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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.


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Born:
Mar 26, 1909 In Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Movie/TV Credits:
25
First Appeared:
In the movie 40,000 Horsemen 1940-12-26
Latest Project:
Movie Wake in Fright 1971-07-21
Known For
Poster of Wake in Fright
Poster of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Poster of The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Poster of Operation Malaya
Filmography
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