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Syd Conabere
Born
Sydney Leicester Conabere,

8 July 1918 Footscray, Victoria
Australia
Died (aged 90)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationActor
Years activeFilm and television 1957–2002, theatre 1938–1989
SpouseElizabeth "Betty" Howden (m. 1945)
ChildrenPrudence, Sally

Sydney Leicester Conabere (8 July 1918 – 15 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.[1] He worked prolifically as a stage actor from 1938 to 1989, particularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company[2][3] and Melbourne Little Theatre, sharing the stage (and applause) with Irene Mitchell in, for example, Lilian Hellman's The Little Foxes.[4]

Conabere had an extensive career as a character actor from the 1950s to the 2000s,[2] regularly appearing in popular Australian television serials, including Emergency, Matlock Police and Homicide. He worked for a short period in the United Kingdom, appearing in the drama serials Z Cars and Sherlock Holmes,[5] the comedy Please Sir!, and in the crime film Man of Violence.[6]

In the 1980s Conabere reached a wider international audience, making occasional appearances in two long running Australian soap operas, in Neighbours as Dan Ramsay[7] and as Doug Palmer in Sons and Daughters.[8][9]

Sydney Conabere died in Sydney, Australia on 15 July 2008, aged 90.[2]

Selected filmography

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Film

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Television

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References

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  1. ^ "TV Week Logie Awards: 50 years ago". 5 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Sydney Conabere". www.ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ^ "AusStage".
  4. ^ "The Little Foxes". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 30, 547. Victoria, Australia. 24 July 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 11 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "The Sign of Four (TV episode 1968)". Société Sherlock Holmes de France. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Man of Violence (1970)". www.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  7. ^ Newcomb, Horace (3 February 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-19472-7.
  8. ^ "AUSTRALIAN PLAY AT NATIONAL THEATRE". The Herald. No. 20, 875. Melbourne. 13 April 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 24 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Grand opera plans". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. IX, no. 32. Sydney. 20 June 1948. p. 19. Retrieved 24 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ Vagg, Stephen (7 June 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Shifting Heart". Filmink. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  11. ^ Vagg, Stephen (2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: A Stay at Home and Across the Bridge". Filmink. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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