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.
Acting
TV
EastEnders
as Joseph "Joe" Macer
1985
TV
The Avengers
as Farrington
1961
Movie
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
as David
1966
Movie
Carry On Abroad
as Giorgio
1972
Movie
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Tolen
1965
Movie
H.M.S. Defiant
as Hayes
1962
Movie
House of Whipcord
as Tony
1974
Movie
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as 5 of Spades
1972
Movie
The Flesh and Blood Show
as Mike
1972
Movie
Cathy Come Home
as Reg Ward
1966
Movie
That's Carry On!
as Giorgio (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
TV
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Tony Timson
1975
Movie
Baffled!
as George Tracewell
1973
TV
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Marty
1969
TV
Mr. Benn
as Narrator
1971
Movie
Tiffany Jones
as Guy
1973
TV
Play for Today
as Raymond Collis
1970
Movie
Captured
1959
Movie
Assassin
as Craig
1973
TV
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
TV
BBC Play of the Month
as Yasha
1965
Movie
Play It Cool
as Freddy
1962
TV
Wogan
as Self
1982
TV
Dalgliesh
as Henry Kerrison
1983