John Stanley Ragin (May 5, 1929 - April 14, 2013) was an American
television and film actor. He was best known for his role as uptight
bureaucratic Dr. Robert Asten, M.E. in the TV series Quincy, M.E.
(1976â€"83).Ragin was born in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Rutgers
University on a scholarship but later changed to Carnegie Tech. He
studied in Europe with two grants from the Fulbright Program.Ragin was
born in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Rutgers University on a
scholarship but later changed to Carnegie Tech. He studied in Europe
with two grants from the Fulbright Program.Ragin appeared in mostly
supporting roles in television series such as Alfred Hitchcock
Presents, The Invaders, Cannon, McCloud, Murder, She Wrote and Star
Trek: The Next Generation. He also appeared in smaller roles in a few
films such as Earthquake, The Parallax View and Doctors' Wives.Ragin
played Walter Cramer in the short-lived 1974 TV series Sons and
Daughters.:993 He had a short-term stint as Dr. Grant Jameson on the
daytime soap opera Santa Barbara during 1990-91. John S. Ragin Top Movies & Young Movies