Hal Lashwood

Harold Francis "Hal" Lashwood (1915-1992) was one of Australia's best-known old-time radio comedians and the father of Actors Equity. Best Known as The straight man or nosy neighbour Lasho opposite his friend and famous comedian Roy "Mo" Rene in McCackie Mansions, broadcast nationally in the late 1940s. He was instrumental in setting up Actors Equity and was president for 25 years. He was also Waverley's deputy mayor in 1976. When the radio boom ended with the advent of television in Australia in 1956, Lashwood produced the Minstrel Show on ABC TV, and then wrote, starred, produced and directed Alabama Jubilee also on ABC TV.