Ray Brooks
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.
52 acting credits
Acting · 52
The Avengers
1961
EastEnders
1985
Play for Today
1970
Wogan
1982
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Theatre 625
1964
The Wednesday Play
1964
The Expert
1968
Doomwatch
1970
Gideon's Way
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Dalgliesh
1983
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
1979
Open Air
1986
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
Black and Blue
1973
Big Deal
1984
Armchair Theatre
1956
Growing Pains
1992
The Pickwick Papers
1985
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
Taxi!
1963
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
Mr. Benn
1971
House of Whipcord
1974
Death of an Expert Witness
1983
The Flesh and Blood Show
1972
Carry On Abroad
1972
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966
Running Wild
1987
That's Carry On!
1977
Taxi!
1963
The World of Eddie Weary
1990
Assassin
1973
Baffled!
1973
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
1973
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
1978
Tiffany Jones
1973
The Last Grenade
1970
Cathy Come Home
1966
Some People
1962
Play It Cool
1962
King Rollo
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Captured
1959
Office Romances
1983
The Cherry Orchard
1971
Office Party
1971
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice!
1982