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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) — Michael Byrne
2. Wake in Fright (1971) — Jock Crawford
3. The Desert Rats (1953) — Sgt. "Blue" Smith
4. The Sundowners (1960) — Quinlan
5. The Monkees (1966) — Captain
6. The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) — Patterson
7. Double Trouble (1967) — Archie Brown
8. The Phantom Stockman (1953) — The Sundowner
9. They're a Weird Mob (1966) — Harry Kelly
10. The Overlanders (1946) — Dan McAlpine
11. Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968)
12. Bush Christmas (1947) — Long Bill
13. Eureka Stockade (1949) — Peter Lalor
14. Kona Coast (1968) — H. Charlie Lightfoot
15. Kangaroo (1952) — Trooper 'Len' Leonard
16. Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940) — Jim
17. Smiley (1956) — Sgt. Flaxman
18. Walk Into Paradise (1957) — Steve MacAllister
19. Bitter Springs (1950) — Wally King
20. Skullduggery (1970) — Father 'Pop' Dillingham
21. The Rats of Tobruk (1944) — Milo Trent
22. The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947) — Collard
23. King of the Coral Sea (1954) — Ted King
24. Smiley Gets a Gun (1958) — Sergeant Flaxman
25. Operation Malaya (1953) — Self - Commentator (voice)
26. Bring Out a Briton (1957) — Self
27. The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel (2014) — Self (archive footage)