Name
Alexander Scourby
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1913-11-13
Deathday
1985-02-22 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Scourby (November 13, 1913 – February 22, 1985) was an American film, television, and voice actor known for his deep and resonant voice. He is best known for his film role as the ruthless mob boss Mike Lagana in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953), and is also particularly well-remembered in the English-speaking world for his landmark recordings of the entire King James Version audio Bible, which have been released in numerous editions. He later recorded the entire Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Scourby recorded 422 audiobooks for the blind which he considered his most important work. He has a reputation in the audiobook industry as being one of the greatest narrators: "He is heralded as having the greatest voice ever recorded."
Known For
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After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes ...
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Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of...
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This Oscar nominated documentary serves not only as a remembrance but a lesson and a warni...
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Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen...
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A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its ...
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A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer....
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A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agen...
- 1956 Giant as Old Polo
- 1984 Merton: A Film Biography as Narrator (voice)
- 1961 The Devil at 4 O'Clock as The Governor
- 1953 The Big Heat as Mike Lagana
- 1952 Affair in Trinidad as Max Fabian
- 1979 Jesus as Luke (voice)
- 1960 Seven Thieves as Raymond Le May
- 1954 The Silver Chalice as Luke
- 1960 Man on a String as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
- 1953 The Glory Brigade as Lt. Niklas
- Soon Hell Gate: The Watery Grave as Narrator (voice)
- 1956 Ransom! as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
- 1958 Me and the Colonel as Major Von Bergen
- 1972 Buddhism in China as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 Uncommon Women and Others as Narrator (voice)
- 1970 The Executioner as Prof. Parker
- 1965 The Incredible World of James Bond as Narrator (voice)
- 1952 Because of You as Dr. Breen
- 1985 The Stuff as Evans
- 1968 The Lonely Dorymen as Narrator (voice)
- 1959 The Big Fisherman as David Ben-Zadok
- 1954 Sign of the Pagan as Chrysaphius
- 1954 The Shadow as Rollo Grimbauer
- 1959 The Shaggy Dog as Mikhail Andrassy
- 1971 Atonement as Narrator (voice)
- 1957 The Song of Christmas as Narrator (voice)
- 1953 The Spirit of Christmas as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1971 Montserrat
- 1984 Among the Wild Chimpanzees as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 This Other Eden as Narrator (voice)
- 1954 Victory at Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1962 The Wall as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1953 The Redhead from Wyoming as Reece Duncan
- 1959 The Velvet Alley as Harvey Diedrich
- 1967 1999 A.D. as Narrator (voice)
- 1956 The Twisted Cross as Narrator (voice)
- 1967 Grizzly! as Narrator (voice)
- 1971 People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter as Narrator (voice)
- 1965 The Gendarme in New York as Alex Scourby
- 1957 Venice: Theme and Variations as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 Etosha: Place of Dry Water as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 Australia's Animal Mysteries as Narrator (voice)
- 1976 The Hemingway Play as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
- 1957 The Night America Trembled as Host
- 1971 People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer as Narrator (voice)
- 1954 Three Two One - Zero! as Narrator
- 1959 Project XX: Life in the Thirties as Self - Narrator
- 1981 The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 as English language narrator
- 1956 Project XX: The Great War - World War I as Self - Narrator
- 1957 Project XX: The Innocent Years as Self - Narrator
- 1970 The Glory of Their Times as Narrator
- 1965 The Unending Struggle as Narrator
- 1965 China! as Narrator
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
- 1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Judge Philip Hallson
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Lucas Coleman
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Walter Gerrick
- 1967 Mannix ( 2 episodes ) as Count Boria
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Edward
- 1954 The Secret Storm ( 319 episodes ) as Dr. Ian Northcoate
- 1959 Johnny Staccato ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as George Harper
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Horace Meade
- 1959 Philip Marlowe ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Steve Vincent
- 1962 The Eleventh Hour ( 1 episode ) as Garrett Nolan
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Albert Hadley
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Eli Bothwell
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Hagen
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Frank Martin
- 1977 Meeting of Minds ( 2 episodes ) as Galileo Galilei
- 1978 The Word ( 4 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Joe Markheim
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Judge Coogan
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode ) as Byron Claremont
- 1963 Mr. Novak ( 1 episode ) as Allen Ferguson
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
- 1956 Telephone Time ( 1 episode ) as Joseph Priestley
- 1957 The Walter Winchell File ( 1 episode ) as Agent
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as John Wellman
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as George Matthias
- 1961 The Asphalt Jungle ( 1 episode ) as Roy Bradley
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Anthony Alquist
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Jean Millain
- 1955 The Phil Silvers Show ( 1 episode ) as Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
- 1947 Kraft Television Theatre ( 4 episodes )
- 1963 Mr. Novak ( 1 episode ) as George Andreas
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Prof. Tom Monev
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Carl Phillips
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as David Potter
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Eric Betzdorff
- 1965 National Geographic Specials ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode )
- 1947 Kraft Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Odysseus
- 1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook ( 2 episodes ) as King
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as El Indio
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
- 1965 National Geographic Specials ( 1 episode ) as Self - Narrator
