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Chips Rafferty

Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Born March 26, 1909Died May 27, 1971 (62 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Wake in Fright
  • Kangaroo
Known For
  • Wake in Fright
  • The Desert Rats
  • The Sundowners
  • The Wackiest Ship in the Army
  • The Overlanders
  • They're a Weird Mob
  • Double Trouble
  • Eureka Stockade
  • The Rats of Tobruk
  • Bitter Springs
  • Skullduggery
  • King of the Coral Sea
  • Kangaroo
  • 40,000 Horsemen
  • Smiley Gets a Gun
  • Kona Coast
  • The Loves of Joanna Godden

Filmography

1971
Spyforce (TV Series) · as Leon Reilley
1971
Wake in Fright · as Jock Crawford
1970
Skullduggery · as Father 'pop' Dillingham
1969
S.O.S. Charterboot (TV Series) · as 'sharky' Hall
1968
Kona Coast · as H. Charlie Lightfoot
1968
Skippy (TV Series)
1967
Double Trouble · as Archie Brown
1966
They're a Weird Mob · as Harry Kelly
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Liverpool 'enry
1966
Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Dutch Jensen
1966
Daktari (TV Series) · as Rayburn
1966
Adventures of the Seaspray (TV Series) · as Cast
1965
The Monkees (TV Series) · as Captain
1965
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV Series) · as Boomer Mckye
1965
The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Jock
1962
Mutiny on the Bounty · as Michael Byrne
1960
1960
The Sundowners · as Quinlan
1960
Whiplash (TV Series) · as Patrick Flegg
1958
Smiley Gets a Gun · as Sergeant Flaxman
1957
Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Mick Doyle
1956
Smiley · as Sgt. Flaxman
1956
Walk Into Hell · as Steve Macallister
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Sgt. Tinsdale
1955
Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Angus Mctabbott
1954
King of the Coral Sea · as Ted King
1953
Return of the Plainsman · as The Sundowner
1953
The Desert Rats · as Sgt. "blue" Smith
1952
Kangaroo · as Trooper 'len' Leonard
1950
Bitter Springs · as Wally King
1949
Eureka Stockade · as Peter Lalor
1947
Bush Christmas · as Long Bill
1947
1946
The Overlanders · as Dan Mcalpine
1944
The Rats of Tobruk · as Milo Trent
1940
40,000 Horsemen · as Jim
1940
Dad Rudd, M.P. · as Fireman
1939
Come Up Smiling · as Man In Crowd

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