Sean Barrett

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Seán Justin Barrett (born 4 May 1940) is a British actor. Career Television and film appearances Barrett began his career as a child actor, appearing on BBC children's television and in films such as Bang! You're Dead, Dunkirk, Sink the Bismarck!, A Cry from the Streets, War and Peace, The Genie and Four Sided Triangle. Years later he made many appearances in television and films including ITV T...

Seán Justin Barrett (born 4 May 1940) is a British actor. Career Television and film appearances Barrett began his career as a child actor, appearing on BBC children's television and in films such as Bang! You're Dead, Dunkirk, Sink the Bismarck!, A Cry from the Streets, War and Peace, The Genie and Four Sided Triangle. Years later he made many appearances in television and films including ITV Television Playhouse, Z-Cars, The Wednesday Play, Cast a Giant Shadow, Emergency Ward 10, Chronicle, Armchair Theatre, Hell Boats, Moonstrike, Attack on the Iron Coast, Softly, Softly, BBC Play of the Month, Paul of Tarsus, Tales of the Unexpected, Father Ted, Holby City, Brush Strokes, Minder, Poldark, Noah's Ark and Theatre 625. Voice actor and narrator In 1968, Barrett was asked to join BBC Radio Drama by Ronald Mason. In the mid-1970s Barrett was cast in the BBC Radio series of George Simenon's Inspector Maigret novels as Maigret's subordinate, Inspector Janvier. He has performed the voices of Asterix, Caius Tiddlius, Fulliautomatix, Roman Ghost, Cylindric, Mannikinpix, Gladiator Trainer and Jailer in the English version of The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, Tik-Tok in Return to Oz, a Goblin in Labyrinth, Big Mac and other characters in TUGS, Thadius Vent's soothsayer Goodtooth in Oscar's Orchestra, Melchoir in the English dubbed version of the Lapitch the Little Shoemaker TV series, Roly the Pineapple in the English version of The Fruities and UrSu the Dying Master and UrZah the Ritual-Guardian in The Dark Crystal as well as additional characters in two video games The Feeble Files and Viking: Battle for Asgard. He also provided the voice for Captain Orion in Star Fleet, the English version of the 1980s Japanese puppet series X-Bomber. He also narrated Fair Ground!, Timewatch, People's Century and Dark Towers for BBC, dubbed voices in many anime films such as Roujin Z, Cyber City Oedo 808 and Dominion: Tank Police and has done voices for several audiobooks and radio stations. In 1996, he was the narrator for the Channel 4 documentary series, Black Box. The series primarily concentrated on commercial aviation accidents, and the investigations related to them. Barrett also worked as part of an ADR Loop Group on Aardman's animated film Flushed Away, a voice director on Lapitch the Little Shoemaker and a dialogue director on The Fruities. He has also narrated episodes of the BBC TV series People's Century and Dancing in the Street, as well as a number of BBC nature documentaries in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2011, he voiced Andre of Astora, Petrus of Thorolund and Ingward in Dark Souls. He returned to voice Darkdiver Grandahl in Dark Souls II, and later reprised his role as Andre of Astora in Dark Souls III, as well as voicing Holy Knight Hodrick. In 2017, he voiced the Titan Azurda in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and in 2018, reprised the role for Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country. He has voiced the first nine books of Mick Herron's "Slough House" series about Jackson Lamb's team. Record sleeve In 1985, the rock band The Smiths used a still of Barrett as a teenager in the 1958 film Dunkirk for the sleeve of their hit single How Soon Is Now? Filmography Film Four Sided Triangle (1953) – Young Robin The Genie (1953) - Game of Danger (1954) – Willy Escapade (1955) – Warren War and Peace (1956) – Petya Rostov Dunkirk (1958) – Frankie A Cry from the Streets (1958) – Don Sink the Bismarck! (1960) – Able Seaman Brown Sons and Lovers (1960) – Arthur Morel Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) – Junior British Officer Attack on the Iron Coast (1968) – Radio Man (uncredited) Great Catherine (1968) – Andrei Strelkin (uncredited) Hell Boats (1970) – Sub. Lt. Hendrickson, R.N.V.R. The Zoo Robbery (1973) – Watson Robin Hood Junior (1975) – Sergeant The Dark Crystal (1982) – UrSu the Dying Master, UrZah the Ritual-Guardian (voices) Return to Oz (1985) – Tik-Tok (voice) Labyrinth (1986) – Goblin (voice) Beneath Still Waters (2005) – Additional voices (English and Spanish dub) Renaissance (2006) – Naghib (voice) Television The Twelfth Brother (1952) – Benjamin The Man in Armour (1952) – Ian Rowland Stranger in the House (1953) – Peter Benfield Thames Tug (1953) – Jimmy Spurgeon BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1956) – Richard Miller, Jimmy Sheelan Rheingold Theatre (1953–1956) – Tony Belfont, Timothy Mulligan, Brian The Coelacanth (1957) – Nicko Johnnie's Night Out (1954) – Johnnie O'Hanlon The Secret Way (1954) – John The Scarlet Eagle (1954) – Captain Giles The Adventures of the Big Man (1956) – Tom Lomas Flash (1956) – Joe Harvey Sword of Freedom (1958) – Brunetto The Mad O'Haras (1958) – Desmond Burke ITV Play of the Week (1959) – Ordinary seaman Frank Conway, Paul Legrand The Flying Doctor (1959) – Malcolm Parker Armchair Theatre (1959–1962) – Ralph, Clifford Ross Emergency Ward 10 (1960) – Martin Cole Paul of Tarsus (1960) – Timothy The Terrorists (1961) – 2nd Lt. Adams ITV Television Playhouse (1962) – Arthur Z-Cars (1962–1965) – Ashworth, Alan Guest, Arthur Carron BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963) – Michael Drama 61-67 (1963) – Mark Moonstrike (1963) – Paul de Montlucon The Sullavan Brothers (1964) – Tony Redcap (1964) – Private Kierney Theatre 625 (1964–1968) – Albino, Capt. Dakers The Flying Swan (1965) – John Grafton The Wednesday Play (1966) – Gus Softly, Softly (1967) – Jamie Gosse Look and Read (1967) – Will Kent Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967–1971) – Danny, Mike Mighty Jack (1968) – Father, Interrogator (voices, English) BBC Play of the Month (1972) – Temple 2nd House (1974) – Steven in Grace The Unbroken Arrow (1976) – Tales of the Unexpected (1981) – Hijack Look and Read: Dark Towers (1981) – Narrator Star Fleet (1982) – Captain Orion (voice) Look and Read: Through The Dragon's Eye (1989) – Gorwen the Dragon (voice) TUGS (1989) – Big Mac, Hercules, Captain Zero, Zebedee, Izzy Gomez, Fire Chief, Sea Rogue, and Blair (voice) Father Ted (1996) – Father Fitzgerald Animation The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) – Asterix, Caius Tiddlius, Fulliautomatix, Roman Ghost, Cylindric, Mannikinpix, Gladiator Trainer, Jailer, Verses Secret of Mamo (1978) – Koichi Zenigata (1996 Manga UK dub) Goodbye Lady Liberty (1989) – Koichi Zenigata Asterix and the Big Fight (1989) – Fulliautomatix, Legionnaires (British dub) The Fruities (1990) – Roly Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990) – Gogul (Gabimaru Rikiya) The Heroic Legend of Arslan (1991) – Silver Mask Roujin Z (1991) – 1st Ache Tokyo Babylon (1992) – Inspector Kono Dominion: Tank Police (1992) – Lt. Britain New Dominion Tank Police (1993) – Lt. Britain Oscar's Orchestra (1994) – Goodtooth Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (2000) – Melchoir Spheriks (2002) – Additional voices Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006) – Le Sage Yadoa A Fox's Tale (2008) – Doc Mr. Baby (2009–10) – Mr. Baby, English dub Video games The Feeble Files (1998) – Additional voices Viking: Battle for Asgard (2008) – Additional voices Dark Souls (2011) – Andre of Astora, Petrus of Thorolund, Ingward Dark Souls II (2014) – Darkdiver Grandahl Risen 3: Titan Lords (2014) – Additional voices Dark Souls III (2016) – Holy Knight Hodrik, Blacksmith Andre Total War: Warhammer (2016) – The Advisor Total War: Warhammer II (2017) – The Advisor Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017) – Azurda / Gramps Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country (2018) – Azurda Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) – Azurda Total War: Warhammer III (2022) – The Advisor Audiobooks His Dark Materials – Lord Asriel/ Iorek Byrnison Bleak House by Charles Dickens – One of two narrators with Teresa Gallagher Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens – Narrator Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky by Leon Trotsky – Narrator The Holy Qur'an translated by Wahiduddin Khan – Narrator Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources by Martin Lings – Narrator The Redeemer by Jo Nesbø – Narrator The Snowman by Jo Nesbø – Narrator The Leopard by Jo Nesbø – Narrator The Bat by Jo Nesbø – Narrator Police by Jo Nesbø – Narrator Perfume by Patrick Suskind – Narrator The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman – Narrator Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham -Narrator A Passion for Killing by Barbara Nadel – Narrator Molloy by Samuel Beckett – Narrator Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett – Narrator The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett – Narrator Lennox by Craig Russell – Narrator The Long Glasgow Kiss by Craig Russell – Narrator The Deep Dark Sleep by Craig Russell – Narrator Dead Men and Broken Hearts by Craig Russell – Narrator The Second World War by Antony Beevor – Narrator Berlin: The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor – Narrator Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944 by Antony Beevor – Narrator Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble by Antony Beevor – Narrator The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor – Narrator Secret Warriors by Taylor Downing – Narrator Toward the Flame by Dominic Lieven – Narrator Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore – Narrator Watching you by Michael Robotham- Narrator The Age of Iron Trilogy by Angus Watson – Narrator Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell – Narrator Close your eyes by Michael Robotham – Narrator West of West Trilogy by Angus Watson- Narrator Slow Horses (Slough House Book 1) by Mick Herron – Narrator Dead Lions (Slough House Book 2) by Mick Herron – Narrator The List (A Slough House Novella, Book 2.5) by Mick Herron – Narrator Nobody Walks by Mick Herron – Narrator Real Tigers (Slough House Book 3) by Mick Herron – Narrator Spook Street (Slough House Book 4) by Mick Herron – Narrator London Rules (Slough House Book 5) by Mick Herron – Narrator The Drop (A Slough House Novella, Book 5.5) by Mick Herron – Narrator Joe Country (Slough House Book 6) by Mick Herron – Narrator The Catch (A Slough House Novella, Book 6.5) by Mick Herron – Narrator Slough House (Slough House Book 7) by Mick Herron – Narrator Bad Actors (Slough House Book 8) by Mick Herron – Narrator The Secret Hours by Mick Herron – Narrator References External links Seán Barrett at IMDb Sean Barrett at naxosaudiobooks Sean Barrett at Audible