Which Actor Had/Has the Best Speaking Voice.

bazxkr

Richard Burton & Michael Hordern for me

the_jaffa

Brian Blessed

axisus

Lots of great suggestions here. I think I'd have to hear them all back to back to make a definitive personal judgement 

Axe_meister

Patrick Stuart
Ian McKellen
Cumberbach

mudslide73

Michael Caine. 

bingefeller

Christopher Walken. Seriously, I love his vocal phrasing and the way his pitch fluctuates when he speaks.  Very quirky and distinctive and makes me want to listen to him more.  

tone1

the_jaffa said:

Brian Blessed

Beat me to it!! Love Brian Blessed, mad as a box of frogs

equalsql

Bellycaster said:

Don't know if we've done this yet, but......................

As in the title, not singing voice but speaking voice, tons of great actors past and present. I think my Favourite is James Mason.



Such a commanding, confident and sophisticated voice with perfect delivery.

One particular scene I like is this.



Don't watch if you are under 18 or a Scaredy-Cat.

You read my mind.. the very first person I thought of!

TonyR

Samuel L Jackson

ennspek

Alan Rickman

Toby Jones
Paul Darrow

scrumhalf

I love musical voices, people who seem to speak in chords where the rest of us speak in single notes.

As mentioned above, Samuel L Jackson is an example of this, as are David Lee Roth and John Sebastian.

the_jaffa

tone1 said:

the_jaffa said:

Brian Blessed

Beat me to it!! Love Brian Blessed, mad as a box of frogs

I couldn't believe we'd got that far without him being mentioned

Nunogilberto

Jeremy Irons

Chalky

Brian Blessed and Dustin Hoffman have distinctive voices sure, but rich and musical? No.  Like listening to a broken leaky tuba and a clogged and cracked clarinet, respectively.

JanekLubanski

Patrick Stewart or Christopher Lee.

hywelg

Richard Burton for Under Milk Wood &
Peter Jones for the narrator in Hitchhikers Guide (R4 version)

Alec Guinness for Smiley
John Arlott for his lyrical descriptions of nothing in particular.  

littlegreenman

Not an actor per se, but the best voice of all time has to be Mr Zappa!

octatonic

Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks era).

menamestom

 Not an actor, but David Attenborough has the best documentary voice, no contest.

littlegreenman

octatonic said:

Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks era).

Good call