
Chips Rafferty
Born: 1909-03-26
Place of birth: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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

Smiley Gets a Gun
1958

The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947

King of the Coral Sea
1954

Wake in Fright
1971

Smiley
1956

Mutiny on the Bounty
1962

Dust in the Sun
1958

Bitter Springs
1950

The Sundowners
1960

Walk Into Paradise
1957

The Monkees
1966

The Rats of Tobruk
1944

The Desert Rats
1953

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968

They're a Weird Mob
1966

Eureka Stockade
1949

The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960

The Overlanders
1946