Pat Twohill


Edmund Patrick Twohill 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 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

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1956–1957The Adventures of [Long John Silver]Governor Sir Henry Strong10 episodes
1967HomicideFrancis Mullins1 episode

Radio

  • ''The Irwin Family''