Chips Rafferty
Acting
Born: 1909-03-26 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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
Captain
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Byrne
Skullduggery
Father 'Pop' Dillingham
Wake in Fright
Jock Crawford
Bitter Springs
Wally King
The Desert Rats
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Bush Christmas
Long Bill
Double Trouble
Archie Brown
Willy Willy
The Sundowners
Quinlan
Smiley
Sgt. Flaxman
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Patterson
Kangaroo
Trooper 'Len' Leonard
They're a Weird Mob
Harry Kelly
Smiley Gets a Gun
Sergeant Flaxman
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Collard
Kona Coast
H. Charlie Lightfoot
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Jim
Eureka Stockade
Peter Lalor
The Phantom Stockman
The Sundowner
The Overlanders
Dan McAlpine
The Rats of Tobruk
Milo Trent
Walk Into Paradise
Steve MacAllister
King of the Coral Sea
Ted King
Operation Malaya
Self - Commentator (voice)
Bring Out a Briton
Self