Alexander Scourby
Known for: Acting
Born: November 13, 1913
Died: February 22, 1985
Place of birth: 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."
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Filmography
53 movies · 35 TV shows, newest first
6.0
The Stuff
1985
7.8
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984
8.5
Merton: A Film Biography
1984
7.0
Australia's Animal Mysteries
1984
6.3
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
1981
8.3
Jesus
1979
NR
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
1979
8.0
Uncommon Women and Others
1979NR
This Other Eden
1979
4.8
The Word
1978
8.7
Meeting of Minds
1977
7.0
The Hemingway Play
1976NR
Buddhism in China
1972
9.0
Atonement
1971
10.0
Montserrat
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.7
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
197110.0
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
1971
5.9
The Executioner
1970
6.5
The Glory of Their Times
1970
6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
7.0
The Lonely Dorymen
1968
NR
Grizzly!
1967
6.8
Mannix
1967
6.2
1999 A.D.
1967
7.0
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
6.3
The Gendarme in New York
1965
7.1
National Geographic Specials
1965
9.0
China!
1965NR
The Unending Struggle
1965
7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
7.3
Mr. Novak
1963
7.4
The Wall
1962
6.7
The Eleventh Hour
1962
6.3
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
6.3
The Defenders
1961
5.0
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
6.6
Man on a String
1960
6.6
Seven Thieves
1960
7.0
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
1959
7.5
Philip Marlowe
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
5.2
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.1
The Big Fisherman
1959
6.3
The Shaggy Dog
1959
7.0
The Velvet Alley
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.5
Me and the Colonel
1958
5.7
Naked City
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.5
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
NR
The Song of Christmas
1957
NR
Project XX: The Innocent Years
1957
7.5
The Walter Winchell File
1957
7.5
The Night America Trembled
1957
5.5
Venice: Theme and Variations
1957
7.6
Giant
1956
NR
Project XX: The Great War - World War I
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
1956
9.0
The Twisted Cross
1956
7.2
Ransom!
1956
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
7.1
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
4.4
The Silver Chalice
1954
6.0
Sign of the Pagan
19546.0
Three Two One - Zero!
1954
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
9.0
Victory at Sea
1954
4.5
The Shadow
19544.5
The Secret Storm
1954
6.5
The Spirit of Christmas
1953
7.7
The Big Heat
1953
6.3
The Glory Brigade
1953
6.3
The Redhead from Wyoming
1953
6.6
Because of You
1952
7.0
Omnibus
1952
6.4
Affair in Trinidad
19526.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
5.4
Studio One
1948
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947NR
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
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