Chips Rafferty
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.449 |
| Birthday | 1909-03-26 |
| Place of Birth | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
| Also Known As | John William Pilbean Goffage, |
1962
Mutiny on the Bounty
6.988/292
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as...
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1966
They're a Weird Mob
5.8/20
Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia, and attempts to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday ur...
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They're a Weird Mob
1971
Wake in Fright
7.38/275
A schoolteacher, stuck in a teaching post in an arid backwater, stops off in a mining town on his way home for Christmas. Discovering a local gambling...
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Wake in Fright
1960
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
5.986/35
Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't kn...
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1957
Walk Into Paradise
6.2/6
Steve McAllister, an Australian official for The New Guinea Administration, gets orders to investigate an oil discovery by Ned 'Shark-Eye' Kelly in th...
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Walk Into Paradise
1949
Eureka Stockade
5.5/10
Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
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Eureka Stockade
1946
The Overlanders
5.7/18
It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" polic...
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The Overlanders
1944
The Rats of Tobruk
5.6/4
Three friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of Tobruk against Rommel's forces.
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The Rats of Tobruk
1940
40,000 Horsemen
5.6/7
Charles Chauvel's 1940 cinematic tribute to the mounted troops of the Australian Light Horse regiments is a rousing call to arms, giving life to the h...
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40,000 Horsemen
1947
Bush Christmas
5.7/16
In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.
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Bush Christmas
1958
Smiley Gets a Gun
7/1
The happy-go-lucky young Smiley gets into more strife as he attempts to prove himself a responsible citizen by helping others - all so he can earn a n...
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Smiley Gets a Gun
1956
Smiley
6.714/7
Smiley Greevins is a cheeky, mischievous, imaginative little boy who lives in the small town of Murrumbilla in the Australian outback. His father Bill...
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Smiley
1968
Kona Coast
3.2/5
Sam Moran is a Honolulu charter-boat captain who leads fishing expeditions in the tropical paradise. When his daughter is found murdered at the party...
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Kona Coast
1950
Bitter Springs
6.4/6
A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.
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Bitter Springs
1960
The Sundowners
6.636/47
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to set...
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The Sundowners
1970
Skullduggery
4.4/5
An expedition into the interior of Papua New Guinea comes across a tribe of ape-like people who may or may not be ancestors of early man.
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Skullduggery
1954
King of the Coral Sea
7.5/2
A body is found floating in the Torres Strait and pearler Ted King is asked to investigate. He discovers the murder is connected to a people smuggling...
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King of the Coral Sea
1947
The Loves of Joanna Godden
7/2
Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.
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The Loves of Joanna Godden
1953
The Phantom Stockman
4.8/32
Kim Marsden inherits a cattle station near Alice Springs after the death of her father. Kim becomes convinced her father was murdered. She sends for a...
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The Phantom Stockman
1967
Double Trouble
4.8/32
When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
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Double Trouble
1952
Kangaroo
5.2/8
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals...
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Kangaroo
1957
Bring Out a Briton
0/0
‘Bring Out a Briton’ was a short appeal for Australians to help the Immigration Department in its plan to form and assist a ‘Bring Out a Briton’ Commi...
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Bring Out a Briton
1953
Operation Malaya
0/0
Docudrama recreating events in the Malayan Emergency
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Operation Malaya
1953
The Desert Rats
6.202/84
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important p...
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