About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1933-01-09
Place of birth:
Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England UK
Website:
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Ken Barrie

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting

2009 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley Actor Postman Pat (voice) 59
Average
1988 Charlie Chalk Actor Singing Narrator/Song Vocals (voice) 67
Fair
1987 My Family and Other Animals Actor Whistling Singing Narrator (voice) 68
Fair
1986 Christmas Eve with Val Doonican Actor N/A
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1981 Postman Pat Actor Pat (voice) 67
Fair
1981 Hi-de-Hi! Actor Singing Narrator (uncredited) 69
Fair
1973 Applause Actor Bill Sampson (Singing voice) 58
Average
1972 The Great Waltz Actor Johann Strauss Jr. (Singing voice, uncredited) 58
Average
1970 Jane Eyre Actor Edward Rochester (Singing Voice) 58
Average

Sound

1979 Silent Scream Sound Vocals 58
Average
1976 Emily Sound Vocals 58
Average
1975 Sharks' Treasure Sound Vocals 58
Average