Chips Rafferty
Acting
- Born:
- 1909-03-26
- Died:
- 1971-05-27
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
Wake in Fright
Willy Willy
Skullduggery
Kona Coast
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Double Trouble
The Monkees
They're a Weird Mob
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
The Sundowners
Smiley Gets a Gun
Walk Into Paradise
Bring Out a Briton
Smiley
King of the Coral Sea
Operation Malaya
The Phantom Stockman
The Desert Rats
Kangaroo
Bitter Springs
Eureka Stockade
Bush Christmas
The Loves of Joanna Godden
The Overlanders
The Rats of Tobruk
Forty Thousand Horsemen