
Chips Rafferty
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1909-03-26 – 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

Mutiny on the Bounty
1962Michael Byrne
They're a Weird Mob
1966Harry Kelly
Wake in Fright
1971Jock Crawford
Operation Malaya
1953Self - Commentator (voice)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960Patterson
Walk Into Paradise
1957Steve MacAllister
Eureka Stockade
1949Peter Lalor
The Overlanders
1946Dan McAlpine
The Rats of Tobruk
1944Milo Trent
40,000 Horsemen
1940Jim
Bush Christmas
1947Long Bill
Smiley Gets a Gun
1958Sergeant Flaxman
Smiley
1956Sgt. Flaxman
Kona Coast
1968H. Charlie Lightfoot
Bitter Springs
1950Wally King
The Sundowners
1960Quinlan
The Desert Rats
1953Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Skullduggery
1970Father 'Pop' Dillingham
King of the Coral Sea
1954Ted King