Pat Twohill

Nascimento : 1915-01-01, New Zealand

Morte : 1989-01-01

História

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]

Filmes

The Drifting Avenger
Carson
Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Soon his family is killed in front of him by stagecoach robbers, making him aim to get revenge. Marvin an experienced gunman befriends Ken and becomes his mentor.
Bungala Boys
(as John Sherwood)
When a child nearly drowns his friends decide to start a local lifesaving and surf rescue club.
Os Ratos de Tobruk
Conta a história de três homens - Bluey, um rústico vaqueiro (Taylor), Milo, um lacônico caçador de dingos (Rafferty), e Pete, um intelectual Inglês boa praça (Finch). Juntos, eles servem no norte da África, lutando contra as forças de Rommel no que agora se tornou uma das maiores lendas do tempo de guerra da Austrália - Os Ratos de Tobruk.
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Larry
Charles Chauvel's 1940 cinematic tribute to the mounted troops of the Australian Light Horse regiments is a rousing call to arms, giving life to the heroic tales of mateship during the Great War.
The Avenger
Solicitor
A reformed thief (Douglas Stuart) marries a wealthy socialite but is tormented by a former accomplice who tries to frame him for murder.