Robert Bundy McDarra (1931– 23 December 1975) variously credited as Robert McDara and Bob McDara was an Australian stage, television and film actor. He won the 1973
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work on the film ''
27A
''27A'' is a 1974 Australian drama film directed by Esben Storm. At the AFI Awards it won in the Best Actor (Robert McDarra) and Best Fiction (Haydn Keenan) categories.
Plot
Bill McDonald is a middle aged alcoholic who is sentenced to six week ...
''. With
Edward Hepple
Edward Hepple (4 June 1914 – 3 September 2005) billed variously as Eddie Hepple and Ted Hepple, was an Australian actor, voice artist, producer, director, playwright and television scriptwriter, known for his roles in theatre, television seri ...
, Terry McDermott, Walter Sullivan and
Ben Gabriel
Ben Gabriel (25 February 1918 – 25 April 2012) was an Australian actor, director, voice artist and theatre founder. Gabriel had numerous appearances in stage and radio roles and in film and television.
Biography
He was born as James Vernon Gab ...
, he was a founding member of the original
Q Theatre project in 1963, which, before expanding and moving to
Penrith, was a venue offering short plays to office workers at the AMP Theatrette at
Circular Quay over lunch times.
McDarra died on 23 December 1975 after a long battle with an unspecified illness
Selected filmography
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1931 births
1975 deaths
20th-century Australian male actors
Australian male film actors
Australian male stage actors
Australian male television actors
Best Actor AACTA Award winners
Male actors from Sydney