Steve J. Spears

Steve J. Spears

Born: January 22, 1951
Died: October 16, 2007
in 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 (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.

Movies for Steve J. Spears...

Title: Magic Mountain
Character: Lion
Released: June 3, 1997
Type: TV
Magic Mountain is an live-action Australian children’s television programme broadcast on the ABC from 1997 to 1998. It was released on video, but there has been no DVD release yet. It is a full-body puppet series aimed at 2-5 year olds. The series was last repeated on ABC1 in January and February 2004. The ABC's Magic Mountain website was removed during September 2010 when the new ABC Kids website was introduced.
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Cody: A Family Affair
Title: Cody: A Family Affair
Character: Moli
Released: June 5, 1994
Type: Movie
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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Afraid to Dance
Title: Afraid to Dance
Character: Garage Man
Released: May 5, 1989
Type: Movie
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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Title: E Street
Character: Dave
Released: January 24, 1989
Type: TV
An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there. Created by Forrest Redlich and produced by Network Ten from 24 January 1989 to 13 May 1993.
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Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
Title: Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
Character: Singer
Released: May 10, 1987
Type: Movie
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.
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Mad Max 2
Title: Mad Max 2
Character: Mechanic
Released: December 24, 1981
Type: Movie
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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Title: Trollkins
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: TV
Trollkins is a 1981 animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired for one season on CBS. The show was inspired from The Dukes of Hazard and the Troll Dolls. Essentially a cross between The Smurfs and The Dukes of Hazard, it followed the adventures of Blitz, Pixlee, and Flooky.
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Title: Space Stars
Character: Jace (voice)
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: TV
Space Stars is a 1981 NBC Saturday morning cartoon created by Hanna-Barbera which ran from 1981-1982 on NBC and Nickelodeon.
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Temperament Unsuited
Title: Temperament Unsuited
Released: July 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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.