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.
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Play for Today
1970 · Raymond Collis
EastEnders
1985 · Joseph "Joe" Macer
The Avengers
1961 · Farrington
Wogan
1982 · Self
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Reg
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Yasha
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Dennis
Gideon's Way
1965 · Frank Romano
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Ron Baxter
Theatre 625
1964 · Philip
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Tony Timson
The Expert
1968 · Eric Redmond
Dalgliesh
1983 · Henry Kerrison
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
1979 · Self
Doomwatch
1970 · Geoff Harker
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969 · Marty
Big Deal
1984 · Robby Box
Mickey Dunne
1967 · Fred
Growing Pains
1992 · Tom Hollingsworth
Boy Meets Girl
1967 · Bruce
King Rollo
1980
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 · 5 of Spades
H.M.S. Defiant
1962 · Hayes
The Pickwick Papers
1985 · Narrator
Mr. Benn
1971 · Narrator
Baffled!
1973 · George Tracewell
Some People
1962 · Johnnie
Carry On Abroad
1972 · Giorgio
Death of an Expert Witness
1983 · Dr. Henry Kerrison
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966 · David
That's Carry On!
1977 · Giorgio (archive foota...
It's a Woman's World
1964 · Casanova
Tiffany Jones
1973 · Guy
House of Whipcord
1974 · Tony
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Paul
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965 · Tolen
The Flesh and Blood Show
1972 · Mike
Captured
1959
Cathy Come Home
1966 · Reg Ward
Play It Cool
1962 · Freddy
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001 · Giorgio (archive foota...
Office Romances
1983 · Gordon Spelle
Assassin
1973 · Craig
The Cherry Orchard
1971 · Yasha
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
1978 · Raymond Collis
The Last Grenade
1970 · Lt. David Coulson
Office Party
1971 · Paul
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
1973 · Peter Queech
A Thinking Man as Hero
1973 · Steve Abelman
Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice!
1982 · Narrator (voice)