Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) sing in that particular advert as it was performed by Matt Thornfield and Brown only appeared in cartoon form. In 2004, the Bank Of Scotland dropped Brown from their versions of the adverts, as the style of the adverts was not well received by its customers. In 2005, he released a cover of the Barry White song "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" as a charity single. It peaked at number 13 in the UK Singles Chart. From April 2008, Brown no longer starred in the Halifax adverts, instead taking a role in its public relations department. In 2011,
Marc Howard (news anchor) Marc Howard (news anchor) Marc Howard (born February 13, 1937) is a retired longtime Philadelphia news anchor. He last anchored at KYW-TV beginning in 2003 when he fronted the late newscasts, but soon only anchored the 4 p.m. news. Howard's television career began at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio. One of Howard's duties was hosting a late afternoon movie program called "Showtime." While the program initially followed a mainstream movie format, during the Monster Craze of the 1960s, the program almost exclusively featured horror and sci-fi movies Monday through Friday. As host, Howard did not appear as a horror host character