Ray Brooks

Ray Brooks

April 20, 1939 · 87 years old

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…

Known For

10 titles
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Carry on Abroad

Carry on Abroad

1972 · 1h 28m · Movie

A group of tourists arrive at a half-finished hotel in Spain where the oddly identical staff and bad weather threaten the building's stability.

6.5
2
The Knack... and How to Get It

The Knack... and How to Get It

1965 · 1h 24m · Movie

A young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills.

6.3
3
Damn the Defiant!

Damn the Defiant!

1962 · 1h 41m · Movie

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

7.1
4
House of Whipcord

House of Whipcord

1974 · 1h 42m · Movie

An insane couple take over the operation of an old jail and seek out young women who they believe have escaped justice. A beautiful young French model becomes their latest victim and must attempt escape or face an almost certain d...

5.8
5
The Flesh and Blood Show

The Flesh and Blood Show

1972 · 1h 36m · Movie

Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.

5.4
6
Baffled

Baffled

1973 · 1h 30m · Movie

A US racing champion is haunted by intense visions of an American woman in some kind of danger in a English mansion. A British ESP and occult expert believes that his visions will really happen and asks him to help her investigate...

5.6
7
Some People

Some People

1962 · 1h 33m · Movie

The story of three teenaged tearaways Johnnie, Bill and Bert who find themselves at odds with society. Following a brush with the law they have a chance meeting with a local choirmaster who offers them a way of making good.

6.3
8
Play It Cool

Play It Cool

1962 · 1h 22m · Movie

Stars Billy Fury (Britain's answer to Elvis Presley) and features cameos from some other stars from the sixties, with Bobby Vee, Helen Shapiro and Shane Fenton (better known as Alvin Stardust). On a plane is Billy and his band on ...

5.6
9
Captured

Captured

1959 · 1h 4m · Movie

Docudrama, made for Military Intelligence, about what it was like to be a British prisoner of the North Koreans in the 1950-1953 war.

6.8
10
Cathy Come Home

Cathy Come Home

1966 · 1h 15m · Movie

A wedding. Happy and promising. A young couple, new to the ways of life. The joys of parenthood: A dream comes true. Then the first incident in a long, spiraling chain of events, and down they go. No job, no money. Moving from hou...

7.1