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 Year Title Role Notes 1976 Mad Dog Morgan Parole Officer Feature film 1974 27A Billy McDonald Feature filmWon 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
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