Voice performances only...

MakeEmLaugh · 03-02-2014 1:11am #1

Leaving aside animations, what examples of voice performances can people think of, where the actor/actress never appeared onscreen?

What got me thinking about this was Scarlett Johansson in Spike Jones' upcoming film Her.

I'll give you some examples...

Douglas Rain as HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Kevin Spacey as GERTY in Moon
Sally Kellerman as the boss in Payback (Straight Up) [She replaced Kris Kristofferson's character and never appeared on screen]

Can anyone think of any others?

krudler · 03-02-2014 1:19am

as in purely vocal or voicing a CGI character? Andy Serkis does appear onscreen as Smeagol and is the basis for the motion capture in the LOTR films. Paul Bettany is good as JARVIS in the Iron Man movies.

DazMarz · 03-02-2014 2:07am

Morgan Freeman in March Of The Penguins.

If I ever want something narrated, Moran is the man. That man's voice is pure aural sex.

Baze · 03-02-2014 2:16am

Not sure of it counts, but I'd say Richard Dreyfuss in Stand By Me.

It's rare that I think a book lives up to it's screen adaption and I know he appears very very briefly in it, but his narration in that movie as his character looked back on his youth, perfectly conveyed all the varying emotions.

MakeEmLaugh · 03-02-2014 8:07am

DazMarz wrote: »

Morgan Freeman in March Of The Penguins.

Baze wrote: »

Not sure of it counts, but I'd say Richard Dreyfuss in Stand By Me.

Thanks, but I was thinking more of performances that interact with other cast members, rather than voiceovers or documentaries.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 03-02-2014 9:11am

Kiefer Sutherland in Phone Booth almost counts.

D-FENS · 03-02-2014 12:40pm

Rosemary's Baby

When Rosemary calls Donald Baumgart, the actor who goes blind and is replaced by Guy, the voice heard is that of actor Tony Curtis. Farrow, who had not been told who would be reading Baumgart's lines, recognized the voice but could not place it. The slight confusion she displays throughout the call was exactly what Polanski hoped to capture by not revealing Curtis' identity in advance.

FloatingVoter · 03-02-2014 12:47pm

James Earl Jones - Darth Vader.

D-FENS · 03-02-2014 12:47pm

Also, Ted Levine, famous for being Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs, was the voice over the CB radio of the killer Rusty Nail, in the Paul Walker movie Joy Ride.

dark crystal · 03-02-2014 12:51pm

There are a few in AI: Artificial Intelligence. Meryl Streep voices the Blue Fairy and Robin Williams is the holograph, Dr. Know.

delbertgrady · 03-02-2014 12:52pm

Robert Vaughn as the voice of Proteus IV in Demon Seed. :eek:

Arbiter of Good Taste · 03-02-2014 12:55pm

Charlie's Angels (the TV series). John Forsythe (aka Blake Carrington from Dynasty) was the voice of Charlie.

Does that count?

D-FENS · 03-02-2014 1:07pm

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

Charlie's Angels (the TV series). John Forsythe (aka Blake Carrington from Dynasty) was the voice of Charlie.

Does that count?

If it does, then I bags William Daniels (KITT) :cool:

dark crystal · 03-02-2014 1:17pm

Sissy Spacek played the disembodied brain Steve Martin falls for inThe Man With Two Brains.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 03-02-2014 1:22pm

Peter skaarsgard as the voice of the robot in 'robot and frank' a great movie, saw it last night on Netflix

03-02-2014 4:31pm

Not sure if it counts but I love Hugh Ross' narration during The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. He has one of those voices that's just magical, I'm in love with his voice. He does a number of car commercials and his voice alone makes them so much classier.