
Chips Rafferty
Known for: Acting
Born: 1909-03-26 – 1971-05-27 (aged 62)
From: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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)
- MOVIEThe Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel2014as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2Wake in Fright1971as Jock Crawford
MOVIE★ 4.9Skullduggery1970as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
MOVIE★ 3.3Kona Coast1968as H. Charlie Lightfoot
TV★ 6.0Skippy the Bush Kangaroo1968
MOVIE★ 5.0Double Trouble1967as Archie Brown
TV★ 6.6The Monkees1966as Captain
MOVIE★ 6.0They're a Weird Mob1966as Harry Kelly
MOVIE★ 7.1Mutiny on the Bounty1962as Michael Byrne
MOVIE★ 6.1The Wackiest Ship in the Army1960as Patterson
MOVIE★ 6.8The Sundowners1960as Quinlan
MOVIE★ 8.5Smiley Gets a Gun1958as Sergeant Flaxman
MOVIE★ 6.7Walk Into Paradise1957as Steve MacAllister
MOVIEBring Out a Briton1957as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1Smiley1956as Sgt. Flaxman
MOVIE★ 7.3King of the Coral Sea1954as Ted King
MOVIEOperation Malaya1953as Self - Commentator (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.9The Phantom Stockman1953as The Sundowner
MOVIE★ 6.3The Desert Rats1953as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
MOVIE★ 5.7Kangaroo1952as Trooper 'Len' Leonard
MOVIE★ 6.8Bitter Springs1950as Wally King
MOVIE★ 6.0Eureka Stockade1949as Peter Lalor
MOVIE★ 5.7Bush Christmas1947as Long Bill
MOVIE★ 7.8The Loves of Joanna Godden1947as Collard
MOVIE★ 6.0The Overlanders1946as Dan McAlpine
MOVIE★ 6.4The Rats of Tobruk1944as Milo Trent
MOVIE★ 5.8Forty Thousand Horsemen1940as Jim