Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

  • Birthday: 1909-03-26
  • Deathday: 1971-05-27
  • Place of birth: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
  • Also know as: John William Pilbean Goffage

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.

Filmography

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962

As Michael Byrne

They're a Weird Mob

1966

As Harry Kelly

Wake in Fright

1971

As Jock Crawford

Walk Into Paradise

1957

As Steve MacAllister

Eureka Stockade

1949

As Peter Lalor

The Overlanders

1946

As Dan McAlpine

The Rats of Tobruk

1944

As Milo Trent

40,000 Horsemen

1940

As Jim

Bush Christmas

1947

As Long Bill

Smiley Gets a Gun

1958

As Sergeant Flaxman

Smiley

1956

As Sgt. Flaxman

Kona Coast

1968

As H. Charlie Lightfoot

Bitter Springs

1950

As Wally King

The Sundowners

1960

As Quinlan

Skullduggery

1970

As Father 'Pop' Dillingham

King of the Coral Sea

1954

As Ted King

The Phantom Stockman

1953

As The Sundowner

Double Trouble

1967

As Archie Brown

Kangaroo

1952

As Trooper 'Len' Leonard

Bring Out a Briton

1957

As Self

Operation Malaya

1953

As Self - Commentator (voice)

The Desert Rats

1953

As Sgt. "Blue" Smith

Production

King of the Coral Sea

1954

As Writer

Dust in the Sun

1958

As Producer

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