Ken Barrie
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1933
- Died
- July 26, 2016 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England UK
Biography
Leslie Hulme known professionally as Ken Barrie, was an English, British voice actor and singer best known for voicing the titular character and several other characters in the children's television series Postman Pat (1981-2017), as well as singing the theme tune for the series. He also sang the theme tunes of the BBC Television programmes Hi-de-Hi! and Charlie Chalk in the 1980s. Over his career his singing, narrating voice and whistling was heard in many movies and television commercials. Barrie provided singing voices in many feature films for many actors, including George C. Scott, in Jane Eyre (1970), Horst Buchholz in The Great Waltz (1972), and Larry Hagman in Applause (1973). He also recorded the soundtracks for the films Sharks' Treasure (1975), Emily (1976) and Silent Scream (1979). Barrie was married to Doreen Pye in 1954 until her death in 2009. Together they had two children, a son named Paul Hulme and a daughter named Lorraine Hulme Peterson. Barrie's son Paul Hulme was a music engineer who went on to work for the music departments for many films, although Hulme tragically died in a road accident in 1998 at the young age of only 38. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Barrie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Ray Charles' World of Music
Movie · as Singer
Postman Pat - In The Muddle
Movie · as Postman Pat (voice)
Postman Pat - Never gives up
Movie · as Postman Pat (voice)
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Movie · as Postman Pat (voice)
Postman Pat - Great Big Party
Movie · as Postman Pat
Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service
TV · as Ted Glen/Alf Thompson/P.C. Selby/Reverend Timms (voice) · 26 eps
Postman Pat - Clowns Around
Movie · as Postman Pat (voice)
Postman Pat: Go Kart Race
Movie · as Postman Pat (voice)
Postman Pat - Popstars
Movie · as Postman Pat/Ted Glen/PC Selby (voice)
Postman Pat: Christmas Eve
Movie · as Postman Pat (voice)
Postman Pat - The Giant Snowball
Movie · as Postman Pat (voice)
Postman Pat's Magic Christmas
Movie · as Postman Pat (voice)
Postman Pat and the Greendale Rocket
Movie · as Postman Pat (voice)
Read Along with Postman Pat
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Charlie Chalk
TV · as Singing Narrator/Song Vocals (voice) · 13 eps
My Family and Other Animals
TV · as Whistling Singing Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Christmas Eve with Val Doonican
Movie
Bobby Davro On The Box
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Postman Pat
TV · as Pat (voice) · 106 eps
Grease Monkey
Movie · as Singer
Applause
Movie · as Bill Sampson (Singing voice)
Centre Play
TV · as Singer · 1 ep
The Great Waltz
Movie · as Johann Strauss Jr. (Singing voice, uncredited)
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Edward Rochester (Singing Voice)