Which actors have the most beautiful voices?

Orson Wells - sorry, for my clumsy typing .

Richard Burton

Alan Rickman. His voice once described as a 'silky tiger's purr'. I think of it as brandy poured over dark chocolate.

Greer Garson.

Past, Ronald Coleman.

Now, I hate to say it, but Henry Cavill.

James Mason

Dominic West

Campbell Scott and Laurence Harvey

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.

Another vote for Ronald Coleman

Jeremy Irons

Djimon Hounsou

Herbert Marshall hands down,with George Sanders a close second.

Errol Flynn

William Powell

Jean Arthur (maybe not beautiful but certainly distinctive and charming)

Stellan Skarsgaard. Unbelievably sexy. I try to find an example later.

Another vote for Boyer. Just saw Gaslight. The way he trilled those rrrrrrrs.

I love Claude Rains' voice.

Alan Rickman, James Earl Jones (my mother said he sounded like god), Morgan Freeman.

Judy Halliday's voice makes me feel warm and giddy... And when added to those spritely dark eyes and dimples, she's adorable!

The actor who played Roose Bolton on Games of Thrones.

Liev Schreiber, Henry Cavill, and Harry Hamlin

Charles Dance.

Jean Arthur, definitely. She had dreamy good looks in the right light, too...

Sean Connery. His deep voiced Scottish brogue may have turned me as a kid watching him in James Bond movies.

June Allyson!

I can't get past the bangs R25.

Rock Hudson sounded great (though I've read that this was surgically-obtained, as his natural voice had been considered "too high").

True, [R26]... But here's a good shot:

French actor Christian Clavier. His voice is similar to Boyer's.

James Earl Jones

Laurence Fisburne

*Fishburne

Somewhat off the mark but I find Alex Skarsgard’s slow enunciation and deep voice very sexy.

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.

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

Margaret Sullivan

Margaret Sullivan

Natalie Wood and Jane Fonda, two of the most distinctive female voices.

Miss Arlene Francis. Even her saying "shit!" at 0:28 is divine.

Alan Cumming

Paul Scofield

Fred McMurray

Dennis Haysbert

From the old school: David Farrar, Sir John Gielgud

R18's list, Sean Connery, Yul Brenner, Patrick Stewart.

Anyone among the 30-and-under set, especially us Americans?

Beth Broderick. It's like a musical instrument.

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.

Olivier!

Russell Crowe

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."

I love Sean Bean's voice over narrations. Gorgeous.

Peter Coyote: I love his narration of Ken Burns' films. Just evocative of the past.

r43, I love Florence Pugh's voice -- like Suzanne Pleshette with an English accent.

Charles had the best rs.

Miss Joan Greenwood!

JAMES COBURN

SIR RALPH RICHARDSON

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.

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.

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.

That should have been Dirk Bogarde, of course

Julie Andrews

Speaking and singing

Has anyone said, Simon Pegg yet?

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Gregory Peck, John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart

Richard Armitage

Joan Fontaine, Isabelle Adjani, Anjelica Huston, and Faye Dunaway all have (had in Joan Fontaine’s case) very attractive speaking voices.