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 ''The One Day of the Year'' is a 1958 Australian play by Alan Seymour about contested attitudes to Anzac Day. Plot Alf’s son Hughie and his girlfriend Jan plan to document Anzac Day for the university newspaper, focusing on the drinking on Anz ...

''. He worked prolifically as a stage actor from 1938 to 1989, particularly with the

Melbourne Theatre Company The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre compa ...

and

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, sharing the stage (and applause) with

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in, for example, Lilian Hellman's ''

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''. Conabere had an extensive career as a character actor from the 1950s to the 2000s, regularly appearing in popular Australian television serials, including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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

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'' and ''

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'', the comedy ''

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'', 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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'' as

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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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The Duke in Darkness ''The Duke in Darkness'' is a 1942 play by Patrick Hamilton. A psychological drama set during the French Wars of Religion, it was first staged on 7 September 1942 at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. It ran for 72 performances (8 October � ...

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

The Small Victory ''Small Victory'' is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the Korean War. It was directed by William Sterling and was shot in Melbourne where it aired 26 March 1958. It was based on a pl ...

'' (1958, TV Movie) *''

Captain Carvallo ''Captain Carvallo'' is a traditional comedy play in three acts by Denis Cannan, telling the story of a philandering young army officer, Captain Carvallo. The comedy was an immediate success when it opened at the St. James Theatre on 9 August 1 ...

'' (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) *''

'' (1959, TV Series) – George Rogers *'' The Big Day'' (1959, TV Movie) *''

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'' (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 *'' She'll Be Right'' (1962, TV Movie) – Bluey *''

You Can't Win 'Em All ''You Can't Win 'Em All'' is a 1970 British-American war film, written by Leo Gordon (also an actor who appears in the film) and directed by Peter Collinson. It stars Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson and Michele Mercier. Plot The setting is the ...

'' (1962, TV Movie) – Corrigan Blake *''

'' (1962, TV Movie) *''

Murder in the Cathedral ''Murder in the Cathedral'' is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot, first performed in 1935, that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral during the reign of Henry II in 1170. Eliot drew heavily on the wri ...

'' (1962, TV Movie) *'' Uneasy Paradise'' (1962, TV Movie) – Billy *'' Corruption in the Palace of Justice'' (1964, TV Movie) *''

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'' (1964, TV Movie) – Confession *''

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'' (1964, TV Movie) *''

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'' (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) * ''

'' (TV Series, 1969) *''Man of Violence'' (1970) – Alec Powell *''

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'' (1970) – Lazlo * ''

'' (TV Series, 1970) *''

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'' (1971) – Ted Atkins * ''

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'' (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'' (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 ''Poor Man's Orange'' is a novel by New Zealand born Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1949, the book is the sequel to ''The Harp in the South'' (1948) and continues the story of the Darcy family, living in the Surry Hills area of Sydne ...

'' (TV Mini-Series, 1987) * ''

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'' (TV Mini-Series, 1987) *''

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'' (1990) – Priest *''

Greenkeeping ''Greenkeeping'' is a 1992 Australian film directed by David Caesar David Caesar (born 1963) is an Australian television and film director and writer. He grew up in Turlinjah on the south coast of NSW and attended school in nearby Moruya where ...

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

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...

'' (1994, TV Series) – Gerry *''

Heartbreak High ''Heartbreak High'' is an Australian television program created by Michael Jenkins and Ben Gannon that ran from 1994 to 1996 on Network Ten and 1997 to 1999 on the ABC, for seven series. It was also partially funded from 1996 by BBC2, with so ...

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Conabere, Syd 1918 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors Australian male film actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors Male actors from Melbourne People from Footscray, Victoria