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Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.

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Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 27
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Cardiff
New South Wales
Australia
Greg Gomez Pead
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