FILM
Invisible Mom (1997) with Dee Wallace, Russ Tamblyn, Barry Livingston, Stella Stevens, and Brinke Stevens
Sudden Death (1977) with Robert Conrad, Don Stroud, Felton Perry, and Chuck Courtney
Smoke in the Wind (1975) with John Russell, Myron Healey, Walter Brennan, and Lorna Thayer
Black Mamba (1974) with Eddie Garcia
Savage Sisters (1974) with Gloria Hendry, Sig Haig, and Vic Diaz
Beyond Atlantis (1973) with George Nader, Patrick Wayne, Sid Haig, and Vic Diaz
The Twilight People (1972) with Pam Grier and Pat Woodell
Woman Hunt (1972) with Sid Haig and Pat Woodell
Beast of the Yellow Night (1971) with Vic Diaz
Beast of Blood (1971) with Eddie Garcia
Brides of Blood (1968) with Kent Taylor and Beverly Powers
The Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) with Angelique Pettyjohn
Manila Open City (1968) with Alex Nicol
Hell On Wheels (1967) with Marty Robbins, Gigi Perreau, and Connie Smith
Attack of the Eye Creatures (1965) with Cynthia Hull; directed by Larry Buchanan
Sergeant Deadhead (1965) with Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley, Eve Arden, and Donna Loren
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) with Annette Funicello and Jody McCrea
Young Dillinger (1965) with Nick Adams, Robert Conrad, Joy Harmon, Mary Ann Mobley, and Beverly Powers
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, Jody McCrea, and Donna Loren
Bikini Beach (1964) with Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Jody McCrea, and Donna Loren
Muscle Beach Party (1964) with Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Peter Lupus, Jody McCrea, Peter Lorre, and Donna Loren
Beach Party (1963) with Robert Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Jody McCrea, and Yvette Vickers
Hud (1963) with Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, and Whit Bissell
High School Caesar (1960) with Judy Nugent
T-Bird Gang (1959) with Ed Nelson
Hot Rod Gang (1958) with Jody Fair and Doodles Weaver
Suicide Battalion (1958) with Mike Connors
Frankenstein's Daughter (1958) with Sandra Knight and Sally Todd
How to Make a Monster (1958) with Gary Conway
Zero Hour (1957) with Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Sterling Hayden
Motorcycle Gang (1957) with Steve Terrell, Jean Moorhead, and Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Dragstrip Girl (1957) with Fay Spain, Steve Terrell, and Frank Gorshin
TELEVISION SERIES
Straightaway, 1961-1962 ABC TV series. Ashley portrayed Clipper Hamilton. Also starring in the series was Brian Kelly
TELEVISION GUEST APPEARANCES
The Beverly Hillbillies, episode Mr. Universe Muscles In, originally aired October 25, 1967
The Wild, Wild West, episode The Night of the Watery Death, originally aired November 11, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies, episode The Cat Burglar, originally aired January 26, 1966
Dr. Kildare, episode Night of the Beast, originally aired April 23, 1964
Petticoat Junction, episode Spur Line To Shady Rest, originally aired September 24, 1963
The Beverly Hillbillies, episode Elly Becomes A Secretary, originally aired May 22, 1963
Wagon Train, episode The Abel Weatherly Story, originally aired January 2, 1963
Death Valley Days, episode The Hold-Up Proof Safe, originally aired October 2, 1961
Wagon Train, episode The Amos Gibbon Story, originally aired April 20, 1960
The Millionaire, episode Millionaire Susan Johnson, originally April 5, 1960
The Deputy, episode The Wild Wind, originally aired September 19, 1959
Frontier Doctor, episode Elkton Lake Feud, originally aired May 16, 1959
Jefferson Drum, episode Arrival, originally aired April 25, 1958
Men of Annapolis, episode Blinding Light, originally aired 1957
links
The Astounding B Monster: Remembering John Ashley
This site is a nice tribute to John Ashley written by Fred Olen Ray.
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Born John Atchley in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 25, 1934, actor and producer John Ashley was raised in Oklahoma by his adoptive parents.
In high school, Ashley proved to be an excellent wrestler and went to college at Oklahoma State University on a wrestling scholarship. With
a business degree in hand, he was vacationing in southern California when he became interested in acting and managed to get a part as an extra in The Conqueror
(1956; with John Wayne). Actor John Wayne recommended the young actor to
director William Castle, who was looking for an actor with wrestling experience for an episode of his
syndicated television series Men of Annapolis (1957-1958). Ashley got the part. Soon, he snagged a starring role the in American International Pictures (AIP) release
Dragstrip Girl (1957; Fay Spain, Steven Terrell, Frank Gorshin, and Judy Bamber), beginning Ashley's
long association with AIP.
