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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 88
Movies 52
TV Shows 36
Narrator 21
self 6
Voice 2
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)
Ape and Super-Ape (1972)
Buddhism in China (1972)
Atonement (1971)
Montserrat (1971)
Great Performances (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)
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)
The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Me and the Colonel (1958)
The Rifleman (1958)
Naked City (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (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)
The Phil Silvers Show (1955)
The Invader (1955)
The Silver Chalice (1954)
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Climax! (1954)
Victory at Sea (1954)
The Shadow (1954)
The Secret Storm (1954)
The Spirit of Christmas (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Glory Brigade (1953)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
Because of You (1952)
Omnibus (1952)
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Studio One (1948)
Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
Project XX
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1913-11-13
Deathday1985-02-22 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAlex Scourby
AwardsMigel Medal
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