Ray Brooks
Birthday
1939/04/20
Day of death
2025/08/09 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
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.
Acting
(1972) The Flesh and Blood Show
as Mike
(1965) The Knack... and How to Get It
as Tolen
(1966) Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
as David
(1972) Carry On Abroad
as Giorgio
(1970) The Last Grenade
as Lt. David Coulson
(1974) House of Whipcord
as Tony
(1983) Office Romances
as Gordon Spelle
(1971) The Cherry Orchard
as Yasha
(1982) Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice!
as Narrator (voice)
(1973) Tiffany Jones
as Guy
(1962) Some People
as Johnnie
(1959) Captured
as ---
(1966) Cathy Come Home
as Reg Ward
(1973) The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
as Peter Queech
(1962) H.M.S. Defiant
as Hayes
(1973) Assassin
as Craig
(1973) Baffled!
as George Tracewell
(1972) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as 5 of Spades
(1978) A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
as Raymond Collis
(1990) The World of Eddie Weary
as Alex Conway/Eddie Weary
(1962) Play It Cool
as Freddy
(1971) Office Party
as Paul
(1977) That's Carry On!
as Giorgio (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2001) On Location: The Carry Ons
as Giorgio (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1985) EastEnders
as Joseph "Joe" Macer
(1965) Gideon's Way
as Frank Romano
(1961) The Avengers
as Farrington
(1975) Rumpole of the Bailey
as Tony Timson
(1970) Doomwatch
as Geoff Harker
(1984) Big Deal
as Robby Box
(1968) The Expert
as Eric Redmond
King Rollo
as ---
(1987) Running Wild
as Max Wild
(1992) Growing Pains
as Tom Hollingsworth
(1965) Thirty-Minute Theatre
as ---
(1986) Open Air
as ---
(1979) The Paul Daniels Magic Show
as Self
(1971) Mr. Benn
as Narrator
(1985) The Pickwick Papers
as Narrator
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1969) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Marty
(1983) Dalgliesh
as Henry Kerrison
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Reg
(1970) Play for Today
as Raymond Collis
(1983) Death of an Expert Witness
as Dr. Henry Kerrison
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Yasha
(1963) Taxi!
as Terry Mills
(1963) Taxi!
as Terry Mills
(1973) Black and Blue
as Peter Queech
(1964) Theatre 625
as Philip
(1964) Theatre 625
as Albert Smith