Until Toast of London, however, TV struggled to find ... "He’s Bedfordshire's own Christopher Walken." But although he looks good in a smoking jacket, Berry isn’t just lounging around waiting ...

Everyone thinks they can do the Christopher Walken voice. That New York lilt. That round, honeyed purr, like a cat with plans. Try it yourself. Go on. Speak from the back of your throat. Elongate ...

In an interview with CBS News in 2012, Walken did his best to explain how his voice developed, his theory being that his mother Rosalie, a Glaswegian and his German father Paul shaped his intonation.