A self-portrait caricature of the Australian actor Chips Rafferty, the pseudonym of John William Pilbean Goffage (1909-1971)
'As an actor, Rafferty owed much to a tradition of comedy going back to Pat Hanna and his series of "Diggers" stage shows in the 1920s. After his screen character was remodelled by [British director Harry] Watt in "The Overlanders", Rafferty abandoned broad comedy and emerged as a stereotype of..... More