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Robert McDarra

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. 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.

McDarra died on 23 December 1975 after a long battle with an unspecified illness.