“Ray Brooks, Known for Narrating Mr Benn and His Roles in the Knack… and How To Get It, Big Deal and Taxi!, Died on Saturday. HE WAS 86. HIS FAMILY TOLD The BBC that Brooks Died After A Short Illness. They Also Shared That Had Been Living With Dementia For The Last FEW”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
His family told the BBC that braoks Died After a Short Illness. They also shared that ha had been living with dementia for the last few years.
Born on April 20, 1939, in the UK, Brooks Got His Start in Film and Television in the Early ’60s, Appearing in the 1960 Miniseries Julius caesar an The Secret Kingdom.
HE THEN LANDED HIS ROLE AS TERRY Mills in Taxi!WHICH RAN FROM 1963-64. He Starred Opposite Sidney James, Who Takes Brooks’ Character Under His Wing and Helps Him Become A Taxi Driver in London, Become Friends in The Process. AROUND THAT SAME TIME, HA ALSO STARRED ON The British Soap Opera Coronation Street As Norman Phillips.
In 1965, Brooks Played ExperienCed Womanizer Tolen in the Film The Knack… and How to get itAlongside Rita Tushingham, Donal Donnelly and Michael Crawford.
His suns, Will and tom, told the BBC Thatir Father Thought His MOST WELL-KNOWN ROLE WAS IN Mr Benn“With people Continuly Asking Him to Say The Catchphrase ‘As if by Magic!’“ Brooks Voiced The Titular Character From 1971-72. His Sons Added, “Although Only 13 Episodes Were Made, They Were Repeated Twice A Year For 21 Years.”
Brooks Also Had A Recurring Role on the TV Drama Big DealPlaying Robby Box from 1984-86, and the Series Running Wild As Max Wild from 1987-89.
Later in the Mid-2000s, He Starred in a Second British Soap Opera, EastendersPlaying Joe Macer.
Brooks’ Other Acting Credits Included Two Thousand Acres of Sky, Growing Pain, The Pickwick Papers, Death of An Expert Witness, King Rollo, Two people, Jackanory, Rooms, Pathfinders, Black and Blue, A thinking man as hero, Oranges and Lemons, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Itv Saturday Night Theater, Doomwatch, Z cars, Boy Meets Girl, The avengers, Cathy Come Home, PUBLIC EYE, Emergency-Ward 10, The Sullavan Brothers an Walter and ConnieAmong Others.
He is survived by his two suns and his wife, Sadie elcombe. His daughter, Emma, Dieded in 2003.