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Chips Rafferty

Acting Born Mar 26, 1909 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia 24 credits

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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Full filmography

  • The Monkees (1966) as Captain
  • Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968)
  • Skullduggery (1970) as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
  • Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) as Michael Byrne
  • Wake in Fright (1971) as Jock Crawford
  • The Sundowners (1960) as Quinlan
  • The Desert Rats (1953) as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
  • Double Trouble (1967) as Archie Brown
  • Bitter Springs (1950) as Wally King
  • The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) as Patterson
  • Smiley (1956) as Sgt. Flaxman
  • Kangaroo (1952) as Trooper 'Len' Leonard
  • Bush Christmas (1947) as Long Bill
  • The Overlanders (1946) as Dan McAlpine
  • The Rats of Tobruk (1944) as Milo Trent
  • Operation Malaya (1953) as Self - Commentator (voice)
  • Kona Coast (1968) as H. Charlie Lightfoot
  • They're a Weird Mob (1966) as Harry Kelly
  • Eureka Stockade (1949) as Peter Lalor
  • The Phantom Stockman (1953) as The Sundowner
  • The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947) as Collard
  • Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940) as Jim
  • King of the Coral Sea (1954) as Ted King
  • Walk Into Paradise (1957) as Steve MacAllister