Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) Howard Brown (born c. 1966) is a former customer services representative and sales ambassador for HBOS plc, which owned both Bank of Scotland and Halifax Bank (previously the Halifax Building Society) in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his appearances in Halifax/HBOS television advertisements, often singing and dancing. He was born in Sheldon, Birmingham, and is of Barbadian descent. Brown became the star of the HBOS Marketing Campaign in 2000, which resulted in him singing in most of his adverts. In 2003, he had a role in "The Office" Christmas special, playing himself alongside
Rowland S. Howard ready to go because they have been sick for a long time, but Rowland really wanted to live. Things were going well for him outside his health and he wanted to take advantage of that, and he was very disappointed that he wasn't well enough to do so". In October 2011, filmmaker Richard Lowenstein ("Dogs in Space") and Lynn-Maree Milburn ("We're Living on Dogfood" – documentary maker), released a 110-minute documentary film on the life of Rowland S. Howard titled "Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard" which had a limited release for cinema. On 24 April 2013, Port Phillip Council approved a