
Ray Brooks
Actor
Born: April 20, 1939 (86 years old)
Died: August 9, 2025
Place of birth: Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
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 (26)
- The Avengers (1961, ★ 7.7)
- The Flesh and Blood Show (1972, ★ 5.6)
- The Knack... and How to Get It (1965, ★ 5.9)
- Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966, ★ 6.1)
- Carry On Abroad (1972, ★ 6.3)
- Some People (1962, ★ 7)
- Cathy Come Home (1966, ★ 7)
- House of Whipcord (1974, ★ 5.9)
- H.M.S. Defiant (1962, ★ 6.5)
- Assassin (1973, ★ 5.4)
- Baffled! (1973, ★ 5.4)
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972, ★ 6.3)
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1975, ★ 6.9)
- Mr. Benn (1971, ★ 7.2)
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969, ★ 7)
- Dalgliesh (1983, ★ 6.9)
- The Last Grenade (1970, ★ 5.2)
- Play It Cool (1962, ★ 5.9)
- That's Carry On! (1977, ★ 5.7)
- Doomwatch (1970, ★ 6)
- Play for Today (1970, ★ 6.3)
- BBC Play of the Month (1965, ★ 5)
- Armchair Theatre (1956, ★ 5.8)
- Tiffany Jones (1973, ★ 3.9)
- Captured (1959, ★ 4.2)
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965, ★ 3.4)