# People with deep voices **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677 "2011-05-21T13:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/41 "2011-06-05T06:40:30Z")
Your list is way too long to process (especially without context - I would only know 2/4 of the people I thought of by their names rather than by characters they played or band they were in) lol. But I did my homework, and 3/4 of the names I thought of were already listed either by you or someone else on the first page. But you might find it illuminating, in the absence of new names, to see what comes to the mind of people off the cuff. For me, I immediately thought of Michael Clarke Duncan The Tick: Patrick Warburton (live) and Townsend Coleman (animated) Crash Test Dummies (Brad Roberts) For what it’s worth, my voice is highly variable, but once in college when I was working retail, I was particularly relaxed due to fatigue, and after ringing up a customer, was told I should read audiobooks. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/42 "2011-06-05T06:59:36Z")
Brian Stokes Mitchell Placido Domingo ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/43 "2011-06-05T07:13:11Z")
A guy I used to work with. He had a voice like Johnny Cash. When he’d get on the PA and make announcements, we said it was like hearing God talking to us. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/44 "2011-06-05T13:30:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Heath Ledger did not have a deep voice. There’s a bunch of people on the OP’s list that don’t have particularly deep voices, so I’m a but mystified. My addition is Orville “Hoppy” Jones, the bass voice of the Ink Spots. You can listen to him [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7AZIvDD5Lw), at about 1:40 into the Song “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire”, doing the spoken word portion. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/45 "2011-06-05T14:01:42Z")
I don’t know the actor’s name, but he played Mayor Carcetti’s aide on _The Wire_. His voice was not only deep, but mellifluous. I believe that’s the first time I’ve used that word in a sentence. Bill Hadley of [The Righteous Brothers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTvU3BELZEo&feature=fvst). ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/46 "2011-06-05T15:25:16Z")
I want to play Here’s a nice mid range piece of mine. [LINK](http://www.macjams.com/song/66764) Deepest note at 1:20 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/47 "2011-06-05T15:26:53Z")
Not the deepest, but deeper than many on the radio: [William Elliot Whitmore](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG3Oln7sgjU). Here’s another sample: him singing “[Johnny Law](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDzH7qAhFM0&feature=related)”. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/48 "2011-06-05T16:27:07Z")
No love for [Alan Rickman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8rxa4SPbJk)? (youtube link to him reading poetry) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/49 "2011-06-05T16:37:03Z")
> [@Flip\_Pancake](#): > > Cue the [Rick Roll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)… No, no, no. You need Tay Zonday’s version: https://www.youtube.com/embed/u_aY7HZvFpQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/50 "2011-06-05T19:07:32Z")
The voice of NFL Films: [John Facenda](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4kWiRjLbGQ). (Narrating a piece on Vince Lombardi.) ---
**Author:** ![ghostman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ghostman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostman)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/51 "2011-06-06T14:19:58Z")
The late Peter Steele (Type O Negative) [Christian Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0LSO-dtsxo) ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/52 "2011-06-06T15:02:42Z")
I think Sampiro’s singing sounds remarkably like Stan Rogers. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/53 "2011-06-06T15:39:22Z")
[Tennesee Ernie Ford](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUpTJg2EBpw) and [Billy Ward of the Dominoes.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZAgD-UdbYA) ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/54 "2011-06-07T20:17:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There’s a bunch of people on the OP’s list that don’t have particularly deep voices, so I’m a but mystified. I’m not finicky. Actually, now that I think about it, I should have made my list shorter for two reasons: to keep people from being overwhelmed, and to show people exactly the kinds of voices that I like. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/55 "2011-06-07T20:24:47Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I don’t know the actor’s name, but he played Mayor Carcetti’s aide on _The Wire_. His voice was not only deep, but mellifluous. I believe that’s the first time I’ve used that word in a sentence. Reg E. Cathey, my good man. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/56 "2011-06-07T20:26:33Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > No love for [Alan Rickman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8rxa4SPbJk)? (youtube link to him reading poetry) I find his voice a bit oily and nasally. Otherwise, it’s quite sensual. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/57 "2011-06-11T13:49:43Z")
Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romeo_and_Whatsherface)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/58 "2011-06-12T02:57:07Z")
Kelsey Grammer? I’m listening. ---
**Author:** ![Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romeo_and_Whatsherface)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/59 "2011-06-12T16:08:14Z")
Last night I dreamed about… Harvey Fierstein. My subconscious must like this thread. I HOPE that’s all this means. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/60 "2011-06-12T17:05:13Z")
Whatshisname that played Gob on _Arrested Development_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677.md?page=4)