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    Alan Igbon

    1952-05-29 (71 years old) in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, England, UK

    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.

    Movies

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    Cold Enough for Snow
    63 %|Dec 31, 1997
    Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
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    Gobble
    0 %|Feb 15, 1997
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Blood on the Dole
    80 %|Oct 18, 1994
    Drama
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    Water
    58 %|Jan 11, 1985
    Adventure, Comedy
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    Babylon
    67.72999999999999 %|Nov 7, 1980
    Drama
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    The Black Stuff
    74.17 %|Jan 2, 1980
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Scum
    71.21000000000001 %|Sep 12, 1979
    Drama, Crime
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    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
    0 %|Dec 2, 1978
    Drama, TV Movie

    Series

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    G.B.H.
    64 %|Jun 6, 1991
    Drama
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    The Front Line
    0 %|Dec 6, 1984
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    Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
    78.67 %|Nov 11, 1983
    Comedy, Drama
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    Boys from the Blackstuff
    77.31 %|Oct 10, 1982
    Drama
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    The Professionals
    73.38 %|Dec 30, 1977
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    Crown Court
    50 %|Oct 11, 1972
    Drama