cinemabuff64 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Both Garbomaniac and I decided that we might get a little life going from this thread, we're a little tired of the same ones all the time.......... Which actor/actress do you remember as having a distinctive voice either for being a nice or interesting voice or an annoying voice. We'll start off w/ two distinctive (nice)voices; Walter Pidgeon and James Stewart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarboManiac Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Yeah, that's right! If you closed your eyes you could tell right away who they were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemabuff64 Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 Gee, it's kind of lonely on the forum tonight, is it not? I was glad to see your reply, though you did not answer....What will be your contribution to my thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msladysoul Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Jean Harlow, Bette Davis, Patsy Kelly, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, for sure. If I were blind I know it was them. Helen Kane - I know her voice anywhere. She was the original Poop Poop Ba Doop girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vallo13 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Here's some that have distinct voices: Eugene Pallette, Mae Questel (Betty Boop) Ronald Coleman, Wally Cox (good friend of Brando) Leslie Howard, Burt Lancaster and Morgan Freeman, to name a few. vallo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Ernest Truex and Judy Holliday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jdb1 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 We've touched on this subject briefly on some other threads. My favorite actor voice is Burgess Meredith. Very dry, distinctive, and very pleasing. Along those lines I also like the sound of the voice of character actor Victory Jory (similar, but deeper than Meredith's). Other male voices I find distinctive and interesting are Edward Arnold, Robert Mitchum, Marlon Brando and James Mason. Among the women, I think Shirley Booth had an unmistakable voice. K. Hepburn, of course. I like the sound of Rosalind Russell's voice, and also Claudette Colbert's and Veronica Lake's. There it's not so much the voices, which are very pleasant, as the way of speaking. And in that category, I love the way Eve Arden and Gypsy Rose Lee spoke - very unusual and interesting cadence to their speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Great voices for me: Lee Marvin John Huston James Earl Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chipper Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I've always thought Barbara Stanwyck had a distinctive husky type voice that I can always tell its her if I'm not watching the screen. Also, along these lines are actors' singing voices that sound different than you would imagine. I have caught some of the Frances Langford movies that have run this month. I was unfamiliar with her voice or singing voice and after hearing her sing in that low voice it didn't match her looks at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdb1 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 You've made me remember that I think Ann Sheridan had an usual speaking voice. There was a quality to it I don't think I've heard in other actresses. I don't know how to describe it - maybe metallic, though not unpleasant. Perhaps it was the way her voice recorded electronically, since I never heard her speak in person. But I always know it's her speaking, without seeing her face. Theresa Wright was another who is instantly recognizable to me - a sort of throb in the voice. Mary Steenburgen has it, too. No one has yet mentioned Butterfly McQueen. I saw her on some talk show when she was much older, and the voice still had that little-girl sound to it. And what about Tallulah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vecchiolarry Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Hi, I always knew Paulette Goddard's voice. A contalto purr. Ava Gardner's was similar. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 In addition to those named - Gregory Peck, Jean Arthur, Richard Kiley.(A good actor who made a career from narrating Nat'l Geographic specials.) Message was edited by: Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviegeek Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Bogart baby, Bogart. He got that signature lisp in WW1. Edward G. Robinson was pretty signature too. I've always found Peter Lorre's voice hilarious. I'm laughing now just thinking about him rolling over in his grave screaming out, "You insufferable brute!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarboManiac Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Sorry, cinemabuff64! I fell asleep! But, I got your goodnight this morning on the other thread! Ok, my contributions are, as we said, Eve Arden and Martha Raye. Oh, and two more, Alice Brady and Isabel Jeans! If I heard them from across the room, I'd know them immediately! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Movieman, Of course, Gregory Peck and Jean Arthur. Thelma Ritter would be another. Thanks for remembering Richard Kiley. Lee J. Cobb had a great voice as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdb1 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Some voices used to comic effect: Eddie "Rochester " Anderson Oscar Levant Ned Sparks ZaSu Pitts Virginia O'Brien (is that who I'm thinking of? She had a very flat, expressionless way of speaking her lines) Joan Davis Mary Wickes Joe E. Brown Bert Lahr It wasn't just what they said, it was the voices they used to say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemabuff64 Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 Wow! I forgot about Lee J. Cobb,Thelma Ritter, Gregory Peck, these are some good ones. What about Sir Alec Guiness,Humphrey Bogart,Jack Lemmon?Does anybody agree w/ these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemabuff64 Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 When I think about it, there are similarities in both Stanwyck's and Joan Crawford's voices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarboManiac Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Someone already mentioned Bogart, cinemabuff64! You better go back and read your thread! Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cinemabuff64 Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 You are so right Garbomaniac, I don't think I'll be able to stay online, I think I have a problem w/ my computer.It's @ it again. I've seen Butterfly McQueen mentioned, wasn't she the one who played Prissy in GWTW? If so that was a great choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdb1 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 So you did. My apologies - I read too fast! I remember on this talk show I saw - it may have been Mike Douglas - remember him? - McQueen sang "Tico, Tico." That was really something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarfie Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 How about Paul Frees and Alexander Scourby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Billie Burke-a very distinctive voice, and I think kind of a cute one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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