Rafer Johnson

Actor Aug 18 (died age 86) Hillsboro, Texas, USA 1948–1999 (51 year career)

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Biography

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

Known For

Film

Licence to Kill

Mullens

Film

Sergeant Rutledge

Cpl. Krump (uncredited)

Film

None But the Brave

Pvt. Johnson

Film

Wild in the Country

Davis

Film

Pirates of Tortuga

John Gammel

Film

Think Big

Johnson

Film

The Games

Commentator

Film

Free to Be… You and Me

Self (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (31)

Movies (22)

Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games

1999

as Self (archive footage)

Licence to Kill

as Mullens

Think Big

as Johnson

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

1984

as Self - Performer

The Kid From Nowhere

as Self

The Loneliest Runner

as Himself

Free to Be… You and Me

as Self (uncredited)

The Ancient Games

The Games

as Commentator

The Red, White, and Black

1970

as Pvt. Armstrong

The Last Grenade

1970

as Joe Jackson

5.2

Tarzan and the Jungle Boy

1968

as Nagambi

4.7

Star Spangled Salesman

1968

as Telephone Repairman

6.0

Tarzan and the Great River

as Barcuma

None But the Brave

as Pvt. Johnson

A Global Affair

as Nigerian Representative

The Grand Olympics

as Himself

Wild in the Country

as Davis

Pirates of Tortuga

as John Gammel

The Sins of Rachel Cade

as Kosongo

The Fiercest Heart

as Nzobe

Sergeant Rutledge

as Cpl. Krump (uncredited)

7.0

Television (9)

Roots: The Next Generations

as Nelson

Quincy, M.E.

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Thaddeus Jones

Mission: Impossible

Tarzan

Daniel Boone

as Rawls

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Ed Blair

Lassie

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self