Just A Wonderful Actor

I never thought he deserved a reputation as a great or major actor at all, really. Sure, he had certain qualities, something you might call presence or charisma, a distinctive voice, and he made a memorable villain, but those qualities don't make him a truly great actor. He had no range, his performances being always very similar no matter what the role. And he had no vocal range either, really, and was in that sense lucky to be naturally endowed with a voice many people found attractive and dramatic. But he sounds exactly the same in almost everything, from Harry Potter, Robin Hood, to Sense and Sensibility. Exact same intonation. Kind of like Tim Curry, only somehow Tim Curry doesn't have the kind of respect Rickman had. EDIT: Actually I take that back; Curry is actually more capable.