Cast & creator
Rafer Johnson
Best known for Mission: Impossible, Quincy, M.E., Lassie
Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 - December 2, 2020) was an American decathlete and actor.
Also known as: Rafer Lewis Johnson
Movies
23
film credits
Series
9
television credits
Career
32
1948–2026 · acting roles
Credit score
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (32)
Showing 32 of 32 credits
Series
★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
Series
★ 7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Series
★ 6.3
Lassie
1954
Series
★ 7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
Thaddeus Jones
1974
Series
★ 7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Ed Blair
1962
Series
★ 7.0
Daniel Boone
Rawls
1964
Series
★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
★ 6.9
Tarzan
1966
Movie
★ 6.4
Licence to Kill
Mullens
1989
Series
★ 7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
Nelson
1979
Movie
★ 6.3
Jerry West: The Logo
Self (Archive Footage)
2026
Movie
★ 6.3
Wild in the Country
Davis
1961
Movie
★ 6.4
None But the Brave
Pvt. Johnson
1965
Movie
★ 7.0
Sergeant Rutledge
Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
1960
Movie
★ 6.8
Free to Be… You and Me
Self (uncredited)
1974
Movie
★ 5.3
A Global Affair
Nigerian Representative
1964
Movie
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Self - Performer
1984
Movie
★ 5.5
The Kid From Nowhere
Self
1982
Movie
★ 5.2
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
Nagambi
1968
Movie
★ 6.4
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Kosongo
1961T
Movie
★ 5.7
The Fiercest Heart
Nzobe
1961
Movie
★ 6.1
Think Big
Johnson
1989
Movie
★ 4.7
Tarzan and the Great River
Barcuma
1967
Movie
★ 7.4
The Games
Commentator
1970
Movie
★ 7.8
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
Self (archive footage)
1999
Movie
★ 7.1
The Loneliest Runner
Himself
1976
Movie
★ 6.4
Pirates of Tortuga
John Gammel
1961
Movie
★ 10.0
The Red, White, and Black
Pvt. Armstrong
1970
Movie
★ 5.7
The Last Grenade
Joe Jackson
1970
Movie
★ 8.0
Star Spangled Salesman
Telephone Repairman
1968
Movie
★ 6.0
The Grand Olympics
Himself
1961T
Movie