ACTOR Simon MacCorkindale, who starred in TV’s Casualty, has died after a four-and-a-half-year battle with cancer, it has been announced.

The 58-year-old actor, who spent six years in the hit BBC medical drama as Dr Harry Harper, died in the arms of his wife, the actress Susan George, publicist Max Clifford said today.

MacCorkindale died at about 10.30pm last night in the London Clinic, Harley Street.