Chips Rafferty
Born
26 March 1909 (117)
Place of Birth
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as
John William Pilbean Goffage
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.
Filmography (25)
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
2014
Wake in Fright
1971
Skullduggery
1970
Kona Coast
1968
Double Trouble
1967
They're a Weird Mob
1966
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
The Sundowners
1960
Smiley Gets a Gun
1958
Walk Into Paradise
1957
Bring Out a Briton
1957
Smiley
1956
King of the Coral Sea
1954
Operation Malaya
1953
The Phantom Stockman
1953
The Desert Rats
1953
Kangaroo
1952
Bitter Springs
1950
Eureka Stockade
1949
Bush Christmas
1947
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
The Overlanders
1946
The Rats of Tobruk
1944
40,000 Horsemen
1940