Chips Rafferty

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Chips Rafferty

Acting March 26, 1909

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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 u…

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Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

7.1 1962 Movie
Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

7.2 1971 Movie
The Monkees

The Monkees

6.5 1966 TV Show
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

6.2 1968 TV Show
The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats

6.3 1953 Movie
The Sundowners

The Sundowners

6.7 1960 Movie
The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

6.2 1960 Movie
Double Trouble

Double Trouble

5.0 1967 Movie
The Phantom Stockman

The Phantom Stockman

4.9 1953 Movie
They're a Weird Mob

They're a Weird Mob

6.0 1966 Movie
Skullduggery

Skullduggery

4.5 1970 Movie
Bush Christmas

Bush Christmas

5.7 1947 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2014
    The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1971
    Wake in Fright

    Movie Jock Crawford

  3. 1971
    Willy Willy

    Movie

  4. 1970
    Skullduggery

    Movie Father 'Pop' Dillingham

  5. 1968
    Kona Coast

    Movie H. Charlie Lightfoot

  6. 1968
    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

    TV show

  7. 1967
    Double Trouble

    Movie Archie Brown

  8. 1966
    The Monkees

    TV show Captain

  9. 1966
    They're a Weird Mob

    Movie Harry Kelly

  10. 1962
    Mutiny on the Bounty

    Movie Michael Byrne

  11. 1960
    The Wackiest Ship in the Army

    Movie Patterson

  12. 1960
    The Sundowners

    Movie Quinlan

  13. 1958
    Dust in the Sun

    Movie Producer

  14. 1958
    Smiley Gets a Gun

    Movie Sergeant Flaxman

  15. 1957
    Walk Into Paradise

    Movie Steve MacAllister

  16. 1957
    Bring Out a Briton

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 1956
    Smiley

    Movie Sgt. Flaxman

  2. 1954
    King of the Coral Sea

    Movie Ted King

  3. 1953
    Operation Malaya

    Movie Self - Commentator (voice)

  4. 1953
    The Phantom Stockman

    Movie The Sundowner

  5. 1953
    The Desert Rats

    Movie Sgt. "Blue" Smith

  6. 1952
    Kangaroo

    Movie Trooper 'Len' Leonard

  7. 1950
    Bitter Springs

    Movie Wally King

  8. 1949
    Eureka Stockade

    Movie Peter Lalor

  9. 1947
    Bush Christmas

    Movie Long Bill

  10. 1947
    The Loves of Joanna Godden

    Movie Collard

  11. 1946
    The Overlanders

    Movie Dan McAlpine

  12. 1944
    The Rats of Tobruk

    Movie Milo Trent

  13. 1940
    Forty Thousand Horsemen

    Movie Jim