Pat Twohill

Edmund Patrick Twohill (22 October 1915 – 7 October 1989) was a New Zealand actor and radio announcer who worked extensively in Australian film, radio and theatre, often under the name John Sherwood.

Twohill went to England aged 21 and was cast in the second lead role in a boxing film with John Mills called ''Only Pain is Real''. It was cancelled due to the war and he returned home.

He is best known for his role in the classic war film in '' Forty Thousand Horsemen'' (1940). After this he took the stage name John Sherwood. He said he did this to avoid confusion over the spelling of his real name.

Twohill had a long association with radio station 2SM as an announcer.

Personal life

Twohill met his future wife, Thora Lumsdaine, a model and radio actor, while on a photographic shoot for a cruise line. She was the only child of songwriter and radio star, Jack Lumsdaine. They were married on 26 January 1940, at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. They had five children together.Thora Twohill obituary, ''Sydney Morning Herald'', June 1, 2011
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Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

*''The Irwin Family'' (1941)

References

External links

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Pat Twohill
at AusStage
Pat Twohill
at National Film and Sound Archive

1915 births
1989 deaths
New Zealand emigrants to Australia
20th-century Australian male actors
20th-century New Zealand male actors

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