Chips Rafferty
Acting • Born 1909-03-26 – Died 1971-05-27
Biography
Chips Rafferty MBE (26 March 1909 – 27 May 1971) was an iconic Australian actor. Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the 1940s until his death in 1971, and during this time he performed regularly in major Australian feature films as well as appearing in British and American productions. He appeared in commercials in Britain during the late 1950s, encouraging British emigration to Australia.
Filmography
27 credits
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1962
Michael Byrne
They're a Weird Mob
Movie • 1966
Harry Kelly
Wake in Fright
Movie • 1971
Jock Crawford
Operation Malaya
Movie • 1953
Self - Commentator (voice)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Movie • 1960
Patterson
Walk Into Paradise
Movie • 1957
Steve MacAllister
Eureka Stockade
Movie • 1949
Peter Lalor
The Overlanders
Movie • 1946
Dan McAlpine
The Rats of Tobruk
Movie • 1944
Milo Trent
40,000 Horsemen
Movie • 1940
Jim
Bush Christmas
Movie • 1947
Long Bill
Smiley Gets a Gun
Movie • 1958
Sergeant Flaxman
Smiley
Movie • 1956
Sgt. Flaxman
Kona Coast
Movie • 1968
H. Charlie Lightfoot
Bitter Springs
Movie • 1950
Wally King
The Sundowners
Movie • 1960
Quinlan
The Desert Rats
Movie • 1953
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Skullduggery
Movie • 1970
Father 'Pop' Dillingham
King of the Coral Sea
Movie • 1954
Ted King
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Movie • 1947
Collard
The Phantom Stockman
Movie • 1953
The Sundowner
Double Trouble
Movie • 1967
Archie Brown
Kangaroo
Movie • 1952
Trooper 'Len' Leonard
Bring Out a Briton
Movie • 1957
Self
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
TV • 1968
The Monkees
TV • 1966
Captain