Chips Rafferty
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 26, 1909
- Died
- May 27, 1971 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Known For
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Filmography
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Wake in Fright
Movie · as Jock Crawford
Willy Willy
Movie
Skullduggery
Movie · as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
Kona Coast
Movie · as H. Charlie Lightfoot
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
TV · 1 ep
Double Trouble
Movie · as Archie Brown
They're a Weird Mob
Movie · as Harry Kelly
The Monkees
TV · as Captain · 1 ep
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie · as Michael Byrne
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Movie · as Patterson
The Sundowners
Movie · as Quinlan
Smiley Gets a Gun
Movie · as Sergeant Flaxman
Walk Into Paradise
Movie · as Steve MacAllister
Bring Out a Briton
Movie · as Self
Smiley
Movie · as Sgt. Flaxman
King of the Coral Sea
Movie · as Ted King
Operation Malaya
Movie · as Self - Commentator (voice)
The Desert Rats
Movie · as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
The Phantom Stockman
Movie · as The Sundowner
Kangaroo
Movie · as Trooper 'Len' Leonard
Bitter Springs
Movie · as Wally King
Eureka Stockade
Movie · as Peter Lalor
Bush Christmas
Movie · as Long Bill
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Movie · as Collard
The Overlanders
Movie · as Dan McAlpine
The Rats of Tobruk
Movie · as Milo Trent
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Movie · as Jim