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Chips Rafferty

Acting · Born March 26, 1909 · 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.

Movies with Chips Rafferty

• Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) — Michael Byrne
• Skullduggery (1970) — Father 'Pop' Dillingham
• Wake in Fright (1971) — Jock Crawford
• Bitter Springs (1950) — Wally King
• Double Trouble (1967) — Archie Brown
• The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) — Patterson
• The Sundowners (1960) — Quinlan
• The Desert Rats (1953) — Sgt. "Blue" Smith
• They're a Weird Mob (1966) — Harry Kelly
• Kangaroo (1952) — Trooper 'Len' Leonard
• Bush Christmas (1947) — Long Bill
• Smiley (1956) — Sgt. Flaxman