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In 1947 Stewart moved to Sydney, Australia where he got work as a radio announcer. He became an actor, appearing in radio dramas, as well as acting in stage plays in the evening. His breakthrough performance as a radio actor was in a production of
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Stewart served in the army. He would perform songs and tell stories as a forces entertaininer, then moved into radio in
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