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 he had been living with dementia for the last few years.

Born on April 20, 1939, in the U.K., Brooks got his start in film and television in the early ’60s, appearing in the 1960 miniseries Julius Caesar and 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, becoming friends in the process. Around that same time, he also starred on the British soap opera Coronation Street as Norman

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