Pat Twohill

Edmund Patrick "Pat" Twohill (22 October 1915 – 7 October 1989) was a New Zealand actor and radio announcer who worked extensively in Australian film, radio and theatre. He is best known for his role in the classic war film in Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940). After making the film he worked in England for two years, touring in a production of Idiot's Delight, before returning to Australia and working steadily as a radio and newsreel announcer, particularly for Cinesound Productions.[1] He was married to Thora Lumsdaine, a radio actor and the only child of song writer and radio star, Jack Lumsdaine.[2] They had five children together.[3]

Filmography
gollark: It's already spread enough that if 40% of people who got it died I think the total deaths would be higher than if it was just flu-level or something. Fortunately, it is seemingly not very lethal.
gollark: Er, that would be bad, since lots of people would die.
gollark: That's not really *aging*, though.
gollark: Just blast yourself with lots of ionizing radiation. Boom, accelerated aging! Ish!
gollark: I mean, I think the technology to do that is already around.

References
  1. Pat Twohill at National Film and Sound Archive
  2. 'BRIDE'S FATHER OFFICIATED. Married at St. John's', The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 27 January 1940 p 11
  3. Thora Twohill obituary, Sydney Morning Herald, June 1, 2011


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