Actor
Chips Rafferty
Born March 26, 1909 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died May 27, 197123 films
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.
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First watchWake in Fright19717.2as Jock CrawfordA young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.View filmEssential films
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23 films as actor- 1971Wake in FrightJock Crawford
- 1971Willy Willy
- 1970SkullduggeryFather 'Pop' Dillingham
- 1968Kona CoastH. Charlie Lightfoot
- 1967Double TroubleArchie Brown
- 1966They're a Weird MobHarry Kelly
- 1962Mutiny on the BountyMichael Byrne
- 1960The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyPatterson
- 1960The SundownersQuinlan
- 1958Smiley Gets a GunSergeant Flaxman
- 1957Walk Into ParadiseSteve MacAllister
- 1956SmileySgt. Flaxman
- 1954King of the Coral SeaTed King
- 1953The Phantom StockmanThe Sundowner
- 1953The Desert RatsSgt. "Blue" Smith
- 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
- 1940Forty Thousand HorsemenJim