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Alan Igbon

Actor | * 05/29/1952 († 2020) | Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Alan Igbon (29 May 1952 – 9 December 2020) was a British actor, best known for his roles in television series such as The Professionals, Coronation Street and Boys from the Blackstuff. ()

Of West African and Irish heritage, Mancunian jobbing actor Alan Igbon was a familiar figure on our screens from the 1970s onwards. Most famously, Igbon starred as Meakin in Alan Clarke's 1979 film version of Scum and as Loggo in the seminal drama The Boys From The Blackstuff. Penned by Alan Bleasdale, it was the start of a working relationship that saw Igbon appear in several other productions from the writer, including GBH and Blood on the Dole. Other credits included the rasta Sheldon in the comedy series The Front Line, a student in Alan Bennett's Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf and a minder to ex Boys co-star Michael Angelis in the third series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He also appeared in the soaps Brookside and Coronation Street and the films Babylon and Water. Early in January 2021 it was announced on Twitter by friend and fellow actor Louis Emerick that Igbon has died at some time in December at the age of 68.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

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Movies with Alan Igbon as Actor(8)

as Security Man1997 Gobble
as Art Gallery Attendant1994 Blood on the Dole
as Cuban1985 Water
as Loggo Logmond1980 The Black Stuff
as Ruppie1980 Babylon
as Meakin1979 Scum

TV Shows/Series with Alan Igbon as Actor(5)

as Teddy1991 G.B.H.
as Loggo Logmond1982 Boys from the Blackstuff
as Angadi1977 The Professionals

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 05/29 1952 (May) in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: 2020 (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Alan Igbon frequently works together with these people:
Alan Bleasdale (8x, Crew)
Tom Georgeson (4x, Actor)
Michael Angelis (4x, Actor)
Brian Clemens (4x, Crew)
Terry Yorke (3x, Actor)
Bernard Archard (3x, Actor)
Nadim Sawalha (3x, Actor)
Derek Francis (3x, Actor)
Malcolm Hebden (3x, Actor)
Tony Caunter (3x, Actor)
Sally Harrison (3x, Actress)
Franco Rosso (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1350813, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/14/2024