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Chips Rafferty MBE was an Australian actor. Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the late 1930s 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, including The Overlanders and The Sundowners. He appeared in commercials in Britain during the late 1950s, encouraging British emigration to Australia.
Birth Name
John William Pilbean Goffage
Born
Friday, 26 March 1909
Died
Thursday, 27 May 1971
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Self | 2008 |
| Century of Cinema | Jim / Harry Kelly | 1995 |
| Spyforce | Leon Reilley | 1971 |
| Wake in Fright | Jock Crawford | 1971 |
| Skullduggery | Father 'Pop' Dillingham | 1970 |
| Riptide | 'Sharky' Hall / Major Drysdale / Ken Brockenhurst | 1969 |
| Kona Coast | Charlie Lightfoot | 1968 |
| Skippy | Pop Miller | 1968 |
| Double Trouble | Archie Brown | 1967 |
| They're a Weird Mob | Harry Kelly | 1966 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Self | 2008 |
| Century of Cinema | Jim / Harry Kelly | 1995 |
| Spyforce | Leon Reilley | 1971 |
| Wake in Fright | Jock Crawford | 1971 |
| Skullduggery | Father 'Pop' Dillingham | 1970 |
| Riptide | 'Sharky' Hall / Major Drysdale / Ken Brockenhurst | 1969 |
| Kona Coast | Charlie Lightfoot | 1968 |
| Skippy | Pop Miller | 1968 |
| Double Trouble | Archie Brown | 1967 |
| They're a Weird Mob | Harry Kelly | 1966 |
| The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Liverpool 'Enry | 1966 |
| The Monkees | Captain | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Dutch Jensen / Dutsch | 1966 |
| Daktari | Rayburn | 1966 |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Boomer McKye | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Jock | 1965 |
| The Stranger" | The Prime Minister | 1964 |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Michael Byrne | 1962 |
| Whiplash | Sorrel / Patrick Flegg | 1961 |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Patterson | 1960 |
| The Sundowners | Quinlan | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Smiley Gets a Gun | Sergeant Flaxman | 1958 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Mick Doyle | 1957 |
| Walk Into Hell | Steve MacAllister | 1956 |
| Smiley | Sgt. Flaxman / Sergeant Flaxman | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Sgt. Tinsdale | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Angus McTabbott | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| King of the Coral Sea | Ted King | 1954 |
| Operation Malaya | Self - Commentator | 1953 |
| Return of the Plainsman | The Sundowner | 1953 |
| The Desert Rats | Sgt. 'Blue' Smith / Sgt 'Blue' Smith | 1953 |
| Kangaroo | Trooper 'Len' Leonard | 1952 |
| Bitter Springs | Wally King | 1950 |
| Massacre Hill | Peter Lalor | 1949 |
| Bush Christmas | Long Bill | 1947 |
| The Loves of Joanna Godden | Collard | 1947 |
| The Overlanders | Dan McAlpine | 1946 |
| The Rats of Tobruk | Milo Trent | 1944 |
| 40,000 Horsemen | Jim | 1940 |
| Dad Rudd, M.P. | Fireman | 1940 |
| Come Up Smiling | Man in Crowd | 1939 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Restless and the Damned | 1959 |
| Walk Into Hell | 1956 |
| King of the Coral Sea | 1954 |
| Return of the Plainsman | 1953 |
