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
The Cherry Orchard (1971)
as Yasha
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
as Hayes
Carry On Abroad (1972)
as Giorgio
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
as David
The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)
as Tolen
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
as 5 of Spades
House of Whipcord (1974)
as Tony
Some People (1962)
as Johnnie
The Flesh and Blood Show (1972)
as Mike
That's Carry On! (1977)
as Giorgio (archive footage) (uncredited)
Assassin (1973)
as Craig
Baffled! (1973)
as George Tracewell
Tiffany Jones (1973)
as Guy
The Last Grenade (1970)
as Lt. David Coulson
Office Romances (1983)
as Gordon Spelle
Play It Cool (1962)
as Freddy
Cathy Come Home (1966)
as Reg Ward
On Location: The Carry Ons (2001)
as Giorgio (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captured (1959)
Actor
Office Party (1971)
as Paul
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts (1978)
as Raymond Collis
The World of Eddie Weary (1990)
as Alex Conway/Eddie Weary
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family (1973)
as Peter Queech
A Thinking Man as Hero (1973)
as Steve Abelman
Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice! (1982)
as Narrator (voice)