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Chips Rafferty

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: Acting

Born: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1909-03-26

Died: 1971-05-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1940	40,000 Horsemen	Jim	56
2	1944	The Rats of Tobruk	Milo Trent	57
3	1946	The Overlanders	Dan McAlpine	59
4	1947	The Loves of Joanna Godden	Collard	70
5	1947	Bush Christmas	Long Bill	55
6	1949	Eureka Stockade	Peter Lalor	56
7	1950	Bitter Springs	Wally King	64
8	1952	Kangaroo	Trooper 'Len' Leonard	52
9	1953	The Desert Rats	Sgt. "Blue" Smith	63
10	1953	The Phantom Stockman	The Sundowner	48
11	1953	Operation Malaya	Self - Commentator (voice)	0
12	1954	King of the Coral Sea	Ted King	75
13	1956	Smiley	Sgt. Flaxman	67
14	1957	Bring Out a Briton	Self	0
15	1957	Walk Into Paradise	Steve MacAllister	62
16	1958	Smiley Gets a Gun	Sergeant Flaxman	70
17	1960	The Sundowners	Quinlan	67
18	1960	The Wackiest Ship in the Army	Patterson	59
19	1962	Mutiny on the Bounty	Michael Byrne	70
20	1966	They're a Weird Mob	Harry Kelly	60
21	1967	Double Trouble	Archie Brown	50
22	1968	Kona Coast	H. Charlie Lightfoot	31
23	1970	Skullduggery	Father 'Pop' Dillingham	45
24	1971	Wake in Fright	Jock Crawford	73

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Skippy the Bush Kangaroo		56