Alexander Scourby
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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."
Acted in
The Stuff
1985
as Evans
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984
as Narrator (voice)
Merton: A Film Biography
1984
as Narrator (voice)
Australia's Animal Mysteries
1984
as Narrator (voice)
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
1980
as Narrator (voice)
Jesus
1979
as Luke (voice)
Uncommon Women and Others
1979
as Narrator (voice)
This Other Eden
1979
as Narrator (voice)
The Word
1978
as Narrator (voice)
Meeting of Minds
1977
as Galileo Galilei
The Hemingway Play
1976
as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children
1976
as Luke (voice)
Buddhism in China
1972
as Narrator (voice)
Atonement
1971
as Narrator (voice)
Montserrat
1971
Great Performances
1971
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
1971
as Narrator (voice)
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
1971
as Narrator (voice)
The Executioner
1970
as Prof. Parker
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Lucas Coleman
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Anthony Alquist
The Lonely Dorymen
1968
as Narrator (voice)
Grizzly!
1967
as Narrator (voice)
Mannix
1967
as Count Boria
1999 A.D.
1967
as Narrator (voice)
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
as Narrator (voice)
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Alex Scourby
National Geographic Specials
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Daniel Boone
1964
as Eli Bothwell
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
Mr. Novak
1963
as Allen Ferguson
Mr. Novak
1963
as George Andreas
The Wall
1962
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Eleventh Hour
1962
as Garrett Nolan
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961
as The Governor
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Judge Philip Hallson
The Defenders
1961
as John Wellman
The Defenders
1961
as George Matthias
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
as Roy Bradley
Man on a String
1960
as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
Seven Thieves
1960
as Raymond Le May
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
1959
as Narrator
Philip Marlowe
1959
as Dr. Steve Vincent
The Twilight Zone
1959
as George Harper
Bonanza
1959
as Jean Millain
Johnny Staccato
1959
The Big Fisherman
1959
as David Ben-Zadok
The Shaggy Dog
1959
as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
The Velvet Alley
1959
as Harvey Diedrich
Rawhide
1959
as Albert Hadley
Me and the Colonel
1958
as Major Von Bergen
Naked City
1958
as Walter Gerrick
The Rifleman
1958
as Byron Claremont
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Judge Coogan
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as King
The Song of Christmas
1957
as Narrator (voice)
The Walter Winchell File
1957
as Agent
The Night America Trembled
1957
as Host
Venice: Theme and Variations
1957
as Narrator (voice)
Giant
1956
as Old Polo
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
Telephone Time
1956
as Joseph Priestley
The Twisted Cross
1956
as Narrator (voice)
Ransom!
1956
as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Joe Markheim
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Horace Meade
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
as Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
1954
as Luke
Sign of the Pagan
1954
as Chrysaphius
Three Two One - Zero!
1954
as Narrator
Climax!
1954
as Frank Martin
Climax!
1954
as David Potter
Climax!
1954
as Eric Betzdorff
Victory at Sea
1954
as Narrator (voice)
The Shadow
1954
as Rollo Grimbauer
The Secret Storm
1954
as Dr. Ian Northcoate
The Spirit of Christmas
1953
as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Heat
1953
as Mike Lagana
The Glory Brigade
1953
as Lt. Niklas
The Redhead from Wyoming
1953
as Reece Duncan
Because of You
1952
as Dr. Breen
Affair in Trinidad
1952
as Max Fabian
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Hagen
Studio One
1948
as Edward
Studio One
1948
as Narrator (voice)
Studio One
1948
as Prof. Tom Monev
Studio One
1948
as Carl Phillips
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Narrator (voice)
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
as Narrator (voice)