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Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet

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Biography

Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957 in Melbourne) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project (2003), Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers. He grew up in Warradale, South Australia and attended Brighton high school in Adelaide. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at Sturt Teachers' College took up drama. His first role was in low-budget horror film Nightmares. In the early 1980s, Sweet became recognizable through the on-going role of Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern in the Crawfords television series The Sullivans. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Sweet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2010

Gettin' Square

Gettin' Square

2003

The Tracker

The Tracker

2002

Alexandra's Project

Alexandra's Project

2003

Macbeth

Macbeth

2006

Nightmares

Nightmares

1980

Subdivision

Subdivision

2009

Hard Knox

Hard Knox

2001

Adoration

Adoration

2013

Dangerous Remedy

Dangerous Remedy

2012

Fever

Fever

1988

Nerve

Nerve

2013

What the Moon Saw

What the Moon Saw

1990

A Savage Christmas

A Savage Christmas

2023

An Indecent Obsession

An Indecent Obsession

1985

The Dreaming

The Dreaming

1988

Love in Ambush

Love in Ambush

1997

The Tumbler

The Tumbler

2008

CrimeBroker

CrimeBroker

1993

Police Rescue: The Movie

Police Rescue: The Movie

1994

Bodyjackers

Bodyjackers

2001

Bitter & Twisted

Bitter & Twisted

2008

2:37

2:37

2006

The Big House

The Big House

2001

Tempe Tip

Tempe Tip

2002

Becca

Becca

1988

Charlie's Country

Charlie's Country

2013

Fatal Honeymoon

Fatal Honeymoon

2012

Making Muriel

Making Muriel

2017

Bush Basher

Bush Basher

2011

The Battlers

The Battlers

1994

Two Heads Creek

Two Heads Creek

2019

The Telegram Man

The Telegram Man

2011

A Month of Sundays

A Month of Sundays

2016

Ayaan

Ayaan

2020

Paper Champions

Paper Champions

2020

The Lighthorsemen

The Lighthorsemen

1987

Cody: The Tipoff

Cody: The Tipoff

1994

Cody: A Family Affair

Cody: A Family Affair

1994

Cody: The Burnout

Cody: The Burnout

1995

Cody: Bad Love

Cody: Bad Love

1994

Cody: Fall from Grace

Cody: Fall from Grace

1995

Cody: Wrong Stuff

Cody: Wrong Stuff

1995

Patched

Patched

Spit

Spit

2025

deadfish.

deadfish.

Zombucha!

Zombucha!

2025

The House of Bulger

The House of Bulger

2003

Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers

1993

Bodyline

Bodyline

1984

Hungry Ghosts

Hungry Ghosts

2020

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

2013

The Circuit

The Circuit

2007

Blue Murder

Blue Murder

1995

Children of the Dragon

Children of the Dragon

1992

Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

2017

Come in Spinner

Come in Spinner

1990

Big Sky

Big Sky

1997

Rain Shadow

Rain Shadow

2007

The Pacific

The Pacific

2010

Rescue: Special Ops

Rescue: Special Ops

2009

Dog's Head Bay

Dog's Head Bay

1999

House Husbands

House Husbands

2012

Cops L.A.C.

Cops L.A.C.

2010

Small Time Gangster

Small Time Gangster

2011

Frontline

Frontline

1994

No Escape

No Escape

2023

The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors

1986

The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors

1986

Access All Areas: Erebus Motorsport

Access All Areas: Erebus Motorsport

2022

Jack Irish

Jack Irish

2016

The Great Bookie Robbery

The Great Bookie Robbery

1986

Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek

2016

Good News Week

Good News Week

1996

The Sullivans

The Sullivans

1976

Commando

Commando

2013

Stingers

Stingers

1998

Harrow

Harrow

2018

2121

2121

2020

Carson's Law

Carson's Law

1983

Bloom

Bloom

2019

Police Rescue

Police Rescue

1991

Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

2004

Mystery Road

Mystery Road

2018

Wildside

Wildside

1997

Darby and Joan

Darby and Joan

2022