Alan Igbon

Biography

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.

Most Known For

The Professionals

as Angadi

Crown Court

Scum

as Meakin

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

as Addey

Mixed Blessings

as Const. Davis

G.B.H.

as Teddy

Boys from the Blackstuff

as Loggo Logmond

Water

as Cuban

Babylon

as Ruppie

The Front Line

as Sheldon

Gobble

as Security Man

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

as Boswell

Cold Enough for Snow

as Pete

The Black Stuff

as Loggo Logmond

Blood on the Dole

as Art Gallery Attendant

The Daughters of Albion

as Mike