Sydney Leicester Conabere (8 July 191815 July 2008) was an Australian actor. He was notable for his work in theatre, film and television drama in a career spanning more than fifty years. In 1962 Conabere won the Logie award for Best Actor, for his performance in the television play '' The One Day of the Year''. He worked prolifically as a stage actor from 1938 to 1989, particularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company and Melbourne Little Theatre, sharing the stage (and applause) with Irene Mitchell in, for example, Lilian Hellman's '' The Little Foxes''. Conabere had an extensive career as a character actor from the 1950s to the 2000s, regularly appearing in popular Australian television serials, including '' Emergency'', ''

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''. He worked for a short period in the United Kingdom, appearing in the drama serials '' Z Cars'' and ''

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'', the comedy '' Please Sir!'', and in the crime film ''

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''. In the 1980s Conabere reached a wider international audience, making occasional appearances in two long running Australian soap operas, in ''

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and as Doug Palmer in '' Sons and Daughters''. Sydney Conabere died in Sydney, Australia on 15 July 2008, aged 90.

Selected filmography

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'' (1957, TV Movie) *'' Sound of Thunder'' (1957, TV Movie) *''

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'' (1958, TV Movie) *'' Captain Carvallo'' (1958, TV Movie) *''

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'' (1958, TV Movie) *''

One Morning Near Troodos ''One Morning Near Troodos'' (1956) was a British TV play by Iain MacCormick which aired on the BBC as part of ''Sunday Night Theatre''. It was the first British TV play about the Cyprus Emergency. Plot A journalist in Cyprus is captured by EOK ...

'' (1959, TV Movie) *'' Till Death Do Us Part'' (1959, TV Movie) *'' Emergency'' (1959, TV Series) – George Rogers *'' The Big Day'' (1959, TV Movie) *'' Ned Kelly'' (1959, TV Movie) *'' Outpost'' (1959, TV Movie) – Signaller Tiger Lyons *''

Eye of the Night ''Eye of the Night'' is a 1960 Australian television play. It was written by Kay Keavney and directed by Christopher Muir. It was broadcast live on the ABC from Melbourne on the night of Wednesday 24 February. In Sydney on the same night the ABC ...

'' (1960, TV Movie) *''

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'' (1961, TV Movie) *'' The Devil Makes Sunday'' (1962, TV Movie) – Clay *''

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'' (1962, TV Movie) – Bluey *''

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'' (1962, TV Movie) – Corrigan Blake *'' The One Day of the Year'' (1962, TV Movie) *'' Murder in the Cathedral'' (1962, TV Movie) *'' Uneasy Paradise'' (1962, TV Movie) – Billy *''

Corruption in the Palace of Justice ''Corruption in the Palace of Justice'' is a 1964 Australian television film produced by Oscar Whitbread. Based on an Italian stage play by Ugo Betti, it was a drama aired in a 60-minute time-slot and aired on the non-commercial broadcaster the Au ...

'' (1964, TV Movie) *'' Everyman'' (1964, TV Movie) – Confession *'' The Physicists'' (1964, TV Movie) *'' Luther'' (1964, TV Movie) *''

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'' (1965, TV Movie) * ''

'' (TV Series, 1965–1976) *''

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'' (1966, TV Movie) * ''

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'' (TV Series, 1967, 1968) * ''

'' (TV Series, 1968) * '' Please Sir!'' (TV Series, 1969) *''Man of Violence'' (1970) – Alec Powell *'' Cool It Carol!'' (1970) – Lazlo * '' Z Cars'' (TV Series, 1970) *''

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'' (1971) – Ted Atkins * '' Division 4'' (TV Series, 1971–1974) * ''

'' (TV Series, 1971–1976) *''

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'' (1973, TV Series) – John Emmet *''

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'' (1974) – Annie's Father *''

The Trespassers ''The Trespassers'' is a 1976 film directed by John Duigan and starring Judy Morris and Briony Behets. Premise In 1970, political journalist Richard lives with Penny but is having an affair with actress Dee. The two women meet and become friends ...

'' (1976) – Harry *''

Blue Fire Lady ''Blue Fire Lady'' is a 1977 Australian film directed by Ross Dimsey and starring Cathryn Harrison and Mark Holden. It was a rare children's film from producer Antony I. Ginnane who was better known for his horror and sex films.David Stratton, ...

'' (1977) – Mr. Bartlett *'' Sons and Daughters'' (1982–1984, TV Series) – Doug Palmer *''

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'' (1983–1993, TV Series) – Reg Brundle / Alec Hales/Eddie Marshall *'' The Big Hurt'' (1986) – O'Neal *''

'' (1986–1988, TV Series) – Dan Ramsay * '' Poor Man's Orange'' (TV Mini-Series, 1987) * '' The Harp in the South'' (TV Mini-Series, 1987) *''

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'' (1990) – Priest *''

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'' (1992) – Milton *'' E Street'' (1992, TV Series) – Grandpa Windsor *''

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'' (1994, TV Series) – Gerry *''

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'' (1996, TV Series) – Jack Shaw *'' All Saints'' (1998–2002, TV Series) – William Belden / Maurie Taylor (final appearance)

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