Acting

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Man

29 May 1952

Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, England, UK

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Alan Igbon

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.

Scum

12 September 1979

The Professionals

30 December 1977

Babylon

7 November 1980

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

11 November 1983

Water

11 January 1985

Boys from the Blackstuff

10 October 1982

G.B.H.

6 June 1991

The Black Stuff

2 January 1980

Crown Court

11 October 1972

Cold Enough for Snow

31 December 1997