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."
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Movies (32)
The Stuff
as Evans
1985
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
as Narrator (voice)
1984
Merton: A Film Biography
as Narrator (voice)
1984
Australia's Animal Mysteries
as Narrator (voice)
1984
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
as English language narrator
1981
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
as Narrator (voice)
1980
Jesus
as Luke (voice)
1979
Uncommon Women and Others
as Narrator (voice)
1979
This Other Eden
as Narrator (voice)
1979
The Hemingway Play
as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
1976
Buddhism in China
as Narrator (voice)
1972
Atonement
as Narrator (voice)
1971
Montserrat
1971
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
as Narrator (voice)
1971
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
as Narrator (voice)
1971
The Executioner
as Prof. Parker
1970
The Glory of Their Times
as Narrator
1970
The Lonely Dorymen
as Narrator (voice)
1968
Grizzly!
as Narrator (voice)
1967
1999 A.D.
as Narrator (voice)
1967
The Incredible World of James Bond
as Narrator (voice)
1965
The Gendarme in New York
as Alex Scourby
1965
China!
as Narrator
1965
The Unending Struggle
as Narrator
1965
The Wall
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as The Governor
1961
Man on a String
as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
1960
Seven Thieves
as Raymond Le May
1960
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
as Self - Narrator
1959
The Big Fisherman
as David Ben-Zadok
1959
The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
1959
The Velvet Alley
as Harvey Diedrich
1959
TV Shows (18)
The Word
as Narrator (voice)
1978
Meeting of Minds
as Galileo Galilei
1977
Great Performances
1971
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Lucas Coleman
1969
Mannix
as Count Boria
1967
National Geographic Specials
as Narrator (voice)
1965
Daniel Boone
as Eli Bothwell
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
1964
Mr. Novak
as Allen Ferguson
1963
The Eleventh Hour
as Garrett Nolan
1962
Cain's Hundred
as Judge Philip Hallson
1961
The Defenders
as John Wellman
1961
The Asphalt Jungle
as Roy Bradley
1961
Philip Marlowe
as Dr. Steve Vincent
1959
The Twilight Zone
as George Harper
1959
Bonanza
as Jean Millain
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Rawhide
as Albert Hadley
1959