Ray Brooks (6)

Ray Brooks was born on April 20, 1939 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. He is a television and filmactor. He has been married to Sadie since 1961. They have three children. Ray Brooks began as a television actor. He appeared in the long-running soap Coronation Street and played Terry Mills in the series Taxi! (1963). He played small roles in British films and then rose to prominence in the UK after starring alongside Michael Crawford and Rita Tushingham in The Knack …and How to Get It (1965). Brooks followed up this success starring in the groundbreaking 1966 television drama Cathy Come Home. Through the 1960s he also had small roles in a number of other cult television series including The Avengers, Danger Man, and Doomwatch. He played the major role of David Campbell in the Doctor Who film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966). Major film roles in the 1970s were less numerous. In this decade he built a career doing voiceovers for television advertisements. He also released an album of his own songs. Brooks returned to prominence with the BBC comedy drama Big Deal (1984–86) and in the popular Growing Pains (1992). In 2002 he acted in BBC drama Two Thousand Acres of Sky. He joined the cast of soap opera EastEnders as Joe Macer in 2005.