Roy North

Roy North (born 16 March 1941, Hull, Yorkshire, England) is an English actor and television presenter, who played Mr Roy in Basil Brush.

He attended Hull Grammar School and is a Hull City fan, and occasionally he would wear a Hull City shirt on the television. He trained as an actor at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, and then appeared in repertory theatre in Yorkshire, West End musical productions and pantomimes.

He appeared on series 8-11 of the Basil Brush Show from 1973 until 1976. He had been appearing in the London West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, when he got the call to audition to replace Derek Fowlds as the fox's companion. After splitting from Basil, he hosted the ITV children's music show Get It Together, with Linda Fletcher and later Megg Nichol from 1976 to 1982, and appeared on Seaside Special and other shows. In 2004, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure, "The Axis of Insanity".

Basil was also accompanied at different times by Mr Billy (Billy Boyle who also played Ronald MacDonald in UK TV adverts for the fast food chain), Mr Howard (Howard Williams, who after his stint as Basil's TV companion, later returned for a live stage show after Mr. Billy left Basil's side), Mr Rodney (Rodney Bewes from The Likely Lads), Mr Derek (Derek Fowlds from Yes Minister and Heartbeat) and Crackerjack presenter, Stu Francis ( Mr Stu)