Brian Hibbard

Born: 1946-11-26, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Died: 2012-06-17

Biography

Brian Hibbard was a Welsh actor and singer, best remembered as the lead vocalist in the original 'Flying Pickets'. Following the group's success in the early 1980s, Hibbard went on to pursue a career as a television actor, appearing in 'Coronation Street' as garage mechanic Doug Murray, in 'Emmerdale' as Bobby-John Downes, and as Johnny Mac in the Welsh-language soap 'Pobol y Cwm'. He was in the 1997 film 'Twin Town' as the self-styled "Karaoke King" Dai Rees. He also appeared in the drama serial 'Making Out'; in the 'Doctor Who'' story Delta and the Bannermen'; in comedy in 'The Armando Ianucci Shows'; and in the film 'Rancid Aluminium'.

Filmography

• Heartbeat (1992)
• Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
• Birds of a Feather (1989)
• Murder Most Horrid (1991)
• Revolver (2005)
• Harpur and Iles: Protection (1997)
• Twin Town (1997)
• The Rainbow Thief (1994)
• Mr In-Between (2001)
• Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (1987)
• The Many Lives of Albert Walker (2002)
• Rancid Aluminium (2000)
• Brothers and Sisters (1980)