Chips Rafferty
John William Pilbean Goffage
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1909-03-26
Place of birth:Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death1971-05-27
62Biography
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
Rating by year
- The Big Picture - The Films of Charles ChauvelSelf (archive footage)2014-03-300.00
- Wake in FrightJock Crawford1971-07-217.2337
- SkullduggeryFather 'Pop' Dillingham1970-03-064.97
- Kona CoastH. Charlie Lightfoot1968-05-013.39
- Skippy the Bush Kangaroo1968-02-056.020
- Double TroubleArchie Brown1967-04-055.036
- The MonkeesCaptain1966-09-126.652
- They're a Weird MobHarry Kelly1966-08-186.026
- Mutiny on the BountyMichael Byrne1962-11-087.1349
- The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyPatterson1960-12-296.141
- The SundownersQuinlan1960-12-086.860
- Smiley Gets a GunSergeant Flaxman1958-05-018.52
- Walk Into ParadiseSteve MacAllister1957-09-086.77
- Bring Out a BritonSelf1957-01-010.00
- SmileySgt. Flaxman1956-06-287.18
- King of the Coral SeaTed King1954-08-127.33
- Operation MalayaSelf - Commentator (voice)1953-09-170.00
- The Phantom StockmanThe Sundowner1953-06-194.933
- The Desert RatsSgt. "Blue" Smith1953-03-266.398
- KangarooTrooper 'Len' Leonard1952-05-165.79
- Bitter SpringsWally King1950-07-056.87
- Eureka StockadePeter Lalor1949-01-266.013
- Bush ChristmasLong Bill1947-07-285.719
- The Loves of Joanna GoddenCollard1947-06-087.84
- The OverlandersDan McAlpine1946-09-276.023
- The Rats of TobrukMilo Trent1944-06-306.46
- Forty Thousand HorsemenJim1940-12-265.88