Portrait of Chips Rafferty

Acting

Chips Rafferty

Career

Active from 1940 to 1971, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chips Rafferty Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Mystery
    2.9, average 4.0
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.8, average 3.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 3
  • Australian Western 2
  • Romance 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Exploration 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • World War II 2
  • Siege of Tobruk 2
  • North Africa Campaign 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 67
Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright (1971)
GoodWatch score 83

as Jock Crawford

Skullduggery
Skullduggery (1970)
GoodWatch score 51

as Father 'Pop' Dillingham

1960s

8 titles ยท average score 59
Kona Coast
Kona Coast (1968)
GoodWatch score 39

as H. Charlie Lightfoot

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

Double Trouble
Double Trouble (1967)
GoodWatch score 49

as Archie Brown

They're a Weird Mob
They're a Weird Mob (1966)
GoodWatch score 60

as Harry Kelly

The Monkees
The Monkees (1966)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Captain

Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

as Michael Byrne

The Sundowners
The Sundowners (1960)
GoodWatch score 65

as Quinlan

The Wackiest Ship in the Army
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
GoodWatch score 55

as Patterson

1950s

9 titles ยท average score 64
Smiley Gets a Gun
Smiley Gets a Gun (1958)

as Sergeant Flaxman

Dust in the Sun
Dust in the Sun (1958)

Producer

Walk Into Paradise
Walk Into Paradise (1957)

as Steve MacAllister

Smiley
Smiley (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

as Sgt. Flaxman

King of the Coral Sea
King of the Coral Sea (1954)

as Ted King

The Desert Rats
The Desert Rats (1953)
GoodWatch score 83

as Sgt. "Blue" Smith

The Phantom Stockman
The Phantom Stockman (1953)

as The Sundowner

Kangaroo
Kangaroo (1952)
GoodWatch score 41

as Trooper 'Len' Leonard

Bitter Springs
Bitter Springs (1950)
GoodWatch score 64

as Wally King

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 59
Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

as Peter Lalor

Bush Christmas
Bush Christmas (1947)
GoodWatch score 49

as Long Bill

The Loves of Joanna Godden
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

as Collard

The Overlanders
The Overlanders (1946)
GoodWatch score 59

as Dan McAlpine

The Rats of Tobruk
The Rats of Tobruk (1944)
GoodWatch score 59

as Milo Trent

Forty Thousand Horsemen
Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jim