Biography

Michael Redfern was born on 30 March 1943 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England, UK. In a career that stretched back to the 1960s, he played a lot of policemen in film and TV, but was perhaps best known for playing the hisband of Lynda Bellingham, the patriarch of "the Oxo family" in the long running television ad campaign for Oxo. In real life he was married to Carol and he died on 29 July 2022 in Spain.

Known For

The Offence

Policeman

Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery

Det. Chief Supt. Brian Boyce

In the Secret State

Watcher

Two Left Feet

Yob

Porridge: The Desperate Hours

Tulip

Big Zapper

Kono's Boy

The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales

Weaver

Bottom Mindless Violence

Mr. Cooper (archive footage)