About

Known credits:
26
Birthday:
1909-03-26
Place of birth:
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Website:
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Chips Rafferty

Overview

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

Acting
1971 Wake in Fright Actor Jock Crawford 64
Fair
1970 Skullduggery Actor Father 'Pop' Dillingham 58
Average
1968 Kona Coast Actor H. Charlie Lightfoot 58
Average
1967 Double Trouble Actor Archie Brown 58
Average
1966 They're a Weird Mob Actor Harry Kelly 59
Average
1962 Mutiny on the Bounty Actor Michael Byrne 63
Fair
1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army Actor Patterson 59
Average
1960 The Sundowners Actor Quinlan 59
Average
1958 Smiley Gets a Gun Actor Sergeant Flaxman 58
Average
1957 Walk Into Paradise Actor Steve MacAllister 59
Average
1957 Bring Out a Briton Actor Self N/A
N/A
1956 Smiley Actor Sgt. Flaxman 59
Average
1954 King of the Coral Sea Actor Ted King 59
Average
1953 Operation Malaya Actor Self - Commentator (voice) N/A
N/A
1953 The Phantom Stockman Actor The Sundowner 58
Average
1953 The Desert Rats Actor Sgt. "Blue" Smith 59
Average
1952 Kangaroo Actor Trooper 'Len' Leonard 58
Average
1950 Bitter Springs Actor Wally King 59
Average
1949 Eureka Stockade Actor Peter Lalor 58
Average
1947 Bush Christmas Actor Long Bill 58
Average
1947 The Loves of Joanna Godden Actor Collard 59
Average
1946 The Overlanders Actor Dan McAlpine 58
Average
1944 The Rats of Tobruk Actor Milo Trent 59
Average
1940 40,000 Horsemen Actor Jim 59
Average

Writing
1954 King of the Coral Sea Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
1958 Dust in the Sun Production Producer N/A
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