CALF28

In an idle moment the other day I switched on the telly and what should be on but Monte Carlo or Bust. It's not a particular favourite of mine and I was only half watching when I saw Michael Trubshawe in a small part and when he spoke it wasn't his voice. Now Michael Trubshawe has a very distinctive voice, rich and fruity and I felt quite dissapointed not to hear it. Have you noticed any 'voice overs' and did you actually spot who's voice it was?

Cheeky Bob

Anthony Hopkins voiced Laurence Olivier on the notorious "snails and oysters" scene in Spartacus - the footage was restored after Olivier's death and they couldn't find the original soundtrack, and Hopkins' Olivier impersonation was apparently the stuff of legend...

...so while you see Olivier and Tony Curtis on screen, you're hearing Anthony Hopkins speaking opposite Curtis repeating his lines thirty years on!

Steve Crook

I was brought up listening to plays and other things on the radio and I'm usually pretty good at recognising voices. I often recognise an actor's voice before I recognise their face. Faces are so easy to disguise and change but even if they put on an accent I can usually recognise their voice (if it's one I know).

In this latest BBC version of The Passion I recognised Penelope Wilton as Mary by her voice. But even when I knew it was her, I still wouldn't have recognised her face.

One of the few who can regularly fool me with their voice is Miriam Margoyles. She gives great voice.

Do you remember the sexy bunny used to advertise Cadbury's Caramel?



That was voiced by Miriam





Steve

PaulPlowman

I'm really bad at spotting dubs. I didn't know that Glenn Close had dubbed all of Andie Macdowell's lines in Greystoke - even as I was watching it. Mind you it was a long time ago - I might be a bit more savvy now that age has made me cynical! :)

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CaptainWaggett

The most famous dubbed voice is probably late-period Jack Hawkins. Wasn't he dubbed by Charles Gray in at least one film?

Dame Starry

Yes, but only because the poor man had no voicebox and, therefore, no voice of his own.

DS x.

Amethyst_Isle

Jack Hawkins was dubbed by Charles Gray in the film Tales that Witness Madness (1973),I think it was the film The League of Gentleman that had a major factor in Jack losing his voice as the smoke was induced by Jack which obviously did not help,that is how the story goes.

Dame Starry

In point of fact, Charles Gray didn't just dub Jack Hawkins' voice, he WAS his voice because Hawkins had had his voicebox removed due to cancer.

DS x.

Windthrop

I always thought that CG's voice was too genteel and camp for JH. Also you can see JH compensating for his lack of voice in his later films by gesturing too much and grimmacing.

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CALF28

Stanley Baker in 'The Red Beret' . He's a parachute instructor . I don't recognise the voice they use.

Steve Crook

I don't know who dubbed him - or why.
I think it's been discussed here before but I don't think there was any definite answer

Steve

Sgt Dudfoot

Valerie Leon was dubbed by June Whitfield in Carry On Girls, and June of course appeared in the film too. Apparently June can't remember why she was asked to do it.

batman

In Dr No it is not Ursula Andress singing voice we hear as she walks out of the sea, it is the voice of Diana Coupland. Her speaking voice was dubbed by Niki van der Zyl who, apart from the Chinese receptionist at the hotel and Lois Maxwell, did all the other female voices as well.

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CaptainWaggett

From the DNB entry on Maurice Denham

christoph404

Jack Hawkins was actually dubbed by actor Robert Rietty for more than 20 films, I think Charles Gray dubbed Hawkins for not more than 4 films, but Gray is always incorrectly credited with being the "voice" of Hawkins. Rietty is a brilliant voice artist and even dubbed Orson Welles for the 1970s film "Treasure Island". I spoke to Rietty on the phone last year while researching an earlier thread we had along the same lines as this one titled "thats not my voice"