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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.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. "Past Winners 1973". AACTA. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
2. "All-rounder was always on a role". Smh.com.au. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
3. "Sydney actor dies". Canberra Times. 26 December 1975.

External links

• Robert McDarra at IMDb

• 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