Ken Barrie
Born: 1933-01-09 in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England UK
Died: 2016-07-26
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2009
- Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley as Postman Pat (voice)
- Postman Pat - Great Big Party as Postman Pat
2008
- Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service as Ted Glen/Alf Thompson/P.C. Selby/Reverend Timms (voice)
2006
- Postman Pat - Popstars as Postman Pat/Ted Glen/PC Selby (voice)
1990
- Mr. Bean ... (Vocals)
1988
- Charlie Chalk as Singing Narrator/Song Vocals (voice)
1987
- My Family and Other Animals as Whistling Singing Narrator (voice)
1985
- Bobby Davro On The Box as Narrator (voice)
1981
- Postman Pat as Pat (voice)
1980
- Hi-de-Hi! as Singing Narrator (uncredited)
1979
- Silent Scream ... (Vocals)
1976
- Emily ... (Vocals)
1975
- Sharks' Treasure ... (Vocals)
1973
- Centre Play as Singer
- Applause as Bill Sampson (Singing voice)
1972
- The Great Waltz as Johann Strauss Jr. (Singing voice, uncredited)
1970
- Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester (Singing Voice)