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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 13, 1913
Died
February 22, 1985
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Alex Scourby
- Alexander Scorby
Alexander Scourby
0.7 Popularity
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
6.0
Evans
The Stuff
1985
7.3
Narrator (voice)
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984
8.0
Narrator (voice)
Merton: A Film Biography
1984
7.0
Narrator (voice)
Australia's Animal Mysteries
1984
6.1
English language narrator
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
1981
0.0
Narrator (voice)
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
1980
8.3
Luke (voice)
Jesus
1979
0.0
Narrator (voice)
Uncommon Women and Others
1979
🎬
0.0
Narrator (voice)
This Other Eden
1979
5.0
Narrator (voice)
The Word
1978
Credits
The Stuff
as Evans
1985
6.0
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
as Narrator (voice)
1984
7.3
Merton: A Film Biography
as Narrator (voice)
1984
8.0
Australia's Animal Mysteries
as Narrator (voice)
1984
7.0
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
as English language narrator
1981
6.1
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
as Narrator (voice)
1980
0.0
Jesus
as Luke (voice)
1979
8.3
Uncommon Women and Others
as Narrator (voice)