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.
Filmography
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The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Wake in Fright
1971
as Jock Crawford
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Willy Willy
1971
Skullduggery
1970
as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
Kona Coast
1968
as H. Charlie Lightfoot
Double Trouble
1967
as Archie Brown
They're a Weird Mob
1966
as Harry Kelly
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
as Michael Byrne
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
as Patterson
The Sundowners
1960
as Quinlan
Smiley Gets a Gun
1958
as Sergeant Flaxman
Walk Into Paradise
1957
as Steve MacAllister
Bring Out a Briton
1957
as Self
Smiley
1956
as Sgt. Flaxman
King of the Coral Sea
1954
as Ted King
Operation Malaya
1953
as Self - Commentator (voice)
The Phantom Stockman
1953
as The Sundowner
The Desert Rats
1953
as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Kangaroo
1952
as Trooper 'Len' Leonard
Bitter Springs
1950
as Wally King
Eureka Stockade
1949
as Peter Lalor
Bush Christmas
1947
as Long Bill
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
as Collard
The Overlanders
1946
as Dan McAlpine