Gary tried the teaching job, but did not do that for long. He was offered a small part in the drama series "The Sullivans." Originally he was only going to be there for three weeks, but he ended up having his part for two years. After that he played the legendary Australian cricket player Donald Bradman in "Bodyline". Later more TV series followed: "The Great Bookie Robbery," "The Flying Doctors," "A Country Practice."
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Lenore Smith, best known for her roles in "The Restless Years" and "The Flying Doctors",
was first married to Gary Sweet in 1981. She is today in her third marriage also.
"I was young in the first one and we got married about six month after we met," she says.
Then Gary got married to the lawyer Jill Miller, but they divorced.
Gary has two kids, Sophie (7) and Frank (11), with Jill.
Now Gary is separated from the sports reporter Johanna Griggs.
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Rumors have it Gary saw her on the screen and thought: "I want her." He called her up, and got a date. I must say that takes some initiative! It is so sad it did not work. In his marriage with Johanna,Gary got two kids: Jesse James as the oldest, and Joe Buster as the youngest.
"Mickey in 'Police Rescue' must be the part that is closest to who I am in private. I am a nice guy, I don't have much in common with those hard hitting guys. I'm though too, but in another way. I like racing, parachuting, surfing, bungie jumping and down hill skiing," Gary told the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.
Having just completed filming on the fifth and final series of Police Rescue, the production company Southern Star Xanadu producers John Edwards and Sandra Levy were keen to find a new character for Gary to play which would move him on to the next stage of his career. So when John and Sandra suggested the idea of Big Sky, Gary was thrilled. "I wanted the chance to create a character within a show that would be as equally new and fresh as Police Rescue when that initially went to air," he said. Gary identified with the character immediately. "We're both adventurous, gregarious, playful and irreverent," said Gary. "We both enjoy the immediate response and gratification of engaging people in conversation. And, we both enjoy our kids."
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Gary also loves the on-screen tension, the clashes and the unpredictable relationship between
Chris and Lauren, played by Alexandra Fowler,
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Gary and Johanna Sweet at Ascot Racecourse.
When they still were happy.
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who appeared with him in one of the Cody telemovies. He's also full of admiration for the incredible energy and enthusiasm of the crew. Best known for his highly successful role as Mickey in the Police rescue series, and as the rule-bending cop Cody, Gary has won AFI awards, Logies, People's Choice Awards and Variety Club recognition. Since his debut in the heart warming television series The Sullivans, he has rarely been out of work, appearing in such acclaimed TV productions as Come in Spinner, Blue Murder, Tanamera, Bodyline and Police Rescue: The movie. He completed a French feature film named Angkor last year, co-starring Sigrid Thornton.
Gary don't say no to do something for charity, and he has been in Australia's largest pro/celebrity tennis tournament "Starlight Cup." Last year, over 40 tennis players and celebrities turned out to help raise over $250,000 for Starlight kids, kids suffering from cancer. The tournament winners were rising Australian junior Luke Smith and Channel Ten's Bill Woods, who defeated Wally Masur and actor Gary Sweet in the action packed final. Absolutely Fabulous girls Patsy and Edina were trying to get an an intimate embrace with Gary:
