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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Michael Byrne
1962
They're a Weird Mob
as Harry Kelly
1966
Wake in Fright
as Jock Crawford
1971
Operation Malaya
as Self - Commentator (voice)
1953
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Patterson
1960
Walk Into Paradise
as Steve MacAllister
1957
Eureka Stockade
as Peter Lalor
1949
The Overlanders
as Dan McAlpine
1946
The Rats of Tobruk
as Milo Trent
1944
Forty Thousand Horsemen
as Jim
1940
Bush Christmas
as Long Bill
1947
Smiley Gets a Gun
as Sergeant Flaxman
1958
Smiley
as Sgt. Flaxman
1956
Kona Coast
as H. Charlie Lightfoot
1968
Bitter Springs
as Wally King
1950
The Sundowners
as Quinlan
1960
The Desert Rats
as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
1953
Skullduggery
as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
1970
King of the Coral Sea
as Ted King
1954
The Loves of Joanna Godden
as Collard
1947
