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