Chips Rafferty

Personal Info

Birthday

March 26, 1909

Day of Death

1971-05-27

(62 years old)

Place of Birth

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As

John William Pilbean Goffage

Chips Rafferty

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

Mutiny on the Bounty

Double Trouble

Wake in Fright

Skullduggery

The Sundowners

The Desert Rats

Kangaroo

Bitter Springs

Filmography

1971
Wake in Fright
as Jock Crawford
1970
Skullduggery
as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
1968
Kona Coast
as H. Charlie Lightfoot
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
The Sundowners
as Quinlan
1958
Smiley Gets a Gun
as Sergeant Flaxman
1957
Walk Into Paradise
as Steve MacAllister
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)
The Phantom Stockman
as The Sundowner
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
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