Ray Brooks
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.
Movie Appearances
The Flesh and Blood Show
as Mike
1972
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Tolen
1965
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
as David
1966
Carry On Abroad
as Giorgio
1972
The Last Grenade
as Lt. David Coulson
1970
House of Whipcord
as Tony
1974
Office Romances
as Gordon Spelle
1983
The Cherry Orchard
as Yasha
1971
Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice!
as Narrator (voice)
1982
Tiffany Jones
as Guy
1973
Some People
as Johnnie
1962
Captured
1959
Cathy Come Home
as Reg Ward
1966
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
as Peter Queech
1973
H.M.S. Defiant
as Hayes
1962
Assassin
as Craig
1973
Baffled!
as George Tracewell
1973
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as 5 of Spades
1972
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
as Raymond Collis
1978
The World of Eddie Weary
as Alex Conway/Eddie Weary
1990
TV Appearances
EastEnders
as Joseph "Joe" Macer
1985
Gideon's Way
as Frank Romano
1965
The Avengers
as Farrington
1961
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Tony Timson
1975
Doomwatch
as Geoff Harker
1970
Big Deal
as Robby Box
1984
The Expert
as Eric Redmond
1968
King Rollo
TBA
Running Wild
as Max Wild
1987
Growing Pains
as Tom Hollingsworth
1992
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Open Air
1986