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.
Acted in 24
1960s
- 1968
Kona Coast
H. Charlie Lightfoot
- 1967
Double Trouble
Archie Brown
- 1966
They're a Weird Mob
Harry Kelly
- 1962
- 1960
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Patterson
1950s
- 1958
Smiley Gets a Gun
Sergeant Flaxman
- 1957
Walk Into Paradise
Steve MacAllister
- 1956
Smiley
Sgt. Flaxman
- 1954
King of the Coral Sea
Ted King
- 1953
The Phantom Stockman
The Sundowner
The Desert Rats
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
- 1952
- 1950
Bitter Springs
Wally King
1940s
- 1949
Eureka Stockade
Peter Lalor
- 1947
Bush Christmas
Long Bill
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Collard
- 1946
The Overlanders
Dan McAlpine
- 1944
The Rats of Tobruk
Milo Trent
- 1940
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Jim
Wrote 2
1950s
- 1957
Walk Into Paradise
Original Story
- 1954
King of the Coral Sea
Writer
Produced 1
1950s
- 1958
Dust in the Sun
Producer
Appearances2
1950s
- 1957
Bring Out a Briton
Self
- 1953
Operation Malaya
Self - Commentator (voice)