
Person
Chips Rafferty
Acting · 1909–1971 · 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

The Monkees
Captain

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968

Skullduggery
Father 'Pop' Dillingham

Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Byrne

Kangaroo
Trooper 'Len' Leonard

Bitter Springs
Wally King

Wake in Fright
Jock Crawford

The Sundowners
Quinlan

The Desert Rats
Sgt. "Blue" Smith

Smiley
Sgt. Flaxman
Filmography
- 2014The Big Picture - The Films of Charles ChauvelSelf (archive footage)
- 1971Wake in FrightJock Crawford
- 1970SkullduggeryFather 'Pop' Dillingham
- 1968Kona CoastH. Charlie Lightfoot
- 1968Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
- 1967Double TroubleArchie Brown
- 1966The MonkeesCaptain
- 1966They're a Weird MobHarry Kelly
- 1962Mutiny on the BountyMichael Byrne
- 1960The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyPatterson
- 1960The SundownersQuinlan
- 1958Dust in the SunProducer
- 1958Smiley Gets a GunSergeant Flaxman
- 1957Walk Into ParadiseSteve MacAllister
- 1957Bring Out a BritonSelf
- 1956SmileySgt. Flaxman
- 1954King of the Coral SeaTed King
- 1953Operation MalayaSelf - Commentator (voice)
- 1953The Phantom StockmanThe Sundowner
- 1953The Desert RatsSgt. "Blue" Smith
- 1952KangarooTrooper 'Len' Leonard
- 1950Bitter SpringsWally King
- 1949Eureka StockadePeter Lalor
- 1947Bush ChristmasLong Bill
- 1947The Loves of Joanna GoddenCollard
- 1946The OverlandersDan McAlpine
- 1944The Rats of TobrukMilo Trent
- 1940Forty Thousand HorsemenJim
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