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

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show and famous for presenting "The Personal Injury Helpline" adverts. In 2007, it was suggested that Soper's advertisements for the Personal Injury Helpline were the inspiration for

Peter Serafinowicz Peter Szymon Serafinowicz ( ; born 10 July 1972) is an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. His film roles include the voice of Darth Maul in '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (1999), Pete in '' Shaun of the Dead' ...

's character Brian Butterfield in BBC2's ''

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''. Initially from a sketch about a personal injury helpline entitled "Butterfield Direct", Butterfield became one of Serafinowicz's best known characters.The call of Brian Butterfield: how PETER SERAFINOWICZ perfected his alter ego
/ref> He also provided a voice over for the cinematic trailer of 'The Almighty Clean Up Of Hooliganism.' He died in Victoria Hospital,

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on 1 June 2013 from

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and

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of the legs with underlying

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