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. He is best known for his role in the classic war film in ''

Forty Thousand Horsemen ''Forty Thousand Horsemen'' (aka ''40,000 Horsemen'') is a 1940 Australian war film directed by Charles Chauvel. The film tells the story of the Australian Light Horse (mounted rifleman as distinct from cavalry) which operated in the desert at t ...

'' (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 Cinesound Productions Pty Ltd was an Australian feature film production company, established in June 1931, Cinesound developed out of a group of companies centred on Greater Union Theatres, that covered all facets of the film process, from produ ...

. He was married to Thora Lumsdaine, a radio actor and the only child of songwriter and radio star, Jack Lumsdaine. They had five children together.Thora Twohill obituary, ''Sydney Morning Herald'', June 1, 2011
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Filmography

*'' The Avenger'' (1937) *''

'' (1940)

References

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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 {{Australia-actor-stub