Gary Sweet born 22 May 1957 in Melbourne is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandras 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 lowbudget horror film Nightmares In the early 1980s Sweet became recognizable through the ongoing role of Leslie Magpie Maddern in the Crawfords television series The Sullivans Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Sweet licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia