Brian Marjoribanks (22 July 1942 – 9 August 2024) was a Scottish

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, actor, and

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sports presenter.

Life and career

Marjoribanks was born in

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, Scotland on 22 July 1942. He trained as an actor at the Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama (now

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). Marjoribanks played for Hibernian in the early 1960s. He scored a goal on his debut for Hibs, an

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against Hearts at Tynecastle. He then joined Hearts in 1963, playing for their reserve team during the 1963–64 season. He retired from playing football in 1964, aged 21, to pursue a career in acting and he appeared in the BBC medical drama ''

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'' and the soap opera ''

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''. He was a regular presenter for BBC Scotland radio (''

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'') and television (''

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'') until 1983, when he was appointed to a role with the

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. He was later a director of STV. Marjoribanks died after a brief illness at Son Espases Hospital in

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, Spain, on 9 August 2024. He was 82.

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