Acting
Chips Rafferty
Also Known As: John William Pilbean Goffage
Birth Date
March 26, 1909
Death Date
May 27, 1971
(passed away at 62)
Place of Birth
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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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.
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The Monkees
Captain
1966 • 1 episode
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968 • 1 episode
Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Byrne
1962
Wake in Fright
Jock Crawford
1971
Skullduggery
Father 'Pop' Dillingham
1970
Double Trouble
Archie Brown
1967
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Patterson
1960
The Desert Rats
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
1953
Bitter Springs
Wally King
1950
The Sundowners
Quinlan
1960
Willy Willy
1971
Kangaroo
Trooper 'Len' Leonard
1952
Bush Christmas
Long Bill
1947
Smiley
Sgt. Flaxman
1956
They're a Weird Mob
Harry Kelly
1966
The Rats of Tobruk
Milo Trent
1944
Eureka Stockade
Peter Lalor
1949
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Collard
1947
The Overlanders
Dan McAlpine
1946
Kona Coast
H. Charlie Lightfoot
1968