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.
Known For
Michael Byrne
Mutiny on the Bounty
Harry Kelly
They're a Weird Mob
Jock Crawford
Wake in Fright
Self - Commentator (voice)
Operation Malaya
Patterson
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Steve MacAllister
Walk Into Paradise
Peter Lalor
Eureka Stockade
Dan McAlpine
The Overlanders
Milo Trent
The Rats of Tobruk
Jim
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Long Bill
Bush Christmas
Sergeant Flaxman
Smiley Gets a Gun
Sgt. Flaxman
Smiley
H. Charlie Lightfoot
Kona Coast
Wally King
Bitter Springs
Quinlan
The Sundowners
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
The Desert Rats
Father 'Pop' Dillingham
Skullduggery
Ted King
King of the Coral Sea
Collard
The Loves of Joanna Godden
The Sundowner
The Phantom Stockman
Archie Brown
Double Trouble
Trooper 'Len' Leonard
Kangaroo
Self
Bring Out a Briton
Self (archive footage)
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
25
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-03-26
Place of Birth
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
John William Pilbean Goffage