Chips Rafferty
March 26, 1909 (115 years old) in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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
Credits
- 1971 · Wake in Fright as Jock Crawford
- 1970 · Skullduggery as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
- 1968 · Kona Coast as H. Charlie Lightfoot
- 1968 · Skippy the Bush Kangaroo as Pop Miller
- 1968 · Skippy the Bush Kangaroo as
- 1967 · Double Trouble as Archie Brown
- 1966 · They're a Weird Mob as Harry Kelly
- 1962 · Mutiny on the Bounty as Michael Byrne
- 1960 · The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Patterson
- 1960 · The Sundowners as Quinlan
- 1958 · Smiley Gets a Gun as Sergeant Flaxman
- 1957 · Walk Into Paradise as Steve MacAllister
- 1957 · Bring Out a Briton as Self
- 1956 · Smiley as Sgt. Flaxman
- 1954 · King of the Coral Sea as Ted King
- 1953 · Operation Malaya as Self - Commentator (voice)
- 1953 · The Phantom Stockman 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 · The Loves of Joanna Godden as Collard
- 1946 · The Overlanders as Dan McAlpine
- 1944 · The Rats of Tobruk as Milo Trent
- 1940 · 40,000 Horsemen as Jim