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) although this has been described as a "nothing part". 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.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes c.1936 Only Pain is Real (cancelled) 1937 The Avenger Solicitor 1940 Forty Thousand Horsemen Larry 1944 The Rats of Tobruk (as John Sherwood) 1956 Shearing Time at Billabong Narrator Short film 1958 G'day Digger! The Bodgie Short film (as John Sherwood) 1961 Bungala Boys (as John Sherwood) 1968 The Drifting Avenger (aka Kôya no toseinin) Carson (as John Sherwood)

Television Year Title Role Notes 1956–1957 The Adventures of Long John Silver Governor Sir Henry Strong 10 episodes 1967 Homicide Francis Mullins 1 episode

Radio The Irwin Family (1941)