Alan Igbon

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.

Alan Igbon
Born(1952-05-29)29 May 1952
Hulme, Manchester, England[1]
Died9 December 2020 (aged 68)[2]
NationalityEnglish
Occupationactor
Known forThe Front Line, The Professionals, Doctors, Brookside, Coronation Street and Boys from the Blackstuff.

Life and career

Igbon was born in Hulme,[2] Manchester, in May 1952.[1][3] His father was Nigerian and his mother was Irish.[2]

Igbon took the background part of inmate Meakin in the cinematic re-make of the controversial borstal TV film Scum (1979), whose character launched an emotional tirade against senior members of staff after the suicide of another convict.[3][2] The cast included Ray Winstone and Patrick Murray.[4]

Igbon appeared as Angadi, part of a kidnapping gang in the LWT drama The Professionals; episode The Acorn Syndrome (1980). Igbon starred as Loggo in Boys from the Blackstuff,[5] a BBC television drama about a group of unemployed men in Liverpool during the recession-ravaged early 1980s, written by Alan Bleasdale.[3] He also took a leading role in the sitcom The Front Line, playing the dreadlocked Sheldon, alongside Paul Barber as his police officer brother Malcolm, and had a role in the film Water (1985).[3]

Other staple programmes in which Igbon featured include Bleasdale's drama G.B.H.,[3] medical serial Doctors and Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. He had a supporting role in the third series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as a bodyguard and stooge to the programme's main villain (played by Boys from the Blackstuff co-star Michael Angelis) and then took a temporary role in ITV soap Coronation Street,[6] playing Tony Stewart the estranged father of regular character Jason Grimshaw.[7]

Death

Igbon died on 9 December 2020, at the age of 68.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1979ScumMeakin[3]
1980BabylonRupert[3]
1985WaterCuban[3]

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1975Nightingale's BoysOlaEpisode - Tweety [3]
1975Crown CourtPeter Faceyepisode - the Trees Part 1 [3]
1975Coronation StreetSteve Baker2 epidodes[3]
1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia WoolfBoswellTV film
1978Life Begins at 40Darren Braithwaite2 episodes - Pot Luck and Happy Families
1979PlayhouseMikeThe Daughters of Albion [2]
1980The ProfessionalsAngadi1 episode The Acorn Syndrome [2]
1980Mixed BlessingsIsaiah3 episodes
1980The Black StuffLoggo Logmondmain role (TV film) [3]
1981AngelsTony2 episodes
1982No Problem!Isaiah3 episodes
1982Boys from the BlackstuffLoggo Logmondmain role - 5 episodes[3]
1985BrooksideGene1 episodes [2]
1982 - 1985The Front LineSheldon6 episodes
1989Women in Tropical Places-TV film
1991G.B.HTeddy7 episodes[2]
1994Blood on the DoleArt Gallery AttendantTV film
1994-1995Moving Story (TV series)Dennis3 episodes
1995The BillColin West1 episode - Old Habitats
1997Cold Enough for SnowPete in the GarageTV film
1997Gobble2nd Security manTV film
2002Auf Wiedersehen, PetAddey3 episodes[3]
2003Coronation StreetTony Stewart25 episodes[3]
2004DoctorsLeon Marsh[3]

References
  1. "Alan Igbon dead: Coronation Street and Brookside star dies 'peacefully' aged 68". Express.co.uk. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. "Obituary: Alan Igbon, charismatic actor whose roles included Boys from the Blackstuff". HeraldScotland.
  3. "Tributes to Coronation Street actor Alan Igbon who has died aged 68". Manchester Evening News. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. "Scum". whsmith.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  5. "'Coronation Street' and 'Brookside' actor Alan Igbon dies aged 68". uk.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. Bourne, Stephen (19 July 2005). Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television. A&C Black. pp. 170–. ISBN 9780826478986. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  7. "Alan Igbon dead: Coronation Street star dies aged 68 as actor's niece pays tribute". msn.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  8. "Alan Igbon dead: Coronation Street and Brookside star dies at 68, says niece". Daily Mirror. Reach plc. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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