Leslie Hulme (9 January 1933 – 29 July 2016), known professionally as Ken Barrie, was an English voice actor and singer. He was best known for singing the

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of the BBC television programmes ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and also narrated the latter two. He was also known for providing the voices of several of the series' characters.

Biography

Barrie was born on 9 January 1933 in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Under the stage name Les Carle, he recorded for

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, an offshoot of Woolworths that released inexpensive cover versions of pop hits, between 1962 and 1965. He changed his stage name when a friend told him it was French for "the Charlies", and took his new name of Ken Barrie from the names of his wife's brothers. His own singing and narrating voice and whistling has been heard in many movies and television commercials, and included providing the voices of the Smash Martians. Barrie provided singing voices in feature films for many actors, including Larry Hagman,

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, and

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. He became the voice of ''

'' in 1981, narrating the first and second series and also providing the voices of the characters Postman Pat, Ted Glen, Granny Dryden, Peter Fogg, Major Forbes, George Lancaster, Jeff Pringle, Alf Thompson, Reverend Timms, Arthur Selby, and Sam Waldron. He retired from voicing Pat in 2008 when the series was revamped as ''Postman Pat Special Delivery Service'', though stayed on as the voice of Ted Glen, Alf Thompson, P.C. Selby and Reverend Timms for the show's first series. A single of the theme song, credited to Barrie, reached number 44 on the

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in 1982, and re entered the chart the following year. He also sang the soundtrack for ''

'' and recorded the soundtracks for ''

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'', '' Emily'' and '' Silent Scream''. He also whistled the tune for the theme song of the 1987

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