Alexander Scourby

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1913-11-13

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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."

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Acting History

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