Distinctive voices

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Paul Frees – distinctive voice actor heard in many 1950s and 1960s movies (including Spartacus, he was also the voice of Boris Badenov, Ludwig von Drake, Inspecor Fenwick, and countless voices in Disney and UPI cartoons and Rankin-Bass Productions. He sang in Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol and as Ludwig von Drake, and in *Gay Purree opposite Judy Garland and Robert Goulet. He dubbed voices for foreign films into English, including *Godzilla, Rodan, * and The Sword and the Dragon. He even acted on-screen in a few science fiction films. Truly a defining voice
Mason Adams – the voiceover in countless TV commercials, I was surprised when I finally saw the face behind that voice as an actor on Lou Grant, where he played editor Charlie Hume. He did plenty of other actying work and voiceovers in cartoons.

Daws Butler – the “poor man’s Mel Blanc”. He voiced Huckleberry hound and others for Hannah-Barbera, but had previously voiced cartoon characters for MGM studio cartoons. He was Barney Rubble, Yogi Bear, and Elroy, Peter Potamus and Bingo of the Banana Splits. He was also Aesop, Jr. on Rocky and Bullwinkle.

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Katherine Hepburn
Bogart
Strother Martin
Christopher Walken
Harvey Fierstein

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…not bad, but only 6 women out of 50?

Totally selfish, because women’s voices make my day

http://www.thetoptens.com/woman-with-sexiest-voice/

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I admit that I have heard very little of Hawking’s voice in any setting. I do remember his last line from a Simpsons episode:

Homer: Let’s go to Duffy ’ s for a beer.
Hawking: That’s the most sensible thing anyone has said to me all day!

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Henry Jones. One of those character actors you recognize but can’t put a name to.

And since Kiefer Sutherland has been mentioned, I think Donald Sutherland has an even more distinctive voice. I believe he is still selling Volvos and orange juice.

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It’s also the voice he uses on “Big Bang Theory”.

My choice for this thread:

Yma Sumac

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Tony Bennett

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Lois from Family Guy

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If we’re going that route:

Joe Cocker
Frank Sinatra
Harry Belafonte
Tom Jones
Gregg Alman

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Save the bones for Henry Jones 'cause Henry don’t eat no meat. Click!

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I was implying that Tony Bennett’s speaking voice is VERY similar to his singing voice (at least to these old, busted ears).

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Senator Everett Dirksen

50 years ago, everybody in Northern Illinois sounded like this. Not as gravelly and orotund, but still similar. Weird.

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Once again, Cal, you anticipate me. I came in to this thread specifically to post him, but you beat me to it. You do this way too often.

Mason Adams did the old Smucker’s jelly commercials: “With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good!”

Now I have to come up with someone else…

Nah, I got nothing.

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Psst, hey BrotherCadfael, I’ll let you have Rod Serling.

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Interesting angle, for sure. I was more thinking about not needing an announcer/DJ to identify who was singing.

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WAIT! I GOT ONE!

Geoffrey Holder

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The ANTI-distinctive voice:

Edward Binns

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I’ll see your Yma Sumac and raise you one Minnie Riperton

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Angela Lansbury

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Slight hijack:

When Fran Drescher drops the nasal, cat-being strangled voice, she–no foolin’–has the kind of voice that a guy wants to hear at 3AM purring Honey, do me again.

I can’t find the Letterman clip (easily 15+ years ago) where she demonstrated this voice, but it’s worth it.