# Celebrity Voices You Can Guess Blindfolded **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150 "2011-05-08T12:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/41 "2011-05-09T15:50:54Z")
I must say that, after looking at the names mentioned in this thread, I think very few of their voices are as distinctive as, say, Walter Brennan, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, or a host of other stars of the old days. So I agree with the OP that really unique voices seem to be out of style or something. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/42 "2011-05-09T17:21:00Z")
Don Knotts Andy Griffith James Garner Joan Rivers Roseanne Barr Melanie Griffith (dayumn! It’s called a lower register!) Danny Devito David McCullough ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/43 "2011-05-09T17:28:47Z")
Christine Schall has got a very distinctive voice and it’s well used in Bob’s Burgers, imo. I did miss that she was on the Simpsons this weekend – I couldn’t figure out who it was until the credits. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/44 "2011-05-09T17:39:37Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I must say that, after looking at the names mentioned in this thread, I think very few of their voices are as distinctive as, say, Walter Brennan, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, or a host of other stars of the old days. So I agree with the OP that really unique voices seem to be out of style or something. I strongly suspect it’s just because you’re more familiar with those stars. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/45 "2011-05-09T17:49:08Z")
Mike Rowe - mainly because I’ve heard his voice so much on Dirty Jobs, Deadliest Catch, Ford commercials, etc. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/46 "2011-05-09T17:58:07Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > I strongly suspect it’s just because you’re more familiar with those stars. Yes, I was kind of thinking that might be the case. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/47 "2011-05-09T18:13:55Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I must say that, after looking at the names mentioned in this thread, I think very few of their voices are as distinctive as, say, Walter Brennan, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, or a host of other stars of the old days. So I agree with the OP that really unique voices seem to be out of style or something. Do any current actors have damaged voices like Andy Devine or Froggy(?) from one of those gang related series? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/48 "2011-05-09T18:31:15Z")
My problem is that while I may be very good at recognizing voices (and faces too for that matter), I suck at recalling names. So if I’m watching something and recognize the voice, I have to go through this whole seven degrees of separation routine to get to some other name or title that I do remember and then backtrack through IMDB to get to the name I am looking for. It is exasperating sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/49 "2011-05-09T19:59:30Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > The movie _Kiss the Girls_ was spoiled from the start because there’s a voiceover by the killer, and I immediately recognized his voice. > > [del]Un[/del]like some Robin Hoods, he can’t disguise his accent. I had this same problem with Kevin Spacey in _Se7en_. I heard this story regarding Fran Drescher: She used to normally talk in that high-pitched, nasal tone, and when she started getting into acting, they told her to lose the accent. So she went to a dialect coach, and overcame it. Then, as is always the way, every role she read for, they wanted her to use the nasal, high-pitched voice she’d tried so hard to get rid of. How true that anecdote is, I cannot say. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-you-can-guess-blindfolded/581150/50 "2011-05-09T20:29:54Z")
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