Alexander Scourby
Born
November 13, 1913
Died
February 22, 1985 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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."
The Stuff
Evans
1985
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
Narrator (voice)
1984
Merton: A Film Biography
Narrator (voice)
1984
Australia's Animal Mysteries
Narrator (voice)
1984
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
Narrator (voice)
1980
Jesus
Luke (voice)
1979
Uncommon Women and Others
Narrator (voice)
1979
This Other Eden
Narrator (voice)
1979
The Hemingway Play
Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
1976
The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children
Luke (voice)
1976
Buddhism in China
Narrator (voice)
1972
Atonement
Narrator (voice)
1971
Montserrat
1971
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
Narrator (voice)
1971
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
Narrator (voice)
1971
The Executioner
Prof. Parker
1970
The Lonely Dorymen
Narrator (voice)
1968
Grizzly!
Narrator (voice)
1967
1999 A.D.
Narrator (voice)
1967
The Incredible World of James Bond
Narrator (voice)
1965
The Gendarme in New York
Alex Scourby
1965
The Wall
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
The Governor
1961
Man on a String
Colonel Vadja Kubelov
1960
Seven Thieves
Raymond Le May
1960
The Big Fisherman
David Ben-Zadok
1959
The Shaggy Dog
Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
1959
The Velvet Alley
Harvey Diedrich
1959
Me and the Colonel
Major Von Bergen
1958
The Song of Christmas
Narrator (voice)
1957
The Night America Trembled
Host
1957
Venice: Theme and Variations
Narrator (voice)
1957
Giant
Old Polo
1956
The Twisted Cross
Narrator (voice)
1956
Ransom!
Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
1956
The Silver Chalice
Luke
1954
Sign of the Pagan
Chrysaphius
1954
Three Two One - Zero!
Narrator
1954
Victory at Sea
Narrator (voice)
1954
The Shadow
Rollo Grimbauer
1954
The Spirit of Christmas
Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1953
The Big Heat
Mike Lagana
1953
The Glory Brigade
Lt. Niklas
1953
The Redhead from Wyoming
Reece Duncan
1953
Because of You
Dr. Breen
1952
Affair in Trinidad
Max Fabian
1952
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
Narrator (voice)
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
English language narrator
1981
The Word
Narrator (voice) · (4 episodes)
1978
Meeting of Minds
Galileo Galilei · (2 episodes)
1977
Great Performances
(1 episode)
1971
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lucas Coleman · (1 episode)
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Anthony Alquist · (1 episode)
1969
Mannix
Count Boria · (2 episodes)
1967
National Geographic Specials
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1965
Daniel Boone
Eli Bothwell · (1 episode)
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp · (1 episode)
1964
Mr. Novak
Allen Ferguson · (1 episode)
1963
Mr. Novak
George Andreas · (1 episode)
1963
The Eleventh Hour
Garrett Nolan · (1 episode)
1962
Cain's Hundred
Judge Philip Hallson · (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders
John Wellman · (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders
George Matthias · (1 episode)
1961
The Asphalt Jungle
Roy Bradley · (1 episode)
1961
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
Narrator
1959
Philip Marlowe
Dr. Steve Vincent · (1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone
George Harper · (1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Jean Millain · (1 episode)
1959
Johnny Staccato
(1 episode)
1959
Rawhide
Albert Hadley · (1 episode)
1959
Naked City
Walter Gerrick · (1 episode)
1958
The Rifleman
Byron Claremont · (1 episode)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Judge Coogan · (1 episode)
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
King · (2 episodes)
1958
The Walter Winchell File
Agent · (1 episode)
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Colonel del Armija - Interrogator · (1 episode)
1956
Telephone Time
Joseph Priestley · (1 episode)
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Joe Markheim · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Horace Meade · (1 episode)
1955
The Phil Silvers Show
Hubbell Robinson (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1955
Climax!
Frank Martin · (1 episode)
1954
Climax!
David Potter · (1 episode)
1954
Climax!
Eric Betzdorff · (1 episode)
1954
The Secret Storm
Dr. Ian Northcoate · (319 episodes)
1954
Omnibus
Odysseus · (1 episode)
1952
Omnibus
El Indio · (1 episode)
1952
Lux Video Theatre
Hagen · (1 episode)
1950
Studio One
Edward · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Prof. Tom Monev · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Carl Phillips · (1 episode)
1948
Kraft Television Theatre
(4 episodes)
1947
Kraft Television Theatre
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1947