Chips Rafferty
Acting
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.
Filmography 27
Movies (25)
- The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel2014Self (archive footage)
Wake in Fright1971Jock Crawford
Skullduggery1970Father 'Pop' Dillingham
Kona Coast1968H. Charlie Lightfoot
Double Trouble1967Archie Brown
They're a Weird Mob1966Harry Kelly
Mutiny on the Bounty1962Michael Byrne
The Wackiest Ship in the Army1960Patterson
The Sundowners1960Quinlan
Smiley Gets a Gun1958Sergeant Flaxman
Walk Into Paradise1957Steve MacAllister
Bring Out a Briton1957Self
Smiley1956Sgt. Flaxman
King of the Coral Sea1954Ted King
Operation Malaya1953Self - Commentator (voice)
The Phantom Stockman1953The Sundowner
The Desert Rats1953Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Kangaroo1952Trooper 'Len' Leonard
Bitter Springs1950Wally King
Eureka Stockade1949Peter Lalor
Bush Christmas1947Long Bill
The Loves of Joanna Godden1947Collard
The Overlanders1946Dan McAlpine
The Rats of Tobruk1944Milo Trent
Forty Thousand Horsemen1940Jim
