Michael Ian Redfern (30 March 1943 – 29 July 2022) was an English actor, known for his appearances on television and stage.
[1] Redfern is perhaps best known for his role on the long-running British "Oxo family" television commercials, running from 1983 to 1999, in which he played the on-screen husband of Lynda Bellingham.
[2] He has appeared in numerous television dramas and comedies as policemen over the years, namely The Young Detectives, Crossroads, The Offence, And Mother Makes Five, George & Mildred, Robin's Nest, The Young Ones, Filthy, Rich and Catflap, Boon and Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery.
with Ronnie Corbett, Girls on Top, The Nineteenth Hole, Bottom and The Detectives.
After the Oxo adverts, he moved with his wife Carol to Spain, where he often worked as a compere for quiz nights.