Steve J. Spears

WriterActor

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.

22-01-1951

Birthday

Aquarius

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Total Films

Also known as (male)

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Place of Birth

22-01-1951

Birthday

Aquarius

Zodiac Sign

Genres

Total Films

Also Known As (male)

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Place of Birth

Popular works

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Creative career

actor

5 Works

producer

0 Works

director

2 Works

writer

1 Works

other

1 Works

Cody: A Family Affair

Cody and Fiorelli try to catch diamond smugglers, but the gems are not where they were supposed to be. Cody embarks to infiltrate the dealers who brought the diamonds in from South Africa. He also searches for a missing teenager.

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1994

Afraid to Dance

An out-of-luck youth gets a lift from a shoplifter whose car he had planned to steal. They become involved in crime and romance together.

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1989

Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

A convent teacher spreads a little happiness and makes enough money to support her crippled brother's habit by selling her favours regularly on a cross-country night sleeper. She makes sure she is in control of each encounter until one client reaches her more than she expects.

5.2

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1987

Mad Max 2

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

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1981

Temperament Unsuited

A student teacher, Mark (Steve J. Spears) doesn't accept the teaching methods to be found in a traditional school situation, or the way the principal Ted 'Seedy' Yates (Ken Goodlet) runs the show.

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1978