Acting
Chips Rafferty
EN cinema · 27 credits
Born
26 March 1909
Died
27 May 1971 (aged 62)
Birthplace
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as John William Pilbean Goffage
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
Filmography
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
2014
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
as Self (archive footage)
Wake in Fright
as Jock Crawford
Skullduggery
as Father 'Pop' Dillingham
Kona Coast
as H. Charlie Lightfoot
Double Trouble
as Archie Brown
They're a Weird Mob
as Harry Kelly
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Michael Byrne
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Patterson
The Sundowners
as Quinlan
Smiley Gets a Gun
as Sergeant Flaxman
Dust in the Sun
Producer
Walk Into Paradise
as Steve MacAllister, Original Story
Smiley
as Sgt. Flaxman
King of the Coral Sea
as Ted King, Writer
Operation Malaya
as Self - Commentator (voice)
The Desert Rats
as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
The Phantom Stockman
as The Sundowner
Kangaroo
as Trooper 'Len' Leonard
Bitter Springs
as Wally King
Eureka Stockade
as Peter Lalor
Bush Christmas
as Long Bill
The Loves of Joanna Godden
as Collard
The Overlanders
as Dan McAlpine
The Rats of Tobruk
as Milo Trent
