Chips Rafferty
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Monkees
Captain
1966
Series
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968
Film
Skullduggery
Father 'Pop' Dillingham
1970
Film
Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Byrne
1962
Film
Wake in Fright
Jock Crawford
1971
Film
Bitter Springs
Wally King
1950
Film
Kangaroo
Trooper 'Len' Leonard
1952
Film
The Sundowners
Quinlan
1960
Film
The Desert Rats
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
1953
Film
Smiley
Sgt. Flaxman
1956
Film
Double Trouble
Archie Brown
1967
Film
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Patterson
1960
Film
Bush Christmas
Long Bill
1947
Film
They're a Weird Mob
Harry Kelly
1966
Film
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Collard
1947
Film
Kona Coast
H. Charlie Lightfoot
1968
Film
Eureka Stockade
Peter Lalor
1949
Film
The Phantom Stockman
The Sundowner
1953
Film
Smiley Gets a Gun
Sergeant Flaxman
1958
Film
The Rats of Tobruk
Milo Trent
1944
Film
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Jim
1940
Film
The Overlanders
Dan McAlpine
1946
Film
King of the Coral Sea
Ted King
1954
Film
Walk Into Paradise
Steve MacAllister
1957
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Bring Out a Briton
Self
1957
Film
Operation Malaya
Self - Commentator (voice)
1953