Jonathan Sweet

For the Australian Olympic skier, see Jonathan Sweet (skier).

Jonathan Sweet (born 6 December 1946) is an Australian film, television and theatre actor.

Jonathan Sweet
Born	John Owen Marriott Sweet (1946-12-06) 6 December 1946 Calcutta, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1966–2005
Known for	Quigley Down Under (1990) Riptide (1969) Jonah (1982) Anzacs (1985)

Career

Sweet's career on Australian television began when he landed a co-starring role as Neal Winton in 1969 adventure TV series Riptide, an Australian production starring American actor Ty Hardin as Moss Andrews, the owner of a charter boat. He also played the part of Stephen Quinney in the ABC series Bellbird.

In 1969 Sweet left Australia to pursue acting overseas in Britain, Europe, Canada and Argentina. His overseas credits during that time include war drama series Pathfinders (1972), sci-fi series Moonbase 3 (1973) and drama anthology series Play for Today.

He returned to Australia in 1980 and appeared in long-running soap opera The Restless Years and short-lived series Sporting Chance (1981).

In 1982, Sweet got his big break playing the title role in miniseries Jonah, the story of an old hunchback living in Sydney at the turn of the century, based on the novel of the same name by Louis Stone.

Sweet played Kenneth Oakley in legal series Carson's Law in 1984 for 5 episodes. He was then cast in the 1985 war miniseries Anzacs, portraying Private Bill Harris, a former British soldier who had absconded from Afghanistan to Australia.

He also had guest roles in series such as Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Secret Valley, Five Mile Creek, Cop Shop, Prisoner, Special Squad, A Country Practice, Rafferty's Rules and Mission: Impossible.

Sweet's film credits include period crime drama Squizzy Taylor (1982), western film Quigley Down Under (1990) alongside Tom Selleck and the television movies The Highest Honour (1982), Queen of the Road (1984) and Robbery (1985) inspired by the real life Great Bookie Robbery committed in Melbourne, on 21 April 1976. His most recent film credit was action film Fink! (2005) in which he appeared alongside Sam Worthington.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Squizzy Taylor	Snowy's mate
1990	Quigley Down Under	Sergeant Thomas
2005	Fink! (aka Pros and Ex-Cons)	Mr Peabody

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1968	The Battlers	Bambi	1 episode
	Bellbird	Stephen Quinney
1969	Skippy the Bush Kangaroo	Brian	1 episode
	Riptide	Neal Winton	8 episodes
1972	Pathfinders	Flying Officer Bill Short / F	2 episodes
1973	Moonbase 3	Walters	2 episodes
1976	Play for Today	Reporter	1 episode
	The Restless Years
1980	Secret Valley		1 episode
1981; 1984	Cop Shop	Andrew Jones	2 episodes
1981	Sporting Chance
1982	Jonah	Jonah	Miniseries, 4 episodes
	The Highest Honour	Cpl A Crilley	TV movie
1984	Five Mile Creek	Collinson	1 episode
	Prisoner	Keith Scott	3 episodes
	Queen of the Road	Max	TV movie
	Special Squad	Del	Episode 24: "Earlybird"
	Carson's Law	Kenneth Oakley	5 episodes
1985	Anzacs	Bill Harris	Miniseries, 5 episodes
1986	Robbery	Banks	TV movie
1988	The Alien Years	McVeigh	Miniseries
	A Country Practice	Travis Cooper	2 episodes
1989	Rafferty's Rules	Detective Perkins	1 episode
	Mission: Impossible	Crosby	1 episode
1991	Heroes II: The Return	Mackenzie	Miniseries, 2 episodes
1998	Vengeance Unlimited		1 episode

Theatre

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Two Programs of Short Plays: Endgame / The Ballad of the Sad Café	Nagg / Cousin Lymon	Jane Street Theatre, Sydney with NIDA
1967	Camille and Perdican	Father Bridaine	UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney with NIDA
	Point of Departure	The Manager / Hotel Waiter	UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney with NIDA
	Three Men on a Horse	Frankie	UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney with NIDA
	The Schoolmistress		UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney
	The Winter's Tale	Cleomenes	UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney with NIDA
1982	Conundra		Phillip St Theatre, Sydney
1982; 1983	A Night in the Arms of Raeleen		Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1985	The Heretic	Giovanni Mocenigo	Sydney Opera House with Melaleuka Productions
1986	Having a Ball..!		Canberra Theatre with AETT
1990	Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme	George Anderson	Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's Theatre Co
	Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs	John 'Wick' Blagden	Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's Theatre Co
1991	Kurtz		Crossroads Theatre, Sydney
1991; 1992	Dial M for Murder		Marian St Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse Adelaide

As crew

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
	The Slab Boys	Set / Programme cover design	Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's Theatre Co

External links

• Jonathan Sweet at IMDb
• Riptide classicaustraliantv.com