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Rafer Johnson

Acting

Born August 18, 1934 · Hillsboro, Texas, USA

Died December 2, 2020

Also known as Rafer Lewis Johnson

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Biography

Rafer Lewis Johnson was an American decathlete and film and television actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously won a gold at the 1955 Pan American Games. Johnson was the U.S. team's flag bearer at the 1960 Olympics and lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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Awards & recognition

  • California Hall of Fame · 2009
  • Theodore Roosevelt Award · 1994
  • Golden Plate Award · 1962
  • Associated Press Athlete of the Year · 1960
  • Horatio Alger Award

Filmography15 titles

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

1999as Self (archive footage)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Ed Blair

Mission: Impossible

1966

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Roots: The Next Generations

1979as Nelson

The Games

1970as Commentator

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Thaddeus Jones

Daniel Boone

1964as Rawls

Sergeant Rutledge

1960as Cpl. Krump (uncredited)

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Licence to Kill

1989as Mullens

None But the Brave

1965as Pvt. Johnson

Lassie

1954

Wild in the Country

1961as Davis

The Grand Olympics

1961as Himself