Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 13, 1913
Place of Birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Alexander Scourby
Biography
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."
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Stuff | Evans |
| 1984 | Merton: A Film Biography | Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | Among the Wild Chimpanzees | Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | Australia's Animal Mysteries | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 | English language narrator |
| 1980 | Etosha: Place of Dry Water | Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | Jesus | Luke (voice) |
| 1979 | Uncommon Women and Others | Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | This Other Eden | Narrator (voice) |
| 1976 | The Hemingway Play | Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged) |
| 1976 | The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children | Luke (voice) |
| 1972 | Buddhism in China | Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | Atonement | Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | Montserrat | |
| 1971 | People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter | Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer | Narrator (voice) |
| 1970 | The Executioner | Prof. Parker |
| 1968 | The Lonely Dorymen | Narrator (voice) |
| 1967 | 1999 A.D. | Narrator (voice) |
| 1967 | Grizzly! | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | The Incredible World of James Bond | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | The Gendarme in New York | Alex Scourby |
| 1962 | The Wall | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Devil at 4 O'Clock | The Governor |
| 1960 | Seven Thieves | Raymond Le May |
| 1960 | Man on a String | Colonel Vadja Kubelov |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | David Ben-Zadok |
| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog | Dr. Mikhail Andrassy |
| 1959 | The Velvet Alley | Harvey Diedrich |
| 1959 | Project XX: Life in the Thirties | Narrator |
| 1958 | Me and the Colonel | Major Von Bergen |
| 1957 | The Song of Christmas | Narrator (voice) |
| 1957 | Venice: Theme and Variations | Narrator (voice) |
| 1957 | The Night America Trembled | Host |
| 1956 | Giant | Old Polo |
| 1956 | Ransom! | Dr. Paul Y. Gorman |
| 1956 | The Twisted Cross | Narrator (voice) |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Luke |
| 1954 | Sign of the Pagan | Chrysaphius |
| 1954 | The Shadow | Rollo Grimbauer |
| 1954 | Victory at Sea | Narrator (voice) |
| 1954 | Three Two One - Zero! | Narrator |
| 1953 | The Big Heat | Mike Lagana |
| 1953 | The Glory Brigade | Lt. Niklas |
| 1953 | The Spirit of Christmas | Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Redhead from Wyoming | Reece Duncan |
| 1952 | Affair in Trinidad | Max Fabian |
| 1952 | Because of You | Dr. Breen |
| Hell Gate: The Watery Grave | Narrator (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The Word | Narrator (voice) |
| 1977 | Meeting of Minds | Galileo Galilei |
| 1971 | Great Performances | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Lucas Coleman |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Anthony Alquist |
| 1967 | Mannix | Count Boria |
| 1965 | National Geographic Specials | Narrator (voice) |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Eli Bothwell |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Allen Ferguson |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | George Andreas |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour | Garrett Nolan |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Judge Philip Hallson |
| 1961 | The Defenders | John Wellman |
| 1961 | The Defenders | George Matthias |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | Roy Bradley |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | George Harper |
| 1959 | Philip Marlowe | Dr. Steve Vincent |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Albert Hadley |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Jean Millain |
| 1958 | Naked City | Walter Gerrick |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Judge Coogan |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Byron Claremont |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | King |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | Agent |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Colonel del Armija - Interrogator |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | Joseph Priestley |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Horace Meade |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Joe Markheim |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show | Hubbell Robinson (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Secret Storm | Dr. Ian Northcoate |
| 1954 | Climax! | Frank Martin |
| 1954 | Climax! | David Potter |
| 1954 | Climax! | Eric Betzdorff |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Odysseus |
| 1952 | Omnibus | El Indio |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Hagen |
| 1948 | Studio One | Edward |
| 1948 | Studio One | Narrator (voice) |
| 1948 | Studio One | Prof. Tom Monev |
| 1948 | Studio One | Carl Phillips |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Narrator (voice) |