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to Sydney in 2007, heresumed his career as an actor and director. He has directed many rehearsed readings of new scripts, including "Waiting For
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in 1964, a serious role as the delinquent son of a bank security guard. Later he appeared in another
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More Than a
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Derum first appeared on
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and founded an actors support group called "Actor's Forum".
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