James Brown Atholwood (c. 1864[1] – 11 March 1931) was an Australian actor, a member of J. C. Williamson's company.
[3] He learned his stagecraft from William Hoskins, and played in:[2] Atholwood lived his last years in retirement at his home "Akhnaton" on Diamond Bay Road, Vaucluse.
His hobbies included butterfly collecting[7] and creating plaster cameo portraits.
[2] Atholwood married Ethel Ruby Yelverton in 1897,[8] believing her previous marriage to Barry Marshall had been annulled.
[12] They appear to have resolved their differences as in 1922 Atholwood and Yelverton (daughter of Mary Elizabeth and Alfred S Parnwell, of Hobart) celebrated the 25th anniversary of their wedding.