John Middleton (born 7 September 1953) is an English actor, known for his role as Ashley Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
He has appeared in many other TV programmes, including Cracker "Men Should Weep" and most notably in 1993 as John Hargreaves in Coronation Street, the man who knocked down and killed Lisa Duckworth.
Two years later he appeared again in Coronation Street, this time as a hospital consultant, when Deirdre Barlow's late husband Samir Rachid was beaten up and killed by a gang of thugs.
Before appearing in both Coronation Street and Emmerdale, Middleton was seen in an early 90s UK TV advertisement for Swinton Insurance.
[2] In October 2021, Middleton portrayed the role of Feargal Lumsden in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors.