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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]

Syd Conabere
Born	Sydney Leicester Conabere, 8 July 1918 Footscray, Victoria Australia
Died	15 July 2008 (aged 90) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	Film and television 1957-2002, theatre 1938-1989
Spouse	Elizabeth "Betty" Howden (m. 1945)
Children	Prudence, Sally

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

References

External links

• Syd Conabere at IMDb
• Syd Conabere at AusStage

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