Acting
Community Rating
5.5
TMDB estimate
Born
January 9, 1933
Died
July 26, 2016 (age 83)
Born in
Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England UK
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

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
as Postman Pat (voice)
2009
Postman Pat - Great Big Party
as Postman Pat
2009

Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service
as Ted Glen/Alf Thompson/P.C. Selby/Reverend Timms (voice)
2008

Postman Pat - Popstars
as Postman Pat/Ted Glen/PC Selby (voice)
2006

Mr. Bean
as Vocals
1990

Charlie Chalk
as Singing Narrator/Song Vocals (voice)
1988

My Family and Other Animals
as Whistling Singing Narrator (voice)
1987
Christmas Eve with Val Doonican
1986
Bobby Davro On The Box
as Narrator (voice)
1985

Postman Pat
as Pat (voice)
1981

Hi-de-Hi!
as Singing Narrator (uncredited)
1980

Silent Scream
as Vocals
1979

Emily
as Vocals
1976

Sharks' Treasure
as Vocals
1975

Centre Play
as Singer
1973

Applause
as Bill Sampson (Singing voice)
1973

The Great Waltz
as Johann Strauss Jr. (Singing voice, uncredited)
1972

Jane Eyre
as Edward Rochester (Singing Voice)
1970