Robert McDarra

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.^[1] With Edward Hepple, Terry McDermott, Walter Sullivan and Ben Gabriel, 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.^[2]

Robert McDarra
Born	Robert Bundy McDarra 1931 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	23 December 1975(1975-12-23) (aged 43–44)
Other names	Robert McDara, Bob McDara
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1959-1975

McDarra died on 23 December 1975 after a long battle with an unspecified illness.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Mad Dog Morgan	Parole Officer	Feature film
1974	27A	Billy McDonald	Feature film Won AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1974	Moving On	Financier	Feature film
1971	Wake in Fright	Pig Eyes	Feature film
1971	Walkabout	Man	Feature film
1967	All Fall Down		TV play
1966	They're a Weird Mob	Hotel Clerk	Feature film
1965	Rusty Bugles	Sergeant Brooks	TV play
1961	Traveller Without Luggage	Psychiatrisr	TV movie
1959	Act of Violence		TV play

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Matlock Police	Various	TV series
1973	Ryan	Graham Anderson	TV series
1972	The Spoiler	Joey Boy	TV series
1972	Snake Gully with Dad and Dave	Bill Smith	TV miniseries, 8 episodes
1969-74	Division 4	Various	TV series
1969	Riptide	First Officer English	TV series
1968	Hunter	Various	TV series
1968	Rita and Wally		TV series
1967-68	My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?	Donk Rogers	TV series
1967	Love and War	Liam Lyons	TV series
1967	Contrabandits	Pilch	TV series
1964-72	Homicide	Various	TV series
1964-65	The Stranger		TV series
1963	Time Out	Bernard Holtermann	TV series
1961	The Story of Peter Grey	Paul	TV series