Alexander Scourby

Alexander Scourby

1913-11-13 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Male 85 Known Credits

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."

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-11-13

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known Credits

85

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Alex Scourby, Alexander Scorby

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Jesus

1979

Luke (voice)

Giant

1956

Old Polo

The Shadow

1954

Rollo Grimbauer

Me and the Colonel

1958

Major Von Bergen

The Big Heat

1953

Mike Lagana

Sign of the Pagan

1954

Chrysaphius

The Velvet Alley

1959

Harvey Diedrich

Ransom!

1956

Dr. Paul Y. Gorman

The Executioner

1970

Prof. Parker

Atonement

1971

Narrator (voice)

Because of You

1952

Dr. Breen

The Hemingway Play

1976

Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)

The Glory Brigade

1953

Lt. Niklas

The Big Fisherman

1959

David Ben-Zadok

The Shaggy Dog

1959

Dr. Mikhail Andrassy

The Stuff

1985

Evans

Man on a String

1960

Colonel Vadja Kubelov

The Spirit of Christmas

1953

Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Lonely Dorymen

1968

Narrator (voice)

Victory at Sea

1954

Narrator (voice)

The Gendarme in New York

1965

Alex Scourby

The Wall

1962

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Affair in Trinidad

1952

Max Fabian

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

1961

The Governor

Venice: Theme and Variations

1957

Narrator (voice)

1999 A.D.

1967

Narrator (voice)

Uncommon Women and Others

1979

Narrator (voice)

Among the Wild Chimpanzees

1984

Narrator (voice)

The Song of Christmas

1957

Narrator (voice)

The Twisted Cross

1956

Narrator (voice)

Seven Thieves

1960

Raymond Le May

The Redhead from Wyoming

1953

Reece Duncan

Buddhism in China

1972

Narrator (voice)

This Other Eden

1979

Narrator (voice)

Grizzly!

1967

Narrator (voice)

Australia's Animal Mysteries

1984

Narrator (voice)

Merton: A Film Biography

1984

Narrator (voice)

Etosha: Place of Dry Water

1980

Narrator (voice)

TV Credits

Bonanza

1959

Jean Millain (1 episodes)

The Twilight Zone

1959

George Harper (1 episodes)

Great Performances

1971

(1 episodes)

Mannix

1967

Count Boria (2 episodes)

The Rifleman

1958

Byron Claremont (1 episodes)

Rawhide

1959

Albert Hadley (1 episodes)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

Colonel del Armija - Interrogator (1 episodes)

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969

Lucas Coleman (1 episodes)

Climax!

1954

Frank Martin (1 episodes)

Naked City

1958

Walter Gerrick (1 episodes)

Daniel Boone

1964

Eli Bothwell (1 episodes)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Horace Meade (1 episodes)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

Judge Coogan (1 episodes)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp (1 episodes)

Studio One

1948

Edward (1 episodes)

The Defenders

1961

John Wellman (1 episodes)

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Joe Markheim (1 episodes)

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

(4 episodes)

Omnibus

1952

Odysseus (1 episodes)

Mr. Novak

1963

Allen Ferguson (1 episodes)

The Secret Storm

1954

Dr. Ian Northcoate (319 episodes)

The Walter Winchell File

1957

Agent (1 episodes)

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

King (2 episodes)

Cain's Hundred

1961

Judge Philip Hallson (1 episodes)

The Phil Silvers Show

1955

Hubbell Robinson (uncredited) (1 episodes)

Telephone Time

1956

Joseph Priestley (1 episodes)

Lux Video Theatre

1950

Hagen (1 episodes)

The Eleventh Hour

1962

Garrett Nolan (1 episodes)

Johnny Staccato

1959

(1 episodes)

National Geographic Specials

1965

Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)

Philip Marlowe

1959

Dr. Steve Vincent (1 episodes)

The Word

1978

Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)

The Asphalt Jungle

1961

Roy Bradley (1 episodes)

Meeting of Minds

1977

Galileo Galilei (2 episodes)

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TV Production Credits

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