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Chips Rafferty Chips Rafferty i(A132667 works by) (birth name: John William Pilbean Goffage)
Born: Established: 26 Mar 1909 Broken Hill, Broken Hill area, Far West NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 27 May 1971 Elizabeth Bay, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon Walk into Paradise Walk into Hell (US title) Rex Rienits , Lee Robinson , Chips Rafferty , ( dir. Lee Robinson ) Australia : Southern Films International , 1956 7875090 1956 single work film/TV

'As he’s heading for Australia on leave, senior patrol officer Steve McAllister (Chips Rafferty) is recalled to take a patrol into unmapped territory in the highlands of Australian-administered New Guinea. An old prospector, 'Sharkeye’ Kelly (Reg Lye), has discovered oil during an unauthorised expedition that claimed his brother’s life. McAllister is annoyed that he must take a French doctor, a UN malaria specialist (Françoise Christophe) into the interior, but she becomes crucial to the expedition’s success, when they encounter hostile tribes in 'Paradise Valley’.'

Source: Australian Screen.
1 3 form y separately published work icon King of the Coral Sea Lee Robinson , Chips Rafferty , ( dir. Lee Robinson ) 1953 Australia : Southern Films International , 1953 Z1687719 1953 single work film/TV thriller crime

Reputed playboy Peter Merriman inherits a company that harvests shells and pearls in the Coral Sea. He decides to visit the operations, arriving around the same time that the company's manager, Ted King, discovers a body out in the ocean. When King brings the body back, it sets off an investigation into the possibiilty of people-smuggling in the area, and the local police appeal to King for help.

Merriman arrives and a mutual attraction develops between him and King's daughter, Rusty. Some tension develops between Merriman and King, however, when the new boss shows them the modern diving equipment he wants to use in order to streamline the operation and save lives. King is later convinced when the equipment saves his own life. When the people-smugglers learn that King is on their trail, they take Rusty hostage, but King, his assistant Jack, and Merriman follow, using Merriman's aqualungs, rescue her, and capture the villains before the police arrive.
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