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Alexander Scourby

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1913-11-13

Deathday: 1985-02-22 (71 years old)

Biography

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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 91

Movies 55

TV Shows 36

Voice 21

Narrator 13

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Alexander Scourby

Biography

Filmography

all 91

Movies 55

TV Shows 36

Voice 21

Narrator 13

self 1

Maahir (1996)

The Stuff (1985)

The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1) (1985)

Among the Wild Chimpanzees (1984)

Merton: A Film Biography (1984)

Australia's Animal Mysteries (1984)

The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 (1981)

Etosha: Place of Dry Water (1980)

Jesus (1979)

Uncommon Women and Others (1979)

This Other Eden (1979)

The Word (1978)

Meeting of Minds (1977)

The Hemingway Play (1976)

The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children (1976)

Ape and Super-Ape (1972)

Buddhism in China (1972)

Atonement (1971)

Montserrat (1971)

Great Performances (1971)

People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer (1971)

People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter (1971)

The Executioner (1970)

The Glory of Their Times (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)

National Geographic Specials (1965)

China! (1965)

Daniel Boone (1964)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)

Mr. Novak (1963)

The Wall (1962)

The Eleventh Hour (1962)

The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)

Cain's Hundred (1961)

The Defenders (1961)

The Asphalt Jungle (1961)

Man on a String (1960)

Project XX (1960)

Seven Thieves (1960)

Project XX: Life in the Thirties (1959)

Philip Marlowe (1959)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

Bonanza (1959)

Johnny Staccato (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)

Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)

The Song of Christmas (1957)

The Walter Winchell File (1957)

The Night America Trembled (1957)

Venice: Theme and Variations (1957)

Giant (1956)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956)

Telephone Time (1956)

The Twisted Cross (1956)

Ransom! (1956)

The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1913-11-13

Deathday
1985-02-22 (71 years old)

Birth Place
Brooklyn, United States

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Alex Scourby, Alexander Scorby

Awards
Migel Medal