Alexander Scourby
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander Scourby (/ˈskɔːrbi/; 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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- Born:
- Nov 13, 1913 In Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 24
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Affair in Trinidad 1952-07-29
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Stuff 1985-06-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Stuff | Evans | 1985-06-14 |
| Movie | Among the Wild Chimpanzees | 1984-01-30 | |
| Movie | Uncommon Women and Others | Narrator (voice) | 1979-06-20 |
| Movie | Jesus | Luke (voice) | 1979-10-19 |
| Movie | Montserrat | 1971-03-02 | |
| Movie | The Executioner | Prof. Parker | 1970-09-06 |
| Movie | 1999 A.D. | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | The Gendarme in New York | Alex Scourby | 1965-10-28 |
| Movie | The Devil at 4 O'Clock | The Governor | 1961-10-18 |
| Movie | Man on a String | Colonel Vadja Kubelov | 1960-05-20 |
| Movie | Seven Thieves | Raymond Le May | 1960-03-11 |
| Movie | The Velvet Alley | Harvey Diedrich | 1959-01-22 |
| Movie | The Big Fisherman | David Ben-Zadok | 1959-08-04 |
| Movie | The Shaggy Dog | Dr. Mikhail Andrassy | 1959-03-19 |
| Movie | Me and the Colonel | Major Von Bergen | 1958-10-01 |
| Movie | Ransom! | Dr. Paul Y. Gorman | 1956-01-24 |
| Movie | Sign of the Pagan | Chrysaphius | 1954-11-24 |
| Series | The Secret Storm | 1954-02-01 | |
| Movie | The Silver Chalice | Luke | 1954-12-20 |
| Movie | The Redhead from Wyoming | Reece Duncan | 1953-01-08 |
| Movie | The Glory Brigade | Lt. Niklas | 1953-05-20 |
| Movie | The Big Heat | Mike Lagana | 1953-10-14 |
| Movie | Affair in Trinidad | Max Fabian | 1952-07-29 |
| Movie | Because of You | Dr. Breen | 1952-12-04 |