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Chips Rafferty

Born: 1909-03-26

From: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

About: 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.


Film credits:

Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Byrne
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They're a Weird Mob
Harry Kelly
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Wake in Fright
Jock Crawford
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Operation Malaya
Self - Commentator (voice)
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Patterson
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Walk Into Paradise
Steve MacAllister
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Eureka Stockade
Peter Lalor
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The Overlanders
Dan McAlpine
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The Rats of Tobruk
Milo Trent
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40,000 Horsemen
Jim
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Bush Christmas
Long Bill
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Smiley Gets a Gun
Sergeant Flaxman
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Smiley
Sgt. Flaxman
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Kona Coast
H. Charlie Lightfoot
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Bitter Springs
Wally King
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The Sundowners
Quinlan
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The Desert Rats
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
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Skullduggery
Father 'Pop' Dillingham
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King of the Coral Sea
Ted King
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The Loves of Joanna Godden
Collard
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The Phantom Stockman
The Sundowner
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Double Trouble
Archie Brown
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Kangaroo
Trooper 'Len' Leonard
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Bring Out a Briton
Self
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The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
Self (archive footage)
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