Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
15
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-01-22
Day of Death
2007-10-16 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Also Known As
Steve J. Spears
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.
