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Charlotte McLaughlin

Neighbours’ Ian Smith says cancer diagnosis left him in cruel and brutal place

Ian Smith has played Harold Bishop in Neighbours on and off since 1987 (Anthony Devlin/PA) - (PA Archive)

Actor Ian Smith, who played Harold Bishop in Neighbours, has said that his terminal cancer diagnosis put him in a “cruel, ugly, brutal place”.

The 86-year-old actor, known for playing the former cafe owner in the Australian soap, revealed last year that he has a rare form of lung cancer called pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma.

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