Chips Rafferty
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 26, 1909
- Died
- May 27, 1971
- Birthplace
- Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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
- The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel 2014
as Self (archive footage)
Wake in Fright 1971
as Jock Crawford
- Willy Willy
Willy Willy 1971
Actor
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
Dust in the Sun 1958
Producer
Smiley Gets a Gun 1958
as Sergeant Flaxman
Walk Into Paradise 1957
as Steve MacAllister, Original Story
Bring Out a Briton 1957
as Self
Smiley 1956
as Sgt. Flaxman
King of the Coral Sea 1954
as Ted King, Writer
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
The Rats of Tobruk 1944
as Milo Trent
Forty Thousand Horsemen 1940
as Jim
Credits from TMDB.