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.
He was cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium and in accordance with his instructions, his ashes were mingled with his wife Ellen's and scattered over a favorite fishing spot in Lovett Bay, Church Point, New South Wales, Australia.
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He was a Freemason, initiated at Lodge Literature #500 of the United Grand Lodge of NSW & ACT in 1957.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Spyforce
1971
TV Series
Leon Reilley
Wake in Fright
1971
Jock Crawford
Dead Men Running
1971
TV Series
Skullduggery
1970
Father 'Pop' Dillingham
Woobinda, Animal Doctor
1969-1970
TV Series
Grazier
Delta
1969
TV Series
Sawtell
Riptide
1969
TV Series
'Sharky' Hall / Major Drysdale / Ken Brockenhurst
Rita and Wally
1968
TV Series
Mr. Stiller
Skippy
1968
TV Series
Pop Miller
Kona Coast
1968
Charlie Lightfoot
The Monkees
1967
TV Series
Captain
Adventures of the Seaspray
1967
TV Series
Double Trouble
1967
Archie Brown
Tarzan
1967
TV Series
Dutch Jensen / Dutsch
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
TV Series
Liverpool 'Enry
They're a Weird Mob
1966
Harry Kelly
Daktari
1966
TV Series
Rayburn
Gunsmoke
1966
TV Series
Angus McTabbott
The Big Valley
1966
TV Series
Jock
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1965
TV Series
Boomer McKye
ITV Play of the Week
1965
TV Series
Sgt. Tinsdale
The Stranger
1965
TV Series
The Prime Minister (1965)
Emergency-Ward 10
1964
TV Series
Mick Doyle
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
Michael Byrne
Whiplash
1961
TV Series
Sorrel / Patrick Flegg
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
Patterson
The Sundowners
1960
Quinlan
The Flaming Sword
1958
Long Tom
Smiley Gets a Gun
1958
Sergeant Flaxman
Walk Into Hell
1956
Steve MacAllister
Smiley
1956
Sergeant Flaxman
King of the Coral Sea
1954
Ted King
Return of the Plainsman
1953
The Sundowner
The Desert Rats
1953
Sgt. 'Blue' Smith
Kangaroo
1952
Trooper 'Len' Leonard (as 'Chips' Rafferty)
Bitter Springs
1950
Wally King
Massacre Hill
1949
Peter Lalor
Bush Christmas
1947
Long Bill
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
Collard
The Overlanders
1946
Dan McAlpine
The Fighting Rats of Tobruk
1944
Milo Trent
South West Pacific
1943
Short
R.A.A.F. Mechanic
40,000 Horsemen
1940
Jim
Dad Rudd, M.P.
1940
Fireman
Come Up Smiling
1939
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Ambitious One
1959
producer
Dust in the Sun
1958
producer
Walk Into Hell
1956
producer
King of the Coral Sea
1954
producer
Return of the Plainsman
1953
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walk Into Hell
1956
story
King of the Coral Sea
1954
original screenplay
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Made in Australia
1962
Short
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob
1966
Documentary
Himself (interviewed)
Here's Hollywood
1961
TV Series
Himself
This Is Your Life
1959
TV Series documentary
Himself
Leave It to the Girls
1957
TV Series
Himself
Bring Out a Briton
1957
Documentary short
Himself - Narrator / Presenter
Operation Malaya
1953
Documentary
Outback Patrol
1952
Short
Himself - Narrator
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
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