Actors With Instantly Recognizable Speaking Voices
 

Which actors have such distinctive voices, accents, and other speech patterns that you can recognize them right away? I bet we can come up with a long list.

- Marlo Thomas
- Ricardo Montalban
- Will...iam...Shat...ner
- Herve Villechaise
- Jaclyn Smith
- Roseanne
- Fran Drescher
- Charo
- Loni Anderson
- Bette Davis
- Humphrey Bogart
- Linda Hunt
- Marlon Brando
- Nell Carter
- Isabel Sanford
- John Travolta
- Redd Fox
- Lawanda Page (Aunt Esther :lol: )
- Imogene Coca
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Carol Burnett
- Goldie Hawn
- Florence Henderson
- Shelley Long
- Billy Crystal
- Danny Devito
- Dustin Hoffman
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Ruth Gordon
- Bill Cosby
- Demi Moore
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Ray Romano
- Doris Roberts
- George Burns
- Lucille Ball
- Desi Arnaz
- Julie Andrews
- Katharine Hepburn (Remember Martin Short doing "Relatives Of The Rich And Famous"? :lol: )
- Marlene Dietrich
- Dianne Wiest
- Charlotte Rae


Remember, actors only. :) (And obviously they don't have to be good.)

- Jake

James Earl Jones
Ray Charles (RIP)

That's all I can think of at the moment. Your list was pretty exhaustive!

Carol

Good one! Luke, I am your father...

I could add so many more! And so many of them are from thirty years ago!

I'll add:

- Valerie Harper
- Georgia Engel
- Ted Knight
- Bonnie Franklin
- The guy who played Bosley on Charlie's Angels
- Liz Taylor
- Joan Collins
- Christopher Walken
- Rosie Perez
- George Costanza's mother

- Jake

My first thought was James Earl Jones, but Violet beat me to that one.

How about Barbra Streisand? She has a pretty recognizable voice IMO.

Patti

Wait, was he an actor? What was he in other than Pepsi commercials?
(I was going to include Diana Ross & Elvis, but I couldn't bring myself to because they really are mainly singers.)

- Jake

Definitely.
And I'll put down Bette Midler before Dissention gets a chance to. (And I do mean "put down." :rolleyes: :nod: )

And how could I forget Marilyn Monroe!!! :shocked:

- Jake

Well, he was on the Nanny! As the old lady's fiance. I am really having an alzheimer's type day. Can't remember any names!

Carol

- Adam West
- Fred Gwynne
- Dolly Parton (Yeah, I know she's a singer)
- Jane Fonda
- Morgan Fairchild
- Joan Cusack
- Cher (Singer, but with an Oscar)
- Sylvester Stallone
- Ahhnuld Schwartzenegger (Like I said, they don't have to be good.)


- Jake

Bea Arthur
Henry Winkler as the Fonz, does that count?

Patti

Hell, I never even saw the episode & hardly saw the show, but I remember the old lady is Yetta, right? :cool:

- Jake

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She was in Nine to Five!

How the heck are you coming up with all these names so fast!?!?!?

Carol

That's it! I need some caffeine....

Carol

Yeah they count, and I meant to include Bea earlier!

Also:

- Betty White
- Robin Williams
- Penny Marshall
- Tom Bosley
- The actress who voices Lisa Simpson (& really sounds like that!)


- Jake

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She was in Nine to Five!

How the heck are you coming up with all these names so fast!?!?!?

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I could go on and on and on. I'm making myself log off now. You keep it rolling...keep the dream alive... :blob1:

But before I go:
- Olympia Dukakis
- The guy who played Rerun

- Jake

Ooh, I know that one! Yeardley Smith!

Carol

Ron Pallillo (Horschak on Welcome Back, Kotter)
The kid who played Urkel on Family Matters (was that the name of the show?)
John Travolta

Patti

Hey, I meant to put John.
Horseshack & Urkel in 2004! :lol:

And how could I forget:
- Don Knotts
- Jim Naybors

- Jake

Well, "meant to" doesn't count, that one is MINE! :xoxo:

Patti

I'm posting a picture so I can stare at him.

Just thought of another...

Carol Channing

Carol, who's alzheimer's seems to be improving as the day goes on.....

Jake...
 

-Lauren Bacall
-John Wayne
-Jimmy Stewart
-Cary Grant

Hmmm...
 

Paul Lynde

Paul Winchell (aka "Dirty Dick Dastardly" and "Tigger", 2 of my all-time fave animated characters...Also he is the patent holder for the Jarvis Artificial Heart, and was the original inventor of the disposable razor, Among others...A true genius)

Mel Blanc

John Wayne

Mae West

W.C. Fields

James Earl "Luke...This is CNN" Jones

and finally because his voice annoys me to the ends of the f--king planet William "Khannn...Spooock" Shatner

It took me forever to figure out that he was the voice on the phone in that movie Phonebooth with Colin (unibrow) Farrell. It bugged me the entire movie because I knew the voice but couldn't place exactly who it was.

Another distinct speaking voice belongs to Alec frickin' Baldwin. Does he do a voice over for every car commercial or what?!?!

Paul Lynde
Charles Nelson Reilly
Wally Cox
Brett Somers (from the old "Match Game")

Eileen
(No, I'm really not that old, I just like watching old game shows! :))

How about some Brits?

Hugh Grant
Julie Andrews

Good one.
Does she really have Alzheimer's? :confused:

- Jake

Yes! How could I forget Jimmy Stewart. And while we're at it:

- Ronal Reagan
- Mel Brooks


- Jake

Sweetheart, I think she was referring to herself having Alzheimer's NOT Carol Channing! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Patti

I listed Shatner at the start. They need to change his battery.
Jones and Wayne were listed by others.

Mae West & W.C. Fields for sure!

Reminds me:
- Curly Howard! (Nyuk nyuk!)
- Stan Laurel


- Jake

I listed Andrews. I thought of Grant, but I didn't think his voice was so unusual, and figured the accent would mean nothing to our British Ledgies. Guess I was wrong.

I'm sure there's a ton of others from across the pond, though.

Not British, but I just thought of:
- Aniie Potts


- Jake

I guess that makes more sense than reading it as Carol's name listed twice. :sorry: ;)

Nevermind.

- Jake Litella

Stockard Channing. She's been doing a lot of voiceover work for commericals in the past few years.

And Dee Dee Cohn from Grease and Benson.

Also, Aundra whatever (Mrs. Roper). She was hilarious in the movie Best Friends.

Which reminds me, Burt Reynolds also. (Spit out the damned gum.)

- Jake

Bob "are you talkin' to me" De Niro :cool:

Al Pacino!! One of the greatest and most recognizable voices ever!

Oops... sorry love.. missed your Julie mention. As for Hugh. It;s not so much his accent but how he talks. Hard to explain really buy I know his voice right away.

I'm sure there are tons of others too but my mind has gone blank right now

Pip

Asshole. :p

Let's not forget Melanie Griffith. Instantly recognizable and sexy as hell.

Well, recognizable anyway. :p

- Jake

Mishter Bond..
 

Anybody heard of Sean Connery???

I'm not a fan of his acting but he's got the most unique and recognisable voice in cinema IMO.

:wavey: :wavey:

I recognize her by all the collagen. :lol: