. The third American on board is Jim Farrell, a Peace Corps representative who is traveling to the island to help the natives build facilities to better their lives. The captain tells his passengers that the island is rumored to be cursed, and is referred to by those in the vicinity as "Blood Island". The boat itself is the only one that makes a stop there, with the purpose of delivering supplies. There are only two stops per year, once every six months.
Hell on Wheels
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Sports films
Actors John Ashley, Gigi Perreau, Robert Foulk
Roles Del Robbins
Rating37% 1.8912851.8912851.8912851.8912851.891285
Two brothers, one a racing car driver the other a mechanic, fall in love with the same woman.