Rafer Johnson

Biography

Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 - December 2, 2020) was an American decathlete and actor.

Known For

Mission: Impossible

Quincy, M.E.

Lassie

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Six Million Dollar Man

Daniel Boone

The Ed Sullivan Show

Tarzan

All Movies (22)

• Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• Think Big1989 · as Johnson
• Licence to Kill1989 · as Mullens
• The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team1984 · as Self - Performer
• The Kid From Nowhere1982 · as Self
• The Loneliest Runner1976 · as Himself
• Free to Be… You and Me1974 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Ancient Games1973
• The Red, White, and Black1970 · as Pvt. Armstrong
• The Games1970 · as Commentator
• The Last Grenade1970 · as Joe Jackson
• Tarzan and the Jungle Boy1968 · as Nagambi
• Star Spangled Salesman1968 · as Telephone Repairman
• Tarzan and the Great River1967 · as Barcuma
• None But the Brave1965 · as Pvt. Johnson
• A Global Affair1964 · as Nigerian Representative
• Pirates of Tortuga1961 · as John Gammel
• Wild in the Country1961 · as Davis
• The Grand Olympics1961 · as Himself
• The Fiercest Heart1961 · as Nzobe
• The Sins of Rachel Cade1961 · as Kosongo
• Sergeant Rutledge1960 · as Cpl. Krump (uncredited)

All TV Shows (9)

• Roots: The Next Generations1979 · as Nelson
• Quincy, M.E.1976
• The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Thaddeus Jones
• Mission: Impossible1966
• Tarzan1966
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Rawls
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Ed Blair
• Lassie1954
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self