Oklahoma-bred John Ashley got his start in the movie business while on
a vacation in California. A friend from Oklahoma State University got
him onto the set of the
John Wayne movie
The Conqueror (1956), and Wayne in turn
steered him toward a job in television in the
William Castle series
Men of Annapolis (1957).
One day, Ashley was at the offices of American International Pictures
to pick up his girlfriend, who was auditioning for a part in the
company's
Dragstrip Girl (1957). AIP house writer
Lou Rusoff saw Ashley waiting in the
hall and decided the young man was the type AIP was looking for to play
the
Dragstrip Girl (1957) male lead. Ashley acted in a long line of "kids-in-trouble"
melodramas, monster movies and in the Beach Party series before carving
a lucrative niche for himself as producer-star of a series of Filipino
exploitation pictures. He was also producer of several TV series,
including
The A-Team (1983) and
Werewolf (1987).
Invisible Mom(1996)as Herbert Pringle
The A-Team(1983)as Narrator, Radio Newscaster, Announcer
Hardcastle and McCormick(1983)as Narrator
Sudden Death(1977)as John Shaw
Smoke in the Wind(1975)as Whipple Mondier
Scar City(1998)
Lawless(1997)
Marker(1995)
Walker, Texas Ranger(1993)
Raven(1992)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini(1965)
Hot Rod Gang(1958)
How to Make a Monster(1958)
Zero Hour!(1957)
Here's Hollywood(1960)as Self
Monster Invaders from Space(2018)as Stan Kenyon
Hollywood Horrors(2018)as Self
Machete Maidens Unleashed!(2010)as Self - Actor, Producer
The Best of Sex and Violence(1981)as Matt Farrell, Logan, W.P. Bilingsley
