Chips Rafferty

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1909-03-26

Deathday 1971-05-27 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As John William Pilbean Goffage

Chips Rafferty

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

Actor

1971
Wake in Fright

as Jock Crawford

1970
Skullduggery

as Father 'Pop' Dillingham

1968
Kona Coast

as H. Charlie Lightfoot

1968
1967
Double Trouble

as Archie Brown

1966
They're a Weird Mob

as Harry Kelly

1962
Mutiny on the Bounty

as Michael Byrne

1960
The Sundowners

as Quinlan

1958
Smiley Gets a Gun

as Sergeant Flaxman

1957
Walk Into Paradise

as Steve MacAllister

1957
1956
Smiley

as Sgt. Flaxman

1954
1953
Operation Malaya

as Self - Commentator (voice)

1953
The Phantom Stockman

as The Sundowner

1953
The Desert Rats

as Sgt. "Blue" Smith

1952
Kangaroo

as Trooper 'Len' Leonard

1950
Bitter Springs

as Wally King

1949
Eureka Stockade

as Peter Lalor

1947
Bush Christmas

as Long Bill

1946
The Overlanders

as Dan McAlpine

1944
The Rats of Tobruk

as Milo Trent

1940

Writer

1954

Producer

1958
Dust in the Sun

as Producer