Ian Smith as Harold Bishop in Neighbours.

Ian Smith (born June 19, 1938) is an Australian soap opera character actor and television scriptwriter, best known today for his long-running role as the caring, kindly coffee shop owner Harold Bishop in Network Ten's long running serial Neighbours. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. ... is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... This list is poorly defined, permanently incomplete, or has become unverifiable or an indiscriminate list or repository of loosely associated topics. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australias three commercial television networks, available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in Australia. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. ...

Harold Bishop has played a major role in the life and trials of Matthew Schrader, he once stopped Mr S from being hit buy a local journalist

Smith had previously acted in guest roles in drama series such as the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police, and in regular or recurring roles in long-running Australian television serials Bellbird and Prisoner. Smith was also script editor of Prisoner for most of its eight-year run. He became Associate Producer of Prisoner late in its run. Crawford Productions is an Australian television production company founded by Hector Crawford. ... Title screen of Homicide Homicide was an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network between 1964 and 1977. ... Division 4 is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975. ... Matlock Police was an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network (now known as the Ten Network) between 1971 and 1975. ... Bellbird was a country based daily soap opera screened for 15 minutes each night by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation before the evening news. ... Script Editor is a program included with Mac OS that allows AppleScripts to be written, debugged, and ran. ... A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ...

Smith became best known through his portrayal of Harold in the soap opera Neighbours. He played the role from 1987 to 1991 when he left the show in a storyline that had his character fall into an ocean and presumed dead. In 1996 he returned to the show, when it was revealed that Harold was found alive and had amnesia from his fall. He has remained in the show ever since. For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Smith was 54 when his mother Connie Smith, realising she had twenty-four hours to live, finally admitted to him that he had been adopted. After her death, Smith went in search of his natural mother Peg Kline, whom he finally found. According to Kline's story, Smith was conceived when she was thirteen, the product of rape by her uncle, and was put up for adoption. Kline eventually married and had two children from this marriage. She never told anyone besides her husband about her first son until she was contacted by Smith via a letter. For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). ...

She contacted his wife Gail Smith, who mentioned that her son was a prominent Neighbours actor, to which Kline replied, "I've never seen Neighbours in my life". Smith and Kline were reunited and he has built a strong relationship with his mother and two half-brothers, although Smith says that he doesn't feel a mother–son relationship. He calls Kline "one of my best friends". Peg Kline died in May 2005 after a battle with cancer. Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. ...

Smith first told the story to the public in an exclusive interview on the biographical documentary series Australian Story on March 14, 2005. interview An interview is a conversation between two or more people (The interviewer and the interviewee) where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Australian Story is a weekly biography programme, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, that portrays the lives of significant Australians. ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Trivia

Ian Smith was born one week after fellow long time Neighbours star, Tom Oliver. This is the article about the AUS actor. ...

Ian Smith appeared on Banzai in a sketch where he rang someone's doorbell and ran away. Viewers were urged to bet on the length of time that would elapse before the occupant would open the door. Banzai Logo Banzai is a comedy gambling gameshow spoofing the Japanese gameshow and general television style. ...

Ian Smith appeared in pantomime at the Pavilion in Porthcawl, South Wales in the 90's. Porthcawl is a town of around 16,000 on the south Wales coast in the county borough of Bridgend, traditional county of Glamorgan. ... Approximate extent of South Wales South Wales (Welsh: ) is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. ...

Selected filmography

• Neighbours (1987-1991, 1996-).... Harold Bishop
• Body Melt (1993) .... Dr. Carrera
• Blue Heelers (1994) .... Clive Burton
• Prisoner (1979-1983).... Ted Douglas
• Chopper Squad (1978)
• Glenview High (1977) .... Rocky
• Bluey (1977) .... Sen. Det. Davidson
• Division 4 (1975) .... Mike Chapman
• Matlock Police (1973) .... Larry Fisher
• Homicide (1972) .... Johnny Reid
• Detective(1969) .... Dick Spencer
• Belbird (1967) .... Russell Ashwood

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Source

"Australian Story" - March 14, 2005 Australian Story is a weekly biography programme, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, that portrays the lives of significant Australians. ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Ian Smith at the Internet Movie Database
• Ian Smith as Harold Bishop