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Personal Info

Birth date

1909-03-26 (116 Years)

Day of death

1971-05-27

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Also known as

John William Pilbean Goffage

Chips Rafferty

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.

Filmography

Acting

1971Wake in Fright as Jock Crawford

1970Skullduggery as Father 'Pop' Dillingham

1968Kona Coast as H. Charlie Lightfoot

1968Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1 Episode) as Unknown

1967Double Trouble as Archie Brown

1966They're a Weird Mob as Harry Kelly

1962Mutiny on the Bounty as Michael Byrne

1960The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Patterson

1960The Sundowners as Quinlan

1958Smiley Gets a Gun as Sergeant Flaxman

1957Walk Into Paradise as Steve MacAllister

1957Bring Out a Briton as Self

1956Smiley as Sgt. Flaxman

1954King of the Coral Sea as Ted King

1953Operation Malaya as Self - Commentator (voice)

1953The Phantom Stockman as The Sundowner

1953The Desert Rats as Sgt. "Blue" Smith

1952Kangaroo as Trooper 'Len' Leonard

1950Bitter Springs as Wally King

1949Eureka Stockade as Peter Lalor

1947Bush Christmas as Long Bill

1947The Loves of Joanna Godden as Collard

1946The Overlanders as Dan McAlpine

1944The Rats of Tobruk as Milo Trent

194040,000 Horsemen as Jim

Production

1958Dust in the Sun ... Producer

Writing

1954King of the Coral Sea ... Writer