
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.

Assassin
1973 · as Craig

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 · as 5 of Spades

Some People
1962 · as Johnnie

H.M.S. Defiant
1962 · as Hayes

Tiffany Jones
1973 · as Guy

Office Romances
1983 · as Gordon Spelle

Carry On Abroad
1972 · as Giorgio

House of Whipcord
1974 · as Tony

Cathy Come Home
1966 · as Reg Ward

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966 · as David

The Knack... and How to Get It
1965 · as Tolen

Baffled!
1973 · as George Tracewell

The Flesh and Blood Show
1972 · as Mike

That's Carry On!
1977 · as Giorgio (archive footage) (uncredited)

Play It Cool
1962 · as Freddy

The Cherry Orchard
1971 · as Yasha

Captured
1959

The Last Grenade
1970 · as Lt. David Coulson