The Charles Boyer thread started me thinking: a huge part of his appeal was his voice.
What other actors would you say are attractive chiefly due to their voices?
In classic films, I'd say Robert Preston and Oraon Wells (pre weight gain).
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The Charles Boyer thread started me thinking: a huge part of his appeal was his voice.
What other actors would you say are attractive chiefly due to their voices?
In classic films, I'd say Robert Preston and Oraon Wells (pre weight gain).
by Anonymous | reply 63 | September 20, 2019 6:04 PM |
Orson Wells - sorry, for my clumsy typing .
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 12, 2016 3:58 AM |
Richard Burton
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 12, 2016 4:04 AM |
Alan Rickman. His voice once described as a 'silky tiger's purr'. I think of it as brandy poured over dark chocolate.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 12, 2016 4:05 AM |
Greer Garson.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 12, 2016 4:06 AM |
Past, Ronald Coleman.
Now, I hate to say it, but Henry Cavill.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 12, 2016 4:16 AM |
James Mason
by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 12, 2016 5:12 AM |
Campbell Scott and Laurence Harvey
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 12, 2016 2:11 PM |
Ian McShane Morgan Freeman Julianne Moore Allison Janney Patrick Stewart Ian McKellan Vanessa Redgrave Lots of American-friendly British actors, usually connected to the Harry Potter movies.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 12, 2016 2:16 PM |
Another vote for Ronald Coleman
by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 12, 2016 2:36 PM |
Jeremy Irons
by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 12, 2016 7:19 PM |
Djimon Hounsou
by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 12, 2016 7:40 PM |
Herbert Marshall hands down,with George Sanders a close second.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 12, 2016 7:45 PM |
Errol Flynn
William Powell
Jean Arthur (maybe not beautiful but certainly distinctive and charming)
by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 12, 2016 7:48 PM |
Stellan Skarsgaard. Unbelievably sexy. I try to find an example later.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 12, 2016 7:49 PM |
Another vote for Boyer. Just saw Gaslight. The way he trilled those rrrrrrrs.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 12, 2016 7:53 PM |
I love Claude Rains' voice.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 30, 2016 4:24 AM |
Alan Rickman, James Earl Jones (my mother said he sounded like god), Morgan Freeman.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 30, 2016 4:44 AM |
Judy Halliday's voice makes me feel warm and giddy... And when added to those spritely dark eyes and dimples, she's adorable!
by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 30, 2016 4:47 AM |
The actor who played Roose Bolton on Games of Thrones.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 30, 2016 4:58 AM |
Liev Schreiber, Henry Cavill, and Harry Hamlin
by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 30, 2016 5:05 AM |
Charles Dance.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 30, 2016 5:07 AM |
Jean Arthur, definitely. She had dreamy good looks in the right light, too...
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 30, 2016 5:17 AM |
Sean Connery. His deep voiced Scottish brogue may have turned me as a kid watching him in James Bond movies.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 30, 2016 5:25 AM |
June Allyson!
by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 30, 2016 5:32 AM |
I can't get past the bangs R25.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 30, 2016 5:35 AM |
Rock Hudson sounded great (though I've read that this was surgically-obtained, as his natural voice had been considered "too high").
by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 30, 2016 5:40 AM |
French actor Christian Clavier. His voice is similar to Boyer's.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | September 18, 2019 1:23 PM |
James Earl Jones
by Anonymous | reply 30 | September 18, 2019 1:24 PM |
Laurence Fisburne
by Anonymous | reply 31 | September 18, 2019 1:27 PM |
*Fishburne
by Anonymous | reply 32 | September 18, 2019 1:27 PM |
Somewhat off the mark but I find Alex Skarsgard’s slow enunciation and deep voice very sexy.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | September 18, 2019 1:42 PM |
Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell (when he's not doing accents), Allen Leech, Tab Hunter, Gerard Depardieu (when he's not playing white trash), Bruno Ganz & mMx von Sydow.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | September 18, 2019 1:58 PM |
Classic Men: Charles Boyer, Ronald Colman, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Richard Burton, Yul Brynner, Gregory Peck
Classic Women: Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Jean Arthur, Ann Harding, Gene Tierney, Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman
by Anonymous | reply 35 | September 18, 2019 2:31 PM |
Margaret Sullivan
by Anonymous | reply 36 | September 18, 2019 2:34 PM |
Margaret Sullivan
by Anonymous | reply 37 | September 18, 2019 2:34 PM |
Natalie Wood and Jane Fonda, two of the most distinctive female voices.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | September 18, 2019 3:03 PM |
Miss Arlene Francis. Even her saying "shit!" at 0:28 is divine.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | September 18, 2019 3:27 PM |
Alan Cumming
Paul Scofield
Fred McMurray
by Anonymous | reply 40 | September 18, 2019 3:31 PM |
Dennis Haysbert
From the old school: David Farrar, Sir John Gielgud
by Anonymous | reply 41 | September 18, 2019 3:33 PM |
R18's list, Sean Connery, Yul Brenner, Patrick Stewart.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | September 18, 2019 3:44 PM |
Anyone among the 30-and-under set, especially us Americans?
