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Steve J. Spears
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Steven John Peter Spears (22 January 1951 – 16 October 2007) was an Australian playwright, actor, writer and singer. His most famous work was The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin (1…
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Steven John Peter Spears (22 January 1951 – 16 October 2007) was an Australian playwright, actor, writer and singer. His most famous work was The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin (1976). He was cited as "one of Australia's most celebrated playwrights". Spears studied law at the University of Adelaide, but through writing and performing student revues, was distracted into a career in the theatre. Spears died in Aldinga, South Australia, from brain cancer in 2007. He was 56.
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2001
F.T.P.D. Fairy Tale Police Department
TV show Writer
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1997
Magic Mountain
TV show Lion
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1995
Napoleon
Movie Additional Writing
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1994
Cody: A Family Affair
Movie Moli
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1994
Heartbreak High
TV show Writer
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1989
Afraid to Dance
Movie Garage Man
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1989
E Street
TV show Dave
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1987
Those Dear Departed
Movie Writer
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1987
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
Movie Singer
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1985
The Empty Beach
Movie Manny
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1981
Mad Max 2
Movie Mechanic
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1978
Temperament Unsuited
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The Greatest Tune on Earth
TV show Screenplay
