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Rob Garrison

Highest Rated: 89% The Karate Kid (1984)

Lowest Rated: 45% The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

Birthday: Jan 23, 1960

Birthplace: Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

American character actor Rob Garrison found his career defined by one of the most repeated film lines of the 1980s. A native of Wheeling, West Virginia, he began his career as a professional actor while still in school. Before graduating from college he had appeared with Robert Redford in the prison film "Brubaker" (1980) playing a young convict. He also appeared as one of Jamie Lee Curtis ' teen classmates in the horror film "Prom Night" (1980) and had a small role in the George Segal movie "Lost and Found" (1979). His most recognizable role came a few years later when Robert Avildsen cast him as one of the villainous Cobra Kai members in "The Karate Kid" (1984). Playing off of William Zabka 's Johnny in tormenting Ralph Macchio 's Daniel, he's heard yelling "Get him a body bag, yeah!" during the film's climactic fight scene. The line would become as much of a cultural touchstone from the film as Pat Morita 's "Wax on, wax off" instructions. Garrison appeared briefly in the sequel "The Karate Kid II" (1986). Throughout the '80s he worked steadily in television, including playing a would-be bomber in a two-episode story arc on "St. Elsewhere" ( NBC , 1982-88). He made additional guest appearances on "MacGyver" ( ABC , 1985-92), "Tour of Duty" ( CBS , 1987-90), and "Coach" ( ABC , 1989-97). He acted only periodically after that, most notably with a role in the independent drama "The Pledge" (2011). Garrison returned to his most famous role once more, however, with a guest appearance as the aged Tommy opposite Zabka and Macchio in their "Karate Kid" spinoff series "Cobra Kai" ( YouTube , 2018- ). Garrison died on September 27, 2019 at 59 from liver and kidney issues.

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Highest rated movies

89% 83% The Karate Kid Watchlist 45% 52% The Karate Kid Part II Watchlist
92% Doughboy
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0% Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 92% Doughboy Pat Kern (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 0% Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal Billy Dare (Character) - 1989
45% 52% The Karate Kid Part II Tommy (Character) $112.1M 1986
89% 83% The Karate Kid Tommy (Character) - 1984

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Coach Unknown (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet 80% Columbo Young Man (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tour of Duty Lt. Biggs (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Littlest Hobo Unknown (Guest Star),
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1980 1982 1984-1985