Who has a lovely speaking voice, and why?

My late OH had a lovely, mellow voice. Because I always delete my voicemails when they're dealt with I have no recording of him and I miss his warm tones so much. I can't even hear him "in my head" most of the time and that has been one of the worst aspects of grief. While sorting out his accumulated "stuff", I've found myself longing to stumble over an old tape recording or computer file with his voice on it but I think that's not going to happen and his voice is lost forever. So sad.

Kalu Thankyou. Was it only January! I so hope we can meet up again and I can hear your lovely voices again too.

I’ve a Durham accent - not the same as ‘Geordie’.
Loved the late Alan Rickman’s voice and I’d have been happy if ex-Newcastle United player David Ginola just read me the phone book!!
Need to lie down now!!!!

Love Joanna Lumley’s voice, also the way she looks, same with Michael Portillo, it’s a pleasure watching their travel programmes!

I have been told more than once I have a kind voice, usually when telling people they have the wrong number! Last week my grocery delivery driver rang to ask if he could come earlier and when he arrived he said he thought I was an answerphone, though I'm not sure that many answerphones actually answer the caller's question!

Not much mention of women's voices.
I have known a few men who like Mariella Fostrupp's voice.

I love Roy Orbison's "Mercy!" in 'Pretty Woman'.

I know the exact bit you mean MissA; makes me shiver!

Grammaretto you have such a lovely soft voice which I enjoyed listening to in January. Seems alifetime away now ?

I love Roy Orbison's "Mercy!" in 'Pretty Woman'.

Peter Ustinov could have read the phone directory and I'd have been enrapt!
David Olusoga does indeed have a lovely, low pitched and calming voice. Clear diction too.

Oh! Christopher Lee.
I have a wonderful tune in mind that is really sensual and relaxing, and he is speaking in it.

It makes my spine tingle.

Ruth Langsworth (Eamon Holmes wife) has a beautiful speaking voice. Calm , educated and attractive.

As above but add Michael Palin, Stephen Fry (when reading Harry Potter)
Glenda Jackson, Ming Campbell, Bill Paterson and the voice of rugby, Bill McLaren.
I listened to an old recording of W B Yeats reading his own poetry (which I love) but I didn't like his voice.
I don't like the sound of my own voice.

Neil Oliver and David Olusogu. (Sp)?

David Tennant; Carine Polwart

I like the voices of David Attenborough, Billy Connolly, Anthony Hopkins (Antony?)

Richard Burton for me Maw! So melodic. But I'm Welsh so possibly a little biased?

Does anybody remember Alan Badel?
He had the most wonderfully smooth voice and my mum reckoned she could be asleep within 5 minutes when he was reading A Book At Bedtime on the radio.

Oh, thank you GrannyGravy

I sound like the blooming queen mother! My mother sent me to elocution lessons when I was little. I hate hearing my recorded voice. It makes me want to cringe.

Bizarrely I have a very deep speaking voice, but am a soprano when I sing.

Chewbacca

I'd love to have a light, young voice.

I think I sound like a man on the answer phone!
And I still have a Midlands accent, apparently, although I left about 50 years ago and did have elocution lessons at school.

I've spent 50+ years speaking on the phone to clients, many of whom have been elderly, hard of hearing or who don't have English as their first language, and so I've developed "a telephone voice" which I'm told has very clear diction and enunciation. I was quite proud of this until I answered the phone at work one day and said the name of our company and "How can I help you?" There was a brief silence and then the caller said, "Oh, its one of those bloody answer phones," and hung up!