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

The Monkees

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Skullduggery

Mutiny on the Bounty

Wake in Fright

Double Trouble

The Desert Rats

The Sundowners

All Movies (25)

• The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wake in Fright1971 · as Jock Crawford
• Skullduggery1970 · as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
• Kona Coast1968 · as H. Charlie Lightfoot
• Double Trouble1967 · as Archie Brown
• They're a Weird Mob1966 · as Harry Kelly
• Mutiny on the Bounty1962 · as Michael Byrne
• The Wackiest Ship in the Army1960 · as Patterson
• The Sundowners1960 · as Quinlan
• Smiley Gets a Gun1958 · as Sergeant Flaxman
• Walk Into Paradise1957 · as Steve MacAllister
• Bring Out a Briton1957 · as Self
• Smiley1956 · as Sgt. Flaxman
• King of the Coral Sea1954 · as Ted King
• Operation Malaya1953 · as Self - Commentator (voice)
• The Phantom Stockman1953 · as The Sundowner
• The Desert Rats1953 · as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
• Kangaroo1952 · as Trooper 'Len' Leonard
• Bitter Springs1950 · as Wally King
• Eureka Stockade1949 · as Peter Lalor
• Bush Christmas1947 · as Long Bill
• The Loves of Joanna Godden1947 · as Collard
• The Overlanders1946 · as Dan McAlpine
• The Rats of Tobruk1944 · as Milo Trent
• Forty Thousand Horsemen1940 · as Jim

All TV Shows (2)

• Skippy the Bush Kangaroo1968
• The Monkees1966 · as Captain