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.
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Michael ByrneThe Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit....
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Wake in Fright
as Jock CrawfordA schoolteacher, stuck in a teaching post in an arid backwater, stops off in a mining town on...
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The Desert Rats
as Sgt. "Blue" SmithIn North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British...
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The Sundowners
as QuinlanIn the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep...
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Double Trouble
as Archie BrownWhen singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling...
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as PattersonLieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a...
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Eureka Stockade
as Peter LalorSpectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
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Kangaroo
as Trooper 'Len' LeonardIn turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to...
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Kona Coast
as H. Charlie LightfootSam Moran is a Honolulu charter-boat captain who leads fishing expeditions in the tropical...
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They're a Weird Mob
as Harry KellyNino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia, and attempts to understand the...
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Skullduggery
as Father 'Pop' DillinghamAn expedition into the interior of Papua New Guinea comes across a tribe of ape-like people who...
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The Phantom Stockman
as The SundownerKim Marsden inherits a cattle station near Alice Springs after the death of her father. Kim...
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Bitter Springs
as Wally KingA family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native...
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The Overlanders
as Dan McAlpineIt's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are...
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Bush Christmas
as Long BillIn Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.
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The Loves of Joanna Godden
as CollardJoanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.
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40,000 Horsemen
as JimCharles Chauvel's 1940 cinematic tribute to the mounted troops of the Australian Light Horse...
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The Rats of Tobruk
as Milo TrentThree friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of...
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Smiley
as Sgt. FlaxmanSmiley Greevins is a cheeky, mischievous, imaginative little boy who lives in the small town of...
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Walk Into Paradise
as Steve MacAllisterSteve McAllister, an Australian official for The New Guinea Administration, gets orders to...
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Smiley Gets a Gun
as Sergeant FlaxmanThe happy-go-lucky young Smiley gets into more strife as he attempts to prove himself a...
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King of the Coral Sea
as Ted KingA body is found floating in the Torres Strait and pearler Ted King is asked to investigate. He...
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Operation Malaya
as Self - Commentator (voice)Docudrama recreating events in the Malayan Emergency
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Bring Out a Briton
as Self‘Bring Out a Briton’ was a short appeal for Australians to help the Immigration Department in...
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
as uncreditedSkippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young...
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
as Pop MillerSkippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young...
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