# Well known voice actors/actresses?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 16, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985 "2006-06-16T19:54:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/1 "2006-06-16T19:54:21Z")
Any good voice actors that are visibly well known and not just by sound or by credits?
I could recognize Rob Paulsen and Billy West but not by their photos.
Any well known voice actors?
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/2 "2006-06-16T20:13:04Z")
Mel Blanc was seen often enough that he’d be recognizable to a lot of folks.
Herschel Bernardi (the original voice of “Charlie the Tuna”) was a famous actor with a recognizable face.
Bea Benadaret (“Betty Rubble”) was on Petticoat Junction (and for a time on Beverly Billbillies), and so a well-known face.
Mason Adams made a gazillion commercials as a voice-over, and I was surprised when he showed up on-camera as an acvtor in Lou Grant, so I’d know him.
William Conrad did a lot of voice over (including the narrator on Rocky and Bullwinkle) and was Matt Dillon on the radio version of Gunsmoke, but he had plenty of on-screen time, especially with Cannon and Nero Wolfe (the old TV version)
I think I’d know Paul Frees and Daws Butler by sight, but mosdt people probably wouldn’t (or by their names, either, but they’d know their voices)
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### Author:  [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/3 "2006-06-16T20:18:23Z")
George Clooney has been doing the Budweiser ads as of late, does that count?
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### Author:  [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/4 "2006-06-16T20:21:39Z")
Hank Azaria has probably done enough live-action work that a lot of people will recognize his face.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/5 "2006-06-16T20:21:40Z")
I immediately recognize Sam Elliot and Gene Hackman in their recent spots.
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### Author:  [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/6 "2006-06-16T20:36:54Z")
[Brittany Murphey](http://imdb.com/name/nm0005261/) apparently does the voice of a toon. Never had a chance to see it though.
I would love to see her play [Harley Quinn](http://img.buzznet.com/assets/users9/mihaya/default/large-msg-113529179673-2.jpg) in a live action version. It kept throwing me off when watching 8 Mile.
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### Author:  [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/7 "2006-06-16T20:39:21Z")
Mila Kunis (Jackie on That 70s Show) plays Meg on The Family Guy. Seth Green provides the voice for her brother, Chris. I’d recognize both of them on the street ( especially Seth - yow!)
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/8 "2006-06-16T20:39:48Z")
Kelsey Grammar, Mark Hammill, and Patrick Stewart (actually, most of the main cast of STNG did voices for Gargoyles).
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### Author:  [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/9 "2006-06-16T20:48:19Z")
**Dan Castelleneta** (Homer Simpson) was on _The Tracey Ullman Show_ and has done numerous TV guest appearances.
I’d know **Stan Freberg** if I saw him on the street; many people probably would.
**Jean Smart** is the voice of Mrs. Oblong. (My wife saw her first ep of _The Oblongs_ last week—didn’t quite get it, but the first time Mrs. O spoke, she asked, “Isn’t that Jean Smart?”
Oh, and Bob Oblong is **Will Ferrell**.
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### Author:  [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/10 "2006-06-16T20:49:37Z")
I’d say that Adam West’s voice and face are both pretty recognizable.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/11 "2006-06-16T20:51:58Z")
Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson) played Greg’s secretary on Dharma & Greg.
Michael J. Fox was very recognizable as an actor till his Parkinson’s gave me a second career as a voice actor.
The late John Ritter was Clifford the Big Red Dog.
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### Author:  [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/12 "2006-06-16T20:52:38Z")
I might be able to recognize the lady who does Bart Simpson’s voice from her appearance in the one Bruce Willis/child cryptologist film.
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### Author:  [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/13 "2006-06-16T21:27:10Z")
She was on _Herman’s Head_, not that you (or anyone) ever watched it.
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### Author:  [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/14 "2006-06-16T21:33:27Z")
For _King of the Hill_, I’d recognize [Kathy Najimy](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001562/) as Peggy Hill, [Brittany Murphy](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005261/) as Luanne, and [Stephen Root](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740535/) as Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland.
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### Author:  [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/15 "2006-06-16T21:36:05Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#):
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> She was on _Herman’s Head_, not that you (or anyone) ever watched it.
Nope. That was Yeardley Smith, not Nancy Cartwright. Yeardley played _Lisa_ Simpson.
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/16 "2006-06-16T21:40:30Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#):
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> She was on _Herman’s Head_, not that you (or anyone) ever watched it.
Ahem. :: Former _Herman’s Head_ fan clears throat, annoyed. ::
Phil LaMarr (of Mad TV) is probably getting better known for his voice work than his live action acting these days.
Morgan Freeman narrated March of the Penguins and Spielberg’s War of the Worlds.
Sam “I’m a shameless fan of the man” Jackson’s doing more voiceover work lately, including Boondocks and an animated moockumentary called Farce of the Penguins (wonder what’s that about.)
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### Author:  [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/17 "2006-06-16T21:41:27Z")
[This link](http://youtube.com/watch?v=kxOJwfstlgQ&search=don%20lafontaine) goes to a YouTube video showing several voice actors. (It isn’t quite what the OP asked for, but it’s a cool video.)
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/18 "2006-06-16T22:10:45Z")
> [@Rube E. Tewesday](#):
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> Hank Azaria has probably done enough live-action work that a lot of people will recognize his face.
And he’s a damned good actor… anyone a fan of Huff? Anyway Hank was who I was going to suggest.
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/19 "2006-06-16T22:22:17Z")
I _might_ recognize Tress MacNeille’s face if I saw her on the street, and she’s a voice-work goddess. Harry Shearer is equally famous for his _Simpsons_ work and _Spinal Tap_/Christopher Guest stuff. As far as narration goes, it seems The History Channel’s entire body of work is narrated by either Stacy Keach or Edward Herrmann, both of whom I’d recognize.
…and I still miss _Herman’s Head_.
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### Author:  [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-voice-actors-actresses/360985/20 "2006-06-16T22:38:41Z")
Apparently, Mel Blanc became easily recognized after he did this [credit card ad.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ0CWRYHMMw&search=mel%20blanc%20american%20express)
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