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Producer, Executive Producer, Actor
Born:
December 25, 1934 in Kansas City, MO
Death:
October 4, 1997 in New York City, NY
Biography:"John Ashley" should be a familiar name and face to anyone who attended a drive-in double feature in the 1950s. Ashley starred or co-starred in such passion-pit fodder as "Hot Rod Gang" (1958), "How to Make a Monster" (1958), "Frankenstein's Daughter" (1959) and "High School Caesar" (1960). In 1961, Ashley co-starred with future "Flipper" leading man "Brian Kelly" in the short-lived TV action series "Straightaway". Ashley switched his base of operations to the Philippines in the 1960s and 1970s, frequently wearing several hats as actor, producer, director and scriptwriter. Films like "Mad Doctor of Blood Island" (1969) may not have been cited at the annual Oscar ceremonies, but they paid the bills many times over for the peripatetic Ashley. In the 1980s, Ashley hooked up with television producer "Stephen J. Cannell" to work on such series as "The A-Team". He later teamed with "Frank Lupo" to executive... Full Biography
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