Actor Ian Smith, best known as Neighbours’ Harold Bishop, reveals terminal cancer diagnosis

Smith told Australia’s Channel 10 he had been diagnosed with a form of lung cancer called pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma. Photograph: Sam Tabone/Getty Images

Beloved Neighbours star Ian Smith has announced he has been diagnosed with a “non-fixable” type of lung cancer.

The actor, who has played Harold Bishop on the long-running Australian soap, revealed his diagnosis in an interview on Channel 10, adding that he would be leaving the show.