Elliott Vaughan Spiers (12 October 1973 – 15 January 1994) was an English actor.

Career

Spiers made his acting debut in an episode of the 1986 children's drama series ''

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''. Next, he appeared in an episode of Jim Henson's television series '' The Storyteller'' in the episode titled "The Heartless Giant" in 1987. He also appeared in two films, '' Paperhouse'' (1988) and '' Taxandria'' (1994) which was his final acting role. ''Taxandria'' was filmed in 1989, but was not released until 1994 due to its lengthy

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Death

Spiers suffered a negative reaction to an anti-

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medication that left him gravely ill. He could not do the dubbing for ''Taxandria'' so another actor was used in his place. He never recovered, and died aged 20 on 15 January at the

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, prior to ''Taxandrias release. The film was dedicated to his memory and released eight months after his death at a screening in October 1994 in the Flanders Film Festival.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spiers, Elliott 1973 births 1994 deaths English male television actors English male film actors 20th-century English male actors