Chips Rafferty

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.

On screen

  • Wake in Fright
  • Skullduggery
  • Kona Coast
  • Double Trouble
  • They're a Weird Mob
  • Mutiny on the Bounty
  • The Wackiest Ship in the Army
  • The Sundowners
  • Smiley Gets a Gun
  • Walk Into Paradise
  • Bring Out a Briton
  • Smiley
  • King of the Coral Sea
  • Operation Malaya
  • The Desert Rats
  • The Phantom Stockman
  • Kangaroo
  • Bitter Springs
  • Eureka Stockade
  • Bush Christmas
  • The Loves of Joanna Godden
  • The Overlanders
  • The Rats of Tobruk
  • Forty Thousand Horsemen

Behind the camera

  • King of the Coral Sea

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