Alexander Scourby
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-11-13
Day of Death
1985-02-22 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Alexander Scourby
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."
Acting
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
as Narrator (voice)
(1985)
The Stuff
as Evans
(1984)
Australia's Animal Mysteries
as Narrator (voice)
(1984)
Merton: A Film Biography
as Narrator (voice)
(1984)
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
as Narrator (voice)
(1981)
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
as English language narrator
(1980)
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
as Narrator (voice)
(1979)
Jesus
as Luke (voice)
(1979)
Uncommon Women and Others
as Narrator (voice)
(1979)
This Other Eden
as Narrator (voice)
(1976)
The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children
as Luke (voice)
(1976)
The Hemingway Play
as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
(1972)
Buddhism in China
as Narrator (voice)
(1971)
Atonement
as Narrator (voice)
(1971)
(1971)
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
as Narrator (voice)
(1971)
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
as Narrator (voice)
(1970)
The Executioner
as Prof. Parker
(1970)
The Glory of Their Times
as Narrator
(1968)
The Lonely Dorymen
as Narrator (voice)
(1967)
Grizzly!
as Narrator (voice)
(1967)
1999 A.D.
as Narrator (voice)
(1965)
The Incredible World of James Bond
as Narrator (voice)
(1965)
The Gendarme in New York
as Alex Scourby
(1962)
The Wall
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1961)
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as The Governor
(1960)
Seven Thieves
as Raymond Le May
(1960)
Man on a String
as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
(1959)
The Big Fisherman
as David Ben-Zadok
(1959)
The Velvet Alley
as Harvey Diedrich
(1959)
The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
(1959)
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
as Self - Narrator
(1958)
Me and the Colonel
as Major Von Bergen
(1957)
The Night America Trembled
as Host
(1957)
Project XX: The Innocent Years
as Self - Narrator
(1957)
Venice: Theme and Variations
as Narrator (voice)
(1957)
The Song of Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
(1956)
Giant
as Old Polo
(1956)
Ransom!
as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
(1956)
Project XX: The Great War - World War I
as Self - Narrator
(1956)
The Twisted Cross
as Narrator (voice)
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
as Luke
(1954)
Victory at Sea
as Narrator (voice)
(1954)
Sign of the Pagan
as Chrysaphius
(1954)
The Shadow
as Rollo Grimbauer
(1954)
Three Two One - Zero!
as Narrator
(1953)
The Big Heat
as Mike Lagana
(1953)
The Glory Brigade
as Lt. Niklas
(1953)
The Redhead from Wyoming
as Reece Duncan
(1953)
The Spirit of Christmas
as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1952)
Because of You
as Dr. Breen
(1952)
Affair in Trinidad
as Max Fabian