Alan Igbon (29 May 1952 – 9 December 2020) was a British actor, notable for his role as Loggo Logmond in the television series Boys from the Blackstuff. His credits include Scum (1979), Babylon (1980), The Black Stuff (1980), Water (1985), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002), Coronation Street (2003), and Doctors (2004).
Life and career Alan Olanrewaju Igbon was born in Hulme, Manchester, in May 1952. His father Lawrence was Nigerian, and his mother Mary was Irish. Igbon grew up loving music and art and boxed in over 60 fights before training as an actor in London.
Early stage work came in 1974, at Liverpool Playhouse in the title role of a Toxteth youth who believes himself to be a descendent of the famed sea captain in Philip Martin's play, Nelson Lives in Liverpool 8.
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. The cast included Ray Winstone and Patrick Murray.
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, a BBC television drama about a group of unemployed men in Liverpool during the recession-ravaged early 1980s, written by Alan Bleasdale. 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).
Other staple programmes in which Igbon featured include Bleasdale's drama G.B.H., 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, playing Tony Stewart the estranged father of regular character Jason Grimshaw. The character returned eleven years later in 2014, but Igbon did not return for the role, which was recast to Terence Maynard.
Death Igbon died on 9 December 2020 at the age of 68, from pneumonia. He was survived by his partner Sam, son Maximillian, sister Brenda, and brother Lawrence.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1979 Scum Meakin 1980 Babylon Rupert 1985 Water Cuban
Television Year Title Role Notes1975 Nightingale's Boys Ola Episode: "Tweety" Crown Court Peter Facey Episode: "The Trees Part 1" Coronation Street Steve Baker2 episodes1978 Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf Boswell TV film Life Begins at 40 Darren Braithwaite 2 episodes 1979 Playhouse Mike Episodes:The Daughters of Albion 1980 The Professionals Angadi Episode: "The Acorn Syndrome" Mixed Blessings Isaiah 3 episodes The Black Stuff Loggo Logmond Main role (TV film) 1981 Angels Tony 2 episodes1982 No Problem! Isaiah 3 episodes Boys from the Blackstuff Loggo Logmond main role - 5 episodes1985 Brookside Gene 1 episodes 1982 - 1985 The Front Line Sheldon 6 episodes1989 Women in Tropical Places - TV film1991 G.B.H Teddy7 episodes1994 Blood on the Dole Art Gallery Attendant TV film1994-1995 Moving Story (TV series) Dennis 3 episodes1995 The Bill Colin West 1 episode - Old Habitats 1997 Cold Enough for Snow Pete in the Garage TV film Gobble 2nd Security man 2002 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Addey 3 episodes2003 Coronation Street Tony Stewart25 episodes2004 Doctors Leon Marsh
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