[6] In 1964, Steiner resigned to form his own film production company and the agency was renamed Ashley-Famous.
In an interview, Ashley quotes, “There's something undermining to one's sense of one's self about that whole relationship” (referencing the agent and client partnership).
[1] In 1969, Kinney head Steve Ross acquired the cash-strapped film company Warner Bros.-Seven Arts at Ashley's suggestion.
Beginning with the unexpected success of the concert documentary Woodstock (1970), the company started scoring box office hits again, reestablishing Warner Bros. as a major studio.
His second wife was Joyce Easton (born 1930), a character actress on television shows such as Days of Our Lives; they married in 1978 after a lengthy relationship.