Ray Brooks

Ray Brooks was an English actor whose career began in television and moved between British films, series and voice work. Born in Brighton, he took the role of Terry Mills in Taxi! in 1963 and later appeared as Norman Phillips in Coronation Street, with small parts in films that included H.M.S. Defiant (1962). He rose to prominence starring with Michael Crawford and Rita Tushingham in Richard Lester's The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965), which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and followed it with the television drama Cathy Come Home. He played David Campbell in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966). In the 1970s he appeared in The Flesh and Blood Show (1972) and other Pete Walker films. He later co-starred in the BBC comedy drama Big Deal and in Growing Pains, and provided voice work for Mr Benn and King Rollo.