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.
Movie | Wake in Fright | Jock Crawford | 1971-07-21 |
Movie | Skullduggery | Father 'Pop' Dillingham | 1970-03-06 |
Series | Skippy the Bush Kangaroo | Pop Miller | 1968-02-05 |
Movie | Kona Coast | H. Charlie Lightfoot | 1968-05-01 |
Movie | Double Trouble | Archie Brown | 1967-04-05 |
Movie | They're a Weird Mob | Harry Kelly | 1966-08-18 |
Movie | Mutiny on the Bounty | Michael Byrne | 1962-11-08 |
Movie | The Sundowners | Quinlan | 1960-12-08 |
Movie | The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Patterson | 1960-12-29 |
Movie | Smiley Gets a Gun | Sergeant Flaxman | 1958-05-01 |
Movie | Bring Out a Briton | Self | 1957-01-01 |
Movie | Walk Into Paradise | Steve MacAllister | 1957-09-08 |
Movie | Smiley | Sgt. Flaxman | 1956-06-28 |
Movie | King of the Coral Sea | Ted King | 1954-08-12 |
Movie | The Desert Rats | Sgt. "Blue" Smith | 1953-05-20 |
Movie | The Phantom Stockman | The Sundowner | 1953-06-19 |
Movie | Operation Malaya | Self - Commentator (voice) | 1953-09-17 |
Movie | Kangaroo | Trooper 'Len' Leonard | 1952-05-16 |
Movie | Bitter Springs | Wally King | 1950-07-05 |
Movie | Eureka Stockade | Peter Lalor | 1949-01-26 |
Movie | The Loves of Joanna Godden | Collard | 1947-06-08 |
Movie | Bush Christmas | Long Bill | 1947-07-28 |
Movie | The Overlanders | Dan McAlpine | 1946-09-27 |
Movie | The Rats of Tobruk | Milo Trent | 1944-06-30 |
Movie | 40,000 Horsemen | Jim | 1940-12-26 |