
Chips Rafferty
Actor
- Born
- March 26, 1909 · Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Died
- May 27, 1971 (age 62)
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
Acting26
- 2014The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel as Self (archive footage)
- 1971Wake in Fright as Jock Crawford
- 1971Willy Willy
- 1970Skullduggery as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
- 1968Kona Coast as H. Charlie Lightfoot
- 1967Double Trouble as Archie Brown
- 1966They're a Weird Mob as Harry Kelly
- 1962Mutiny on the Bounty as Michael Byrne
- 1960The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Patterson
- 1960The Sundowners