by Anonymous | reply 43 | September 18, 2019 3:46 PM |
Beth Broderick. It's like a musical instrument.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | September 18, 2019 3:47 PM |
Robert Donat (The Thirty-Nine Steps, Goodbye, Mr. Chips). His voice had a beautiful baritone timbre, mellifluous when the text and character demanded it, but never overdone.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | September 18, 2019 3:49 PM |
Olivier!
Russell Crowe
by Anonymous | reply 46 | September 18, 2019 3:51 PM |
Here's another vote for Jeremy Irons.
As himself, he comes across as an awful person. As Charles Ryder, though, his narration was possibly the best part of "Brideshead Revisited."
by Anonymous | reply 47 | September 18, 2019 4:02 PM |
I love Sean Bean's voice over narrations. Gorgeous.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | September 18, 2019 4:10 PM |
Peter Coyote: I love his narration of Ken Burns' films. Just evocative of the past.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | September 18, 2019 4:14 PM |
r43, I love Florence Pugh's voice -- like Suzanne Pleshette with an English accent.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | September 18, 2019 5:20 PM |
Charles had the best rs.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | September 18, 2019 6:13 PM |
JAMES COBURN
SIR RALPH RICHARDSON
by Anonymous | reply 53 | September 18, 2019 6:27 PM |
Catherine Deneuve
At times, I've even listened to French audio interviews even though I miss half of what she's saying. However, she does speak very fast, even for native speakers. But her voice certainly adds to her sex appeal.
Also, Patrick Stewart and Jeremy Irons.
Oddly enough, can't think of any American actors whose voice gives me a hard-on. No, not even James Earl Jones.
Alan Rickman had a distinct voice IMO, but beautiful? Subjective. As are most of the responses, I guess.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | September 18, 2019 6:29 PM |
Juliet Stevenson--she starred with Alan Rickman in Truly, Madly, Deeply and played featured roles in a number of Austen adaptations. But I listen to her narrating audiobooks, and she is an amazingly gifted audiobook narrator and her voice is pure honey classical English, low and mellifluous. Too bad she didn't have a better movie career but if you want to be truly soothed by a human voice, listen to one of her narrations. Just finished her doing "A Woman of No Importance," a fascinating bio of a real spy, Virginia Hall, who, although American, was the chief organizer of the British spy network (precursor of MI6) in France during the war. Great voice, amazing story. Book is a bit too long maybe.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | September 18, 2019 7:13 PM |
I love Kate Blanchett's growl. Also Glenda Jackson's neurotic and unforgettable tones. Julie Andrews - both in speech and in song.
Among the men, I prefer the British school - John Gielgud is a bit too thrilly for me but Stephen Fry sounds great. I love Derek Bogarde's higher, posh voice and Alan Bates is incredibly exciting to listen to, I can't explain why.
But the most beautiful of them all has to be Laurence Olivier. Not because of the voice itself but because of the intelligent, mellifluous cadence he lends to it with the virtuosity of a great musician.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | September 18, 2019 7:58 PM |
That should have been Dirk Bogarde, of course
by Anonymous | reply 57 | September 18, 2019 8:00 PM |
Julie Andrews
Speaking and singing
by Anonymous | reply 58 | September 18, 2019 8:03 PM |
Has anyone said, Simon Pegg yet?
by Anonymous | reply 59 | September 18, 2019 8:07 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 60 | September 19, 2019 2:42 AM |
Gregory Peck, John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart
by Anonymous | reply 61 | September 19, 2019 9:49 AM |
Richard Armitage
by Anonymous | reply 62 | September 20, 2019 5:52 PM |
Joan Fontaine, Isabelle Adjani, Anjelica Huston, and Faye Dunaway all have (had in Joan Fontaine’s case) very attractive speaking voices.
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