Ray Brooks
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Ray Brooks was a British actor famous for his role as the narrator in the classic children's cartoon series Mr Benn, for the films The Knack...And How To Get It, Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150AD and Cathy Come Home, and for the TV series Big Deal and Growing Pains. In later years he played Joe Macer, the husband and murderer of Albert Square stalwart Pauline Fowler, in the BBC's long running soap opera EastEnders and has wrote several books, including his autobiography. He died at the age of 86 on 9th August 2025 following a short illness. He had been living with dementia in his final years.
Known for
Credits
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
as 5 of Spades
The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)
as Tolen
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
as Hayes
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
as David
The Flesh and Blood Show (1972)
as Mike
That's Carry On! (1977)
as Giorgio (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carry On Abroad (1972)
as Giorgio
House of Whipcord (1974)
as Tony
Cathy Come Home (1966)
as Reg Ward
Assassin (1973)
as Craig
The Cherry Orchard (1971)
as Yasha
Office Romances (1983)
as Gordon Spelle
Some People (1962)
as Johnnie
The World of Eddie Weary (1990)
as Alex Conway/Eddie Weary
Tiffany Jones (1973)
as Guy
A Thinking Man as Hero (1973)
as Steve Abelman
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts (1978)
as Raymond Collis
On Location: The Carry Ons (2001)
as Giorgio (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family (1973)
as Peter Queech
Baffled! (1973)
as George Tracewell
The Last Grenade (1970)
as Lt. David Coulson
Captured (1959)
Actor
Play It Cool (1962)
as Freddy
Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice! (1982)
as Narrator (voice)
Office Party (1971)
as Paul