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Michael Redfern

Acting Born Mar 30, 1943 Isleworth, Middlesex, England, UK 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Minder

as Driver

The Professionals

as Vic

Softly from Paris

as Le tisserand

The Detectives

as Copper

Bottom

as Mr. Cooper
Film

Romeo Is Bleeding

as Barman

Filthy Rich & Catflap

as Policeman

Filthy Rich & Catflap

as Prison Officer

Full filmography

  • Minder (1979) as Driver
  • The Professionals (1977) as Vic
  • The Young Ones (1982) as Policeman
  • The Young Ones (1982) as Angry Policeman
  • Softly from Paris (1986) as Le tisserand
  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) as Mac
  • The Detectives (1993) as Copper
  • Bottom (1991) as Mr. Cooper
  • Terry and June (1979) as Bowler
  • Never the Twain (1981) as Fred Littlewood
  • In Sickness and in Health (1985) as Policeman
  • Man About the House (1973) as Tom
  • Man About the House (1973) as Removal Man
  • Man About the House (1973) as Mike
  • Open All Hours (1976) as Southerner
  • Out (1978) as Rhys Upcott
  • Three Up, Two Down (1985) as Barman
  • Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987) as Policeman
  • Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987) as Prison Officer
  • Cold Warrior (1984) as Usher
  • The Offence (1973) as Policeman
  • Three of a Kind (1981) as Self
  • The Nineteenth Hole (1989) as Jack
  • The New Statesman (1985) as Postman