profile image

Ken Barrie

Jan 09, 1933 - Jul 26, 2016 (83 years old) 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

Known For

poster
Postman Pat
Pat (voice)
poster
Hi-de-Hi!
Singing Narrator (uncredited)
poster
Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service
Ted Glen/Alf Thompson/P.C. Selby/Reverend Timms (voice)
poster
Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester (Singing Voice)
poster
My Family and Other Animals
Whistling Singing Narrator (voice)
poster
Centre Play
Singer
poster
Charlie Chalk
Singing Narrator/Song Vocals (voice)
poster
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Postman Pat (voice)
poster
Bobby Davro On The Box
Narrator (voice)
poster
Applause
Bill Sampson (Singing voice)

Credits