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Chips Rafferty

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Chips Rafferty

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Mar 26, 1909 (117 years old)

Place of Birth

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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

Acting
2014The Big Picture - The Films of Charles ChauvelSelf (archive footage)
1971Wake in FrightJock Crawford
1970SkullduggeryFather 'Pop' Dillingham
1968Kona CoastH. Charlie Lightfoot
1968Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
1967Double TroubleArchie Brown
1966They're a Weird MobHarry Kelly
1966The MonkeesCaptain
1962Mutiny on the BountyMichael Byrne
1960The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyPatterson
1960The SundownersQuinlan
1958Smiley Gets a GunSergeant Flaxman
1957Walk Into ParadiseSteve MacAllister
1957Bring Out a BritonSelf
1956SmileySgt. Flaxman
1954King of the Coral SeaTed King
1953Operation MalayaSelf - Commentator (voice)
1953The Desert RatsSgt. "Blue" Smith
1953The Phantom StockmanThe Sundowner
1952KangarooTrooper 'Len' Leonard
1950Bitter SpringsWally King
1949Eureka StockadePeter Lalor
1947Bush ChristmasLong Bill
1947The Loves of Joanna GoddenCollard
1946The OverlandersDan McAlpine
1944The Rats of TobrukMilo Trent
194040,000 HorsemenJim
Production
1958Dust in the SunProducer
Writing
1954King of the Coral SeaWriter