Ray Brooks
Actor
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.
Filmography
Carry On Abroad
as Giorgio 1972
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Tolen 1965
H.M.S. Defiant
as Hayes 1962
House of Whipcord
as Tony 1974
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as 5 of Spades 1972
The Flesh and Blood Show
as Mike 1972
Cathy Come Home
as Reg Ward 1966
That's Carry On!
as Giorgio (archive footage) (uncredited) 1977
Baffled!
as George Tracewell 1973
Tiffany Jones
as Guy 1973
Captured
1959
Assassin
as Craig 1973
Play It Cool
as Freddy 1962
The Last Grenade
as Lt. David Coulson 1970
Some People
as Johnnie 1962
Office Romances
as Gordon Spelle 1983