Ray Brooks

Ray Brooks

Nacimiento : 1939-04-20, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

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Ray Brooks is 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 recent 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 written several books, including his autobiography.

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Ray Brooks

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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Self (archive footage)
Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and audacity, she's always hypnotic, magnetic and fascinating. From her film debut in the mid-1960s in England, to her unconventional career path, through the tragic loss suicide of her older sister that will irremediably mark her acting, this film is a dive into the existential quest of a complex actress, whose every facet is discovered through her roles. Through a conversation with the actress herself, along with personal archives and extracts from her films, this documentary raws a dazzling portrait of her life and career.
Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill
A double dose of the doctor! Two classic Dr. Who adventures return in new 4K restorations. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) were the first time the good Doctor was ever seen in colour and on the big screen. The films, directed by Gordon Flemyng, remain the doctor’s only cinematic outings and feature the legendary Peter Cushing as everyone’s favourite timelord alongside a supporting cast that includes Roy Castle, Bernard Cribbins, Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey.
The World of Eddie Weary
Alex Conway/Eddie Weary
Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show. Except Conway is actually a complete idiot in real-life: stuck up, pretentious and selfish, the constant focus of tabloid interest for his bad, usually drunken behaviour. But then he discovers he gets truckloads of mail from fans who think he really is Eddie Weary, asking for his help, so he decides to help them - with the aid of his assistant, Birdie.
The Pickwick Papers
Narrator
The Pickwick Papers is a twelve-part BBC adaption of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, first broadcast in 1985. It starred Nigel Stock, Alan Parnaby, Clive Swift and Patrick Malahide, with narration spoken by Ray Brooks.
Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice!
Narrator
An educational film about proper hygiene.
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
Raymond Collis
Three a.m. A crash of breaking glass ... the slow creak of a door opening ... is it a burglar? Raymond Collis finds out the hard way.
House of Whipcord
Tony
Matronas de una antigua prisión sienten placer sádico en la tortura mujeres convictas que se apartan de las estrictas normas morales.
Assassin
Craig
When the British government orders the assassination of an Air Ministry official suspected of leaking top secret intel, their top assassin assigned to the job discovers there may be more to the hit than meets the eye.
Tiffany Jones
Guy
Light-hearted and occasionally unclothed adaptation of a British comic strip in the over-the-top, on-beyond-Bond spy fantasy vein. Based on the Daily Mail comic strip.
El amuleto del diablo
George Tracewell
Un corredor de automóviles ha tenido visiones extrasensoriales. Una investigadora se interesa por el caso y, tras estudiarlo, llega a la conclusión de que el hombre puede predecir los desastres antes que se cumplan.
Carry On Abroad
Georgio
A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff—they all look very similar. To top it all off, the weather seems to be having an adverse affect on the Hotel's foundations.
Las aventuras de Alicia
5 of Spades
Adaptación del clásico de Lewis Carroll "Alicia en el país de las maravillas".
The Flesh and Blood Show
Mike
Un actor desconocido está matando a los actores que ensayan un espectáculo en un misterioso teatro costero.
Office Party
Paul
Men behave in a beastly, chauvinistic manner at an office party, turning what should be a fun break from work into an exercise in bad taste.
La última explosión
Lt. David Coulson
Grigsby y Thompson son dos soldados que han luchado juntos en unas cuantas batallas. Además de compañeros son mejores amigos, por lo que el "cambio de chaqueta" de Thompson le duele terriblemente a Grigsby. Ambos continúan su carrera militar pero en distintos ejércitos. Grigsby no olvida, por lo que recibe con los brazos abiertos la misión de eliminar a Thompson. (FILMAFFINITY)
Cathy Come Home
Reg Ward
La obra cuenta la historia de una joven pareja, Cathy (Carol White) y Reg (Ray Brooks). Al principio su relación florece, tienen un hijo y se mudan a una casa nueva. Pero, cuando Reg se lesiona y pierde su trabajo, son expulsadas por los oficiales de justicia, y se enfrentan a una vida de pobreza y desempleo.
Doctor Who: Los Daleks invaden la Tierra
David
En Los Daleks invaden la Tierra (Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.), la Tierra es un lugar espeluznante y siniestro en el año 2150. Las ciudades están destrozadas y los humanos convertidos en muertos vivientes, los Robomen. El Dr. Who viaja al futuro. ¿Conseguirá destruir a los Daleks?
El Knack... y cómo conseguirlo
Tolen
Londres, años 60. Colin (Michael Crawford) se ha perdido toda la revolución sexual, pero tiene a su amigo Tolen (Ray Brooks), a quien envidia, para que le enseñe todos los secretos que debe conocer para conquistar a las mujeres y poder recuperar el tiempo perdido. Nancy Jones (Rita Tushingham) es una joven despistada y provinciana que llega a Londres... Anárquico clásico de la cultura mod con una música genuina del swinging London. Palma de Oro en Cannes. (FILMAFFINITY
Some People
Johnnie
Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.
Motín en el Defiant
Hayes
Réplica de la Columbia Pictures a "Mutiny on the Bounty", estrenada ese mismo año por la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A finales del siglo XVIII, en plena guerra entre Inglaterra y Francia, a bordo del Defiant, un barco de guerra inglés comandado por el capitán Crawford, un oficial de navío impone a la tripulación unas condiciones de trabajo insoportables.
Play It Cool
Freddy
A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searching for the lover who she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope.
Captured
Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corporation. This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.