Born 1909 (age 62) · Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Appears in 28 titles

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.

Filmography

Mutiny on the Bounty
7.1
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
as Michael Byrne
Wake in Fright
7.3
Wake in Fright
1971
as Jock Crawford
The Desert Rats
6.3
The Desert Rats
1953
as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
The Sundowners
6.8
The Sundowners
1960
as Quinlan
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
6.0
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
as Patterson
Double Trouble
5.0
Double Trouble
1967
as Archie Brown
The Phantom Stockman
4.9
The Phantom Stockman
1953
as The Sundowner
They're a Weird Mob
6.0
They're a Weird Mob
1966
as Harry Kelly
The Overlanders
6.0
The Overlanders
1946
as Dan McAlpine
Bush Christmas
5.8
Bush Christmas
1947
as Long Bill
Eureka Stockade
6.0
Eureka Stockade
1949
as Peter Lalor
Kona Coast
3.3
Kona Coast
1968
as H. Charlie Lightfoot
Kangaroo
5.7
Kangaroo
1952
as Trooper 'Len' Leonard
Forty Thousand Horsemen
5.8
Forty Thousand Horsemen
1940
as Jim
Smiley
7.1
Smiley
1956
as Sgt. Flaxman
Walk Into Paradise
6.7
Walk Into Paradise
1957
as Steve MacAllister
Bitter Springs
6.8
Bitter Springs
1950
as Wally King
Skullduggery
4.9
Skullduggery
1970
as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
The Rats of Tobruk
6.4
The Rats of Tobruk
1944
as Milo Trent
The Loves of Joanna Godden
7.8
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
as Collard