Chips Rafferty

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-03-26 (62 years old)

Deathday

1971-05-27

Place of Birth

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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.

Acting

1962

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Michael Byrne

1966

They're a Weird Mob

as Harry Kelly

1971

Wake in Fright

as Jock Crawford

1953

Operation Malaya

as Self - Commentator (voice)

1957

Walk Into Paradise

as Steve MacAllister

1949

Eureka Stockade

as Peter Lalor

1946

The Overlanders

as Dan McAlpine

1944

The Rats of Tobruk

as Milo Trent

1940

1947

Bush Christmas

as Long Bill

1958

Smiley Gets a Gun

as Sergeant Flaxman

1956

Smiley

as Sgt. Flaxman

1968

Kona Coast

as H. Charlie Lightfoot

1950

Bitter Springs

as Wally King

1960

The Sundowners

as Quinlan

1953

The Desert Rats

as Sgt. "Blue" Smith

1970

Skullduggery

as Father 'Pop' Dillingham

1954

1953

The Phantom Stockman

as The Sundowner

1967

Double Trouble

as Archie Brown

1952

Kangaroo

as Trooper 'Len' Leonard

Production

1958

Dust in the Sun

as Producer

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