Pat Twohill
Pat Twohill | |
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| Born | Edmund Patrick Twohill 22 October 1915 |
| Died | 7 October 1989 (aged 73) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, radio announcer |
| Years active | 1937–1968 |
| Known for | Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940) The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957) |
| Spouse | Thora Lumsdaine (m. 26 January 1940) |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Jack Lumsdaine (father-in-law) |
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.