Who's the best voice in Movies?

[northernsoul]

personally, I could listen to the late, great Gregory Peck read the phone book.
What pipes!

[supernova]

1. I think it's the guy who does movie promos

man, what a voice. I'd love to see him in a movie sometime.

Agree about Gregory Peck though. I also like Sean Connery's voice. And George Clooney.

[rabid_nerd]

2. james earl jones

This is CNN, Simba.

[thom1102]

11. How can you cite JEJ and not mention

Darth Vader! The greatest Voice in all moviedom! I agree James Earl Jones! Even with the stupid Bell Atlantic/Verizon Commercials!

[Loonman]

3. That's easy

Christopher Walken.

"He wore this watch UP HIS ASS for the entire time."

Great inflection.

[a_random_joel]

5. a Siouxsie fan,eh?

Good stuff.

Saw her live at the first Lollapalooza.

[Loonman]

7. Oh yeah!

:)

[a_random_joel]

4. My thoughts...

I agree with James Earl Jones and Sean Connery

I add to that list Donald Sutherland.

[MountainLaurel]

6. Tommy Lee Jones

Something about that accent of his.

Chris Cooper
Andre Braugher
Linda Hunt
Alan Rickman
Brad Pitt
Jennifer Jason Leigh

[rabid_nerd]

9. Not to mention good friend to Al Gore

Roommate, usher at Al and Tipper's wedding...

[ibegurpard]

8. Sally Kellerman has a great voice, too.

n/t

[dragonquest8]

10. george clooney

[ForrestGump]

12. Yep: Gregory Peck, James Earl Jones, and Sean Connery

There's a common quality there, too.

On the female side.....hmmm.....I don't know.

Diana Rigg just jumped to mind, but that's not my final answer. And there's always the breathy type, like Marilyn or Ann Margret.....mm-mm good.

[supernova]

14. Kathleen Turner

has a great voice.

[ForrestGump]

16. Yes!

Sharon Stone's up there, too.

[Scout]

19. Brenda Vaccaro

had that great female throaty voice.

[progressivejazz]

13. James Earl Jones and Gregory Peck are excellent.

They rank up there with my all-time favorite voice, that of the late John Carradine.

[mitchum]

15. Henry Fonda had the best "American" voice

Peter Lorre (one-of-a-kind)
Orson Welles (of course)
Robert Mitchum (best "yeah...whatever, man" cool voice)
Geoffrey Holder (intoxicating)
Franklin Pangborne (always cracks me up)
Alfre Woodard (beautiful voice)
Zazu Pitts (always cracks me up)
John Vernon (most chilling voice- raindrops on a gravestone)

[lpbk2713]

17. I can't think of his name for the life of me......

.... that guy that was the older biker/bouncer in "Roadhouse", he also did the "Beef. It's what's for dinner" commercials.

Also Gregory Peck
And Ricardo Montalban

And for a unique voice.... Strother Martin.

[Bossy Monkey]

24. That's Sam Elliott-- more than a little overexposed at the moment

battling it out with Peter Coyote to see who is the king of the hill of Western voices in advertising

[argyl]

18. Morgan Freeman.

xx

[SOteric]

20. Fran Drescher...?

Oh! 'Great,' not "grate." My bad.

[geniph]

21. No one's ever had as beautiful a voice as Gregory Peck

Although Jonathan Rhys-Davies is close.

[annonymous]

22. Best male voice James Earl Jones.

Best female voice Kathleen Turner.

[Jonte_1979]

23. Michael Madsen

He should be cast as "The Thing" in the upcoming "Fantastic Four" movie, IMO.

[CBHagman]

25. James Mason.

Ooh, that voice. Mmm.

That said, there's always Derek Jacobi, Simon Callow. Anthony Hopkins only counts when he's not playing horrific murderers.

And I'll second James Earl Jones, too, for that velvety bass. Mmm.

I can't think of any favorite female voices off the top of my head, though I'm sure many will occur to me later.

Also, despite the presence of the British and/or classically trained in the list above, I have a real fondness for New York accents, all boroughs, New Jersey accents, and New England accents. That's why I'll listen to anything Charles Schumer and Barney Frank have to say, and the same goes for certain actors.

And Irish and Welsh accents are perfectly fine with me, too.

[Bridget Burke]

33. New York / New Jersey

That would include Fran Drescher & Joan Rivers?

[zekeson]

26. Richard Gere

In addition to being smooth, he uses it very well

[BurtWorm]

27. Hans Conried, Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Mel Blanc,

Sterling Holloway, Danny Kay, Ed Wynn...now those were GREAT voices!

[CBHagman]

29. Obviously a conoisseur of cartoons!

:-)

"Fractured Fairy Tales," anyone?

[geniph]

32. I've thought for years that only one living person could replace Mel Blanc

as the man of 1000 cartoon voices...Robin Williams. He does a killer Elmer Fudd.

[Iverson]

28. Orson Welles

Humphrey Bogart
James Earl Jones
Mae West
Judy Garland
and a hundred others

[Sequoia]

30. I thought that before I read your post

Yeah, I could listen to Gregory Peck explain taxes even.

[Bossy Monkey]

31. Alan Rickman (n/t)