Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

1909-03-26 – 1971-05-27 (age 62) Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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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.

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Known For

Skullduggery
Skullduggery

1970

as Father 'Pop' Dillingham

Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty

1962

as Michael Byrne

Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright

1971

as Jock Crawford

Double Trouble
Double Trouble

1967

as Archie Brown

The Desert Rats
The Desert Rats

1953

as Sgt. "Blue" Smith

The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Kangaroo
Kangaroo

1952

as Trooper 'Len' Leonard

The Sundowners
The Sundowners

1960

as Quinlan

Smiley
Smiley

1956

as Sgt. Flaxman

They're a Weird Mob
They're a Weird Mob

1966

as Harry Kelly

The Rats of Tobruk
The Rats of Tobruk

1944

as Milo Trent

The Overlanders
The Overlanders

1946

as Dan McAlpine

Bitter Springs
Bitter Springs

1950

as Wally King

The Loves of Joanna Godden
Kona Coast
Kona Coast

1968

as H. Charlie Lightfoot

Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade

1949

as Peter Lalor

Walk Into Paradise
Walk Into Paradise

1957

as Steve MacAllister

The Phantom Stockman
The Phantom Stockman

1953

as The Sundowner

Forty Thousand Horsemen
Bush Christmas
Bush Christmas

1947

as Long Bill