Alan Igbon (29 May 1952 – 9 December 2020) was a British actor, best known for his roles in television series such as '' The Professionals'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Life and career

Igbon was born in

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, in May 1952. His father was Nigerian and his mother was Irish. Igbon took the background part of inmate Meakin in the cinematic re-make of the controversial

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TV film '' Scum'' (1979), whose character launched an emotional tirade against senior members of staff after the suicide of another convict. the cast included

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and Patrick Murray. Igbon appeared as Angadi, part of a kidnapping gang in the

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drama '' The Professionals''; episode ''The Acorn Syndrome'' (1980). Igbon starred as Loggo in ''

'', a

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television drama about a group of unemployed men in

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during the

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-ravaged early 1980s, written by

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. He also took a leading role in the

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'' The Front Line'', playing the dreadlocked Sheldon, alongside Paul Barber as his

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brother Malcolm, and had a role in the film ''

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'' (1985). Other staple programmes in which Igbon featured include Bleasdale's drama '' G.B.H.'', medical serial '' Doctors'' and

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'' Brookside''. He had a supporting role in the third series of ''

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'' as a bodyguard and stooge to the programme's main villain (played by ''Boys from the Blackstuff'' co-star

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) and then took a temporary role in ITV soap ''

'', playing Tony Stewart the estranged father of regular character

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Death

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

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Igbon, Alan 1952 births 2020 deaths Black British male actors English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from Manchester People from Hulme English people of Nigerian descent English people of Irish descent 20th-century English male actors