Ray Brooks
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Acting · Born 1939-04-20 · age 86 at death · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
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.
Titles
EastEnders
The Avengers
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Carry On Abroad
The Knack... and How to Get It
H.M.S. Defiant
House of Whipcord
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Flesh and Blood Show
Cathy Come Home
That's Carry On!
Rumpole of the Bailey
Baffled!
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Tiffany Jones
Play for Today
Captured
Assassin
Thirty-Minute Theatre
BBC Play of the Month
Play It Cool
Dalgliesh
The Last Grenade
Some People
Doomwatch
Death of an Expert Witness
Armchair Theatre
Gideon's Way
The Wednesday Play
Theatre 625
Big Deal
Open Air
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
The Expert
King Rollo
Running Wild
Growing Pains
Black and Blue
The Cherry Orchard
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
The World of Eddie Weary
Taxi!
Office Romances
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
Office Party
On Location: The Carry Ons
A Thinking Man as Hero
Mickey Dunne
It's a Woman's World
Boy Meets Girl