Jonathan Sweet is an Australian

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Career

Sweet co-starred in the 1969 TV series ''Riptide'', an Australian production starring the American actor

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as Moss Andrews, the owner of a

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. Sweet was cast in the 1985

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''Anzacs'', portraying Harris, a former British soldier who had absconded from Afghanistan to Australia. Sweet was also cast as Sergeant Thomas in the 1990

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movie ''

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