Ken Barrie

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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

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2009
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Movie Postman Pat (voice)
2009
Postman Pat - Great Big Party
Movie Postman Pat
2008
Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service
TV show Ted Glen/Alf Thompson/P.C. Selby/Reverend Timms (voice)
2006
Postman Pat - Popstars
Movie Postman Pat/Ted Glen/PC Selby (voice)
1990
Mr. Bean
TV show Vocals
1988
Charlie Chalk
TV show Singing Narrator/Song Vocals (voice)
1987
My Family and Other Animals
TV show Whistling Singing Narrator (voice)
1986
Christmas Eve with Val Doonican
Movie
1985
Bobby Davro On The Box
TV show Narrator (voice)
1981
Postman Pat
TV show Pat (voice)
1980
Hi-de-Hi!
TV show Singing Narrator (uncredited)
1979
Silent Scream
Movie Vocals
1976
Emily
Movie Vocals
1975
Sharks' Treasure
Movie Vocals
1973
Centre Play
TV show Singer
1973
Applause
Movie Bill Sampson (Singing voice)