Which Actor Had/Has the Best Speaking Voice.

NotNowJohn

Tom Baker

Philly_Q

Chuffola said:

Richard Burton / Anthony Hopkins for their rich Welsh loveliness.
 

Thinking along similar lines, Ray Smith (who played Chief Supt Spikings in Dempsey & Makepeace and was the father of Pepsi Tate of Tigertailz) had a good voice.  My memory may be playing tricks, but when I was a little kid I used to watch an animated series of bible stories called In The Beginning and I'm sure he did the voiceover although I can't find any evidence of it.

Also he's not an actor, but I love those prose poems Eddie Butler does for BBC Sport occasionally.  Another great voice.

Bellycaster

NotNowJohn said:

Tom Baker

My Fave Tom Baker moment.



Somehow, I always think of @Sambostar when I see this 

Sarge

You're all wrong,  it's John Peel and you bloody well know it! 

you're welcome.  

Jalapeno

Lord Larry



His narration of The World At War was a masterpiece

holnrew

Patrick Stewart
James Earl Jones
Richard Burton
Laurence Olivier
Gregory Peck

Philly_Q

Jalapeno said:

Lord Larry

His narration of The World At War was a masterpiece

Orson Welles.

His narration of The War Of The Worlds was pretty good too.

nocasternoproblem

Scatman Crowthers had a great voice, acting or singing (also to name most difficult to get past autocorrect!).

More a presenter than an actor, but the voice I could listen to anytime is Mariella Frostrup's....for obvious reasons.  

ICBM

Also surprisingly not mentioned so far… Patrick McGoohan

boogieman

John Alderton. Anyone that can do Naughty Norman Price, Bella Lasagne and Elvis Cridlington is a genius. 

I have a soft spot for Bernard Cribbins too. 

fob

A lot of good ones already mentoned. I'll add John Wayne and David Niven.

Sporky

ICBM said:

Also surprisingly not mentioned so far… Patrick McGoohan

Maybe everyone's seen him in Murder She Wrote.

Bellycaster

Sporky said:

ICBM said:

Also surprisingly not mentioned so far… Patrick McGoohan

Maybe everyone's seen him in Murder She Wrote.

He did a few Columbo episodes too, always thought he was a good actor. It's that natural Sheffield Talent.

Longtallronnie

Heard Iggy Pop talking on the radio a while back and his voice sounded awesome. The epitome of whiskey cured. 
James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman have been mentioned already, I'd also like to add Stephen Fry. 

paulads

Stanley Tucci reading Kurt Vonnegut's  "breakfast of champions"

holnrew

Sean Bean

Bellycaster

paulads said:

Stanley Tucci reading Kurt Vonnegut's  "breakfast of champions"

Accidental post, sorry, bloody phone.

scrumhalf

How could i fotget Patrick Allen?

Dopesick

Matt Berry has the voice of a God.

I'll also go with (not just actors):

Morgan Freeman
Tom Waits
Patrick Stewart
Sam Elliott

jonnyburgo

littlegreenman said:

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

Yes indeed @littlegreenman ;, especially after that guy pushed him off stage and it made his voice drop lower as a result of his injuries. Beefheart also had an amazingly rich low voice, could listen to him talk all day.