He took magic lessons with Walter Jeans and was influenced by Albert Verity, Jack le Dair, Park Shackelton, Trevor Hall and Roland Winder.
During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force in North Africa, the Western Desert and Italy.
[citation needed] Some magicians, including Fred Kaps, Finn Jon, Gaetan Bloom, Johnny Thompson, Scotty York, Wayne Dobson, Ali Bongo and Terri Rogers gave Brooke exclusive marketing rights to their effects, routines and ideas.
Brooke performed his first show to the London Concert Artists Association in summer 1962[1] to a professional audience including Billy McComb, John Brierly, Frank Farrow and Alan Shaxon.
Brooke influenced many performers, including Al Koran, Paul Daniels, Wayne Dobson, Gaetan Bloom and John Milner.