
Person Detail
Chips Rafferty
Catalogued films 23Actor 23
John William Pilbean Goffage MBE (26 March 1909 – 27 May 1971), known professionally as Chips Rafferty, 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.
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Wake in Fright
Skullduggery
Kona Coast
Double Trouble
They're a Weird Mob
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Sundowners
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Smiley Gets a Gun
Walk Into Paradise
Smiley
King of the Coral Sea
Operation Malaya
The Phantom Stockman
The Desert Rats
Kangaroo
Bitter Springs
Eureka Stockade
Bush Christmas
The Loves of Joanna Godden
The Overlanders
The Rats of Tobruk
40,000 Horsemen
