He would later do the same for Syd Heylen on HSV 7's long running TV variety series Sunny Side Up in the 1950s and '60s.
In 1941 he moved into theatre, appearing on stage in The Man Who Came to Dinner in 1941 and then The Patsy, The Wind and the Rain and The Squall opposite stars John McCallum and Queenie Ashton.
He married Mollie Jean Mackay, née Crothers, on 10 March 1947, and spent some time in Maitland, where he was fined by the dean of Newcastle for organising a dance on a Sunday.
[1] Lashwood was monitored by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) due to his links with left-wing groups in the 1950s.
In 1955 he contested the federal election as an independent candidate for the safe Liberal seat of Wentworth, campaigning on the issue of increased Australian content on television.