Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

1909-03-26 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Male 27 Known 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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-03-26

Place of Birth

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Known Credits

27

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

John William Pilbean Goffage

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Skullduggery

1970

Father 'Pop' Dillingham

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962

Michael Byrne

Wake in Fright

1971

Jock Crawford

Double Trouble

1967

Archie Brown

The Sundowners

1960

Quinlan

The Desert Rats

1953

Sgt. "Blue" Smith

Kangaroo

1952

Trooper 'Len' Leonard

Smiley

1956

Sgt. Flaxman

The Overlanders

1946

Dan McAlpine

Walk Into Paradise

1957

Steve MacAllister

They're a Weird Mob

1966

Harry Kelly

The Rats of Tobruk

1944

Milo Trent

Bitter Springs

1950

Wally King

Eureka Stockade

1949

Peter Lalor

Bush Christmas

1947

Long Bill

Kona Coast

1968

H. Charlie Lightfoot

The Phantom Stockman

1953

The Sundowner

Smiley Gets a Gun

1958

Sergeant Flaxman

Operation Malaya

1953

Self - Commentator (voice)

TV Credits

The Monkees

1966

Captain (1 episodes)

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

1968

(1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

Walk Into Paradise

Original Story

1957

Dust in the Sun

Producer

1958

TV Production Credits

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