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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."
Filmography
all 87
Movies 52
TV Shows 35
Narrator 23
self 3
Voice 1
Maahir (1996)
The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1) (1985)
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 (1981)
This Other Eden (1979)
The Word (1978)
The Hemingway Play (1976)
Ape and Super-Ape (1972)
Buddhism in China (1972)
Atonement (1971)
The Executioner (1970)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
The Lonely Dorymen (1968)
Grizzly! (1967)
Mannix (1967)
1999 A.D. (1967)
The Incredible World of James Bond (1965)
The Gendarme in New York (1965)
China! (1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Mr. Novak (1963)
The Wall (1962)
The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
Man on a String (1960)
Seven Thieves (1960)
Project XX: Life in the Thirties (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
The Big Fisherman (1959)
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
The Velvet Alley (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Me and the Colonel (1958)
Naked City (1958)
The Rifleman (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
The Night America Trembled (1957)
Giant (1956)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
The Twisted Cross (1956)
Ransom! (1956)
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
The Phil Silvers Show (1955)
The Invader (1955)
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Climax! (1954)
Victory at Sea (1954)
The Shadow (1954)
The Spirit of Christmas (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Glory Brigade (1953)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
Because of You (1952)
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Studio One (1948)
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
Project XX
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1913-11-13
Deathday1985-02-22 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAlex Scourby
AwardsMigel Medal
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