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Chips Rafferty (1909–1971)

Actor | Producer | Writer

Years before Jack Thompson arrived on the scene, Chips Rafferty was regarded by many as the personification of the stereotypically rugged, straightforward and laconic Aussie male. Tall and thin, though not particularly striking in appearance, Rafferty was a tailor-made star for the austere, modestly-budgeted dramas made 'down under' in the 1940's and 50's... See full bio »

Born:

John William Pilbean Goffage
in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Died:

(age 62) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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1971 Spyforce (TV series)
Leon Reilley
– Reilley's Army (1971) … Leon Reilley
 
1971 Wake in Fright
Jock Crawford
 
1971 Dead Men Running (TV series)
 
1970 Skullduggery
Father 'Pop' Dillingham
 
1969-1970 Woobinda, Animal Doctor (TV series)
Grazier
– The Carrier (1970)
– The Exterminators (1969) … Grazier
 
1969 Delta (TV series)
Sawtell
– R.I.P. (1969) … Sawtell
 
1969 Riptide (TV series)
'Sharky' Hall / Ken Brockenhurst / Major Drysdale
– Sharky (1969) … 'Sharky' Hall
– The Boat That Went to Sea (1969) … Major Drysdale
– Echoes from a Lost Valley (1969) … Ken Brockenhurst
 
1968 Rita and Wally (TV series)
Mr. Stiller.
– The Farther the Better (1968) … Mr. Stiller.
 
1968 Skippy (TV series)
Pop Miller
– No Trespassers (1968) … Pop Miller
 
1968 Kona Coast
Charlie Lightfoot
 
1967 The Monkees (TV series)
Captain
– Hitting the High Seas (1967) … Captain
 
1967 Adventures of the Seaspray (TV series)
– A Deadly Game (1967)
 
1967 Double Trouble
Archie Brown
 
1967 Tarzan (TV series)
Dutch Jensen / Dutsch
– The Circus (1967) … Dutch Jensen
– Captain Jai (1967) … Dutsch
 
1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Liverpool 'Enry
– The Paradise Lost Affair (1966) … Liverpool 'Enry
 
1966 They're a Weird Mob
Harry Kelly
 
1966 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Angus McTabbott
– By Line (1966) … Angus McTabbott
 
1966 The Big Valley (TV series)
Jock
– The River Monarch (1966) … Jock
 
1965 The Stranger (TV series)
The Prime Minister (1965)
 
1965 The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series)
– Boomer McKye (1965)
 
1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Sgt.Tinsdale
– The Winds of Green Monday (1965) … Sgt.Tinsdale
 
1964 Emergency-Ward 10 (TV series)
Mick Doyle
– Episode #1.715 (1964) … Mick Doyle
– Episode #1.714 (1964) … Mick Doyle
– Episode #1.713 (1964) … Mick Doyle
– Episode #1.712 (1964) … Mick Doyle
– Episode #1.711 (1964) … Mick Doyle
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1962 Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Byrne
 
1961 Whiplash (TV series)
Patrick Flegg / Sorrel
– The Adelaide Arabs (1961) … Sorrel
– The Day of the Hunter (1961) … Patrick Flegg
 
1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Patterson
 
1960 The Sundowners
Quinlan
 
1958 Smiley Gets a Gun
Sergeant Flaxman
 
1958 The Flaming Sword
Long Tom
 
1956 Walk Into Hell
Steve MacAllister
 
1956 Smiley
Sergeant Flaxman
 
1953 King of the Coral Sea
Ted King
 
1953 Return of the Plainsman
The Sundowner
 
1953 The Desert Rats
Sgt. 'Blue' Smith
 
1952 Kangaroo
Trooper 'Len' Leonard (as 'Chips' Rafferty)
 
1950 Bitter Springs
Wally King
 
1949 Massacre Hill
Peter Lalor
 
1947 Bush Christmas
Long Bill
 
1947 The Loves of Joanna Godden
Collard
 
1946 The Overlanders
Dan McAlpine
 
1944 The Fighting Rats of Tobruk
Milo Trent
 
1943 South West Pacific
 
1941 40,000 Horsemen
Jim
 
1940 Dad Rudd, M.P.
Fireman
 
1939 Come Up Smiling
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
1959 The Ambitious One (producer)
 
1958 Dust in the Sun (producer)
 
1956 Walk Into Hell (producer)
 
1953 King of the Coral Sea (producer)
 
1953 Return of the Plainsman (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1956 Walk Into Hell (story)
 
1953 King of the Coral Sea (original screenplay)
 
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1966 The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob (documentary)
Himself (interviewed)
 
1957 Bring Out a Briton
Himself - Narrator/Presenter
 
1955 Operation Malaya (documentary)
 
1952 Outback Patrol
Himself - Narrator
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Celluloid Heroes (TV movie)
Himself
 

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Kangaroo -- Kangaroo The Big Valley: Season 1: Episode 27 -- The Barkley men must clear their father's name of accusations of taking Union Army gold thought lost in a shipwreck. Wake in Fright -- The story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But his one night stretches to five and he plunges headlong toward his own destruction
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

'Chips' Rafferty

Height:

6' 5" (1.96 m)
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Trivia:

He was a Freemason, initiated at Lodge Literature #500 of the United Grand Lodge of NSW & ACT in 1957. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries