Cast & creator
Michael Redfern
Best known for Minder, The Professionals, The Young Ones
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.
13
film credits
26
television credits
39
1963–2005 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (39)
Showing 39 of 39 credits
Minder
Driver
1979
The Professionals
Vic
1977
The Young Ones
Policeman
1982The Young Ones
Angry Policeman
1982
Softly from Paris
Le tisserand
1986
Terry and June
Bowler
1979
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Mac
1971
The Detectives
Copper
1993
In Sickness and in Health
Policeman
1985
Bottom
Mr. Cooper
1991
Man About the House
Tom
1973Man About the House
Removal Man
1973Man About the House
Mike
1973
Bless This House
Herbert
1971Bless This House
Mr Munroe
1971
Never the Twain
Fred Littlewood
1981
Open All Hours
Southerner
1976
Three Up, Two Down
Barman
1985Cold Warrior
Usher
1984
Out
Rhys Upcott
1978
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Policeman
1987Filthy Rich & Catflap
Prison Officer
1987
Three of a Kind
Self
1981The Nineteenth Hole
Jack
1989
The Offence
Policeman
1973The New Statesman
Postman
1985The Young Detectives
Goldie
1963
Two Left Feet
Yob (uncredited)
1963
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
Det. Chief Supt. Brian Boyce
1992
In the Secret State
Watcher
1985
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Tulip
1976
Bottom Mindless Violence
Mr. Cooper (archive footage)
2004
Big Zapper
Kono's Boy
1973
The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales
Weaver
1986
The Jealous God
Tom Ardrahan
2005Trapped
1964Kidnapped
Goldie
1964