Harold Bishop
Harold Wayne Bishop is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Ian Smith. He made his first on-screen appearance on 30 January 1987. Smith was offered a role by Neighbours creator and executive producer Reg Watson. He departed in September 1991, but returned five years later in October 1996 and remained on screen for over twelve years, making him the third longest-running character in the show's history, surpassed only by Lou Carpenter and Susan Kennedy. Smith announced Harold's departure from Neighbours in August 2008 and he made his final appearance 27 February 2009. In December 2010, it was announced that Smith would be reprising his role as Harold for a return in 2011.
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“Well, at least I have the satisfaction of having destroyed a terrible monster, and in doing so rid the world of an awful curse.”
—Griffin Jay, and Harold Young. Stephen Banning (Dick Foran)
“I know what I know, says the almanac.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)