Basil Percy Soper (15 September 1937 – 1 June 2013) was a British actor and voice-over artist.
He was best known for his work on the Basil Brush show and famous for presenting "The Personal Injury Helpline" adverts.
Butterfield is shown as a bumbling Private Investigator in a parody of Soper's Personal Injury Helpline adverts.
[1] He also provided a voice over for the cinematic trailer of 'The Almighty Clean Up Of Hooliganism.'
He died in Victoria Hospital, Blackpool on 1 June 2013 from acute renal failure, sepsis and cellulitis of the legs with underlying heart disease.