Steve J. Spears
Born:January 22, 1951
Place of Birth:Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died:October 16, 2007
Known For:Acting
Biography
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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Mad Max 2
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1981
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.