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Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

ActorProducerWriter Mar 26 (died age 62) Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia 1940–2014 (74 year career)
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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

Wake in Fright
Film

Wake in Fright

Jock Crawford
Mutiny on the Bounty
Film

Mutiny on the Bounty

Michael Byrne
The Desert Rats
Film

The Desert Rats

Sgt. "Blue" Smith
The Sundowners
Film

The Sundowners

Quinlan
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Film

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Patterson
They're a Weird Mob
Film

They're a Weird Mob

Harry Kelly
The Overlanders
Film

The Overlanders

Dan McAlpine
Double Trouble
Film

Double Trouble

Archie Brown

Filmography