Actor
Chips Rafferty
117 years · Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia · 25 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 25
Wake in Fright
1971 · Jock Crawford
On Plex
Skullduggery
1970 · Father 'Pop' Dillingham
Kona Coast
1968 · H. Charlie Lightfoot
Double Trouble
1967 · Archie Brown
They're a Weird Mob
1966 · Harry Kelly
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · Michael Byrne
On Hoopla
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · Patterson
On Tubi TV
The Sundowners
1960 · Quinlan
On Philo
Dust in the Sun
1958 · Producer
Smiley Gets a Gun
1958 · Sergeant Flaxman
Walk Into Paradise
1957 · Steve MacAllister
Bring Out a Briton
1957 · Self
Smiley
1956 · Sgt. Flaxman
King of the Coral Sea
1954 · Ted King, Writer
On Kanopy
Operation Malaya
1953 · Self - Commentator (voice)
The Phantom Stockman
1953 · The Sundowner
The Desert Rats
1953 · Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Kangaroo
1952 · Trooper 'Len' Leonard
On Plex
Bitter Springs
1950 · Wally King
Eureka Stockade
1949 · Peter Lalor
Bush Christmas
1947 · Long Bill
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947 · Collard
The Overlanders
1946 · Dan McAlpine
The Rats of Tobruk
1944 · Milo Trent
On Kanopy