Chips Rafferty
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 (27 titles)
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
Self (archive footage) · 2014
7.2MovieWake in Fright
Jock Crawford · 1971
4.9MovieSkullduggery
Father 'Pop' Dillingham · 1970
3.3MovieKona Coast
H. Charlie Lightfoot · 1968
6.0ShowSkippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968
5.0MovieDouble Trouble
Archie Brown · 1967
6.5ShowThe Monkees
Captain · 1966
6.0MovieThey're a Weird Mob
Harry Kelly · 1966
7.1MovieMutiny on the Bounty
Michael Byrne · 1962
6.1MovieThe Wackiest Ship in the Army
Patterson · 1960
6.8MovieThe Sundowners
Quinlan · 1960
8.5MovieSmiley Gets a Gun
Sergeant Flaxman · 1958
6.7MovieWalk Into Paradise
Steve MacAllister · 1957
MovieBring Out a Briton
Self · 1957
7.1MovieSmiley
Sgt. Flaxman · 1956
7.3MovieKing of the Coral Sea
Ted King · 1954
MovieOperation Malaya
Self - Commentator (voice) · 1953
4.9MovieThe Phantom Stockman
The Sundowner · 1953
6.3MovieThe Desert Rats
Sgt. "Blue" Smith · 1953
5.7MovieKangaroo
Trooper 'Len' Leonard · 1952
6.8MovieBitter Springs
Wally King · 1950
6.0MovieEureka Stockade
Peter Lalor · 1949
5.7MovieBush Christmas
Long Bill · 1947
7.8MovieThe Loves of Joanna Godden
Collard · 1947
6.0MovieThe Overlanders
Dan McAlpine · 1946
6.4MovieThe Rats of Tobruk
Milo Trent · 1944
5.8MovieForty Thousand Horsemen
Jim · 1940