From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jim Dale MBE born James Smith 15 August 1935 is an English actor voice artist singer and songwriter He is best known in the United Kingdom for his many appearances in the Carry On series of films and in the US for narrating the Harry Potter audiobook series for which he received two Grammy Awards and the ABC series Pushing Daisies In the 1970s Dale was a member of Laurence Oliviers National Theatre Company Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Dale licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia