Alexander Scourby
Acting
1913-11-13 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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."
Filmography
The Stuff
1985 · Movie
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984 · Movie
Merton: A Film Biography
1984 · Movie
Australia's Animal Mysteries
1984 · Movie
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
1981 · Movie
Jesus
1979 · Movie
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
1979 · Movie
Uncommon Women and Others
1979 · Movie
This Other Eden
1979 · Movie
The Word
1978 · Series
Meeting of Minds
1977 · Series
The Hemingway Play
1976 · Movie
Buddhism in China
1972 · Movie
Atonement
1971 · Movie
Montserrat
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
1971 · Movie
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
1971 · Movie
The Executioner
1970 · Movie
The Glory of Their Times
1970 · Movie
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Series
The Lonely Dorymen
1968 · Movie
Grizzly!
1967 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
1999 A.D.
1967 · Movie
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965 · Movie
The Gendarme in New York
1965 · Movie
National Geographic Specials
1965 · Series
China!
1965 · Movie
The Unending Struggle
1965 · Movie
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Mr. Novak
1963 · Series
The Wall
1962 · Movie
The Eleventh Hour
1962 · Series
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961 · Movie
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Series
The Defenders
1961 · Series
The Asphalt Jungle
1961 · Series
Man on a String
1960 · Movie
Seven Thieves
1960 · Movie
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
1959 · Movie
Philip Marlowe
1959 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Johnny Staccato
1959 · Series
The Big Fisherman
1959 · Movie
The Shaggy Dog
1959 · Movie
The Velvet Alley
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Me and the Colonel
1958 · Movie
The Rifleman
1958 · Series
Naked City
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Series
The Song of Christmas
1957 · Movie
Project XX: The Innocent Years
1957 · Movie
The Walter Winchell File
1957 · Series
The Night America Trembled
1957 · Movie
Venice: Theme and Variations
1957 · Movie
Giant
1956 · Movie
Project XX: The Great War - World War I
1956 · Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
Telephone Time
1956 · Series
The Twisted Cross
1956 · Movie
Ransom!
1956 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
The Phil Silvers Show
1955 · Series
The Silver Chalice
1954 · Movie
Sign of the Pagan
1954 · Movie
Three Two One - Zero!
1954 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Climax!
1954 · Series
Victory at Sea
1954 · Movie
The Shadow
1954 · Movie
The Secret Storm
1954 · Series
The Spirit of Christmas
1953 · Movie
The Big Heat
1953 · Movie
The Glory Brigade
1953 · Movie
The Redhead from Wyoming
1953 · Movie
Because of You
1952 · Movie
Omnibus
1952 · Series
Affair in Trinidad
1952 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Studio One
1948 · Series
Kraft Television Theatre
1947 · Series
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
Movie