Chips Rafferty
Australian actor (1909-1971) · Australia · On the map · Actors · Died at 62
John William Pilbean Goffage MBE, known professionally as Chips Rafferty, was an Australian actor.
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Wake in FrightFilm, 1971Jock Crawford1968
Skippy the Bush KangarooSeries
Kona CoastFilm, 1968H. Charlie Lightfoot1967
Double TroubleFilm, Archie Brown1966
The MonkeesSeries, Captain1962
Mutiny on the BountyFilm, Michael Byrne1960
The SundownersFilm, Quinlan1957
Bring Out a BritonFilm1956
SmileyFilm, Sgt. Flaxman1953
Operation MalayaFilm1952
KangarooFilm, Trooper 'Len' Leonard1949
Eureka StockadeFilm, Peter Lalor1947
Bush ChristmasFilm, Long Bill1944
The Rats of TobrukFilm, Milo Trent1940
Forty Thousand HorsemenFilm, Jim1909Born26 March 1909Known for
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Wake in Fright 1971
Mutiny on the Bounty 1962
The Sundowners 1960
The Desert Rats 1953
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Michael Balcon Produced The Overlanders and Eureka Stockade- Lee Robinson Directed King of the Coral Sea (1954)
Charles Chauvel Directed Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940)
Harry Watt Directed The Overlanders and Eureka Stockade- Leslie Norman Produced Eureka Stockade and Bitter Springs
Peter Finch Also in The Rats of Tobruk (1944)
Lewis Milestone Directed Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)- Gordon Jackson Also in Eureka Stockade and Bitter Springs
John Meillon Also in They're a Weird Mob and The Sundowners- Bud Tingwell Chips produced King of the Coral Sea (1954)
Grant Taylor Also in Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940)- John McCallum Also in Bush Christmas (1947)
Fred Zinnemann Directed The Sundowners (1960)
Rod Taylor Chips produced King of the Coral Sea (1954)
Norman Taurog Directed Double Trouble (1967)
Michael Powell Produced They're a Weird Mob (1966)
Pierre Brice Chips produced The Restless and the Damned (1959)
Irwin Winkler Produced Double Trouble (1967)
Andréa Parisy Chips produced The Restless and the Damned (1959)
Françoise Christophe Chips produced Walk Into Paradise (1956)
Aaron Rosenberg Produced Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)- Guy Doleman Chips produced The Phantom Stockman (1953)
Ken G. Hall Directed South West Pacific (1943)
Jean Marchat Chips produced The Restless and the Damned (1959)
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Television 2
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About this person
Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the late 1930s until he died in 1971, and during this time he performed regularly in major Australian feature films such as Wake in Fright, 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.
