Chips Rafferty
Born: 1909-03-26 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 1971-05-27
Known For: 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
2014
- The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel as Self (archive footage)
1971
- Wake in Fright as Jock Crawford
1970
- Skullduggery as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
1968
- Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
- Kona Coast as H. Charlie Lightfoot
1967
- Double Trouble as Archie Brown
1966
- They're a Weird Mob as Harry Kelly
1962
- Mutiny on the Bounty as Michael Byrne
1960
- The Sundowners as Quinlan
- The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Patterson
1958
- Dust in the Sun ... (Producer)
- Smiley Gets a Gun as Sergeant Flaxman
1957
- Walk Into Paradise as Steve MacAllister
- Bring Out a Briton as Self
1956
- Smiley as Sgt. Flaxman
1954
- King of the Coral Sea as Ted King
1953
- The Desert Rats as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
- The Phantom Stockman as The Sundowner
- Operation Malaya as Self - Commentator (voice)
1952
- Kangaroo as Trooper 'Len' Leonard
1950
- Bitter Springs as Wally King
1949
- Eureka Stockade as Peter Lalor
1947
- Bush Christmas as Long Bill
- The Loves of Joanna Godden as Collard
1946
- The Overlanders as Dan McAlpine
1944
- The Rats of Tobruk as Milo Trent
1940
- 40,000 Horsemen as Jim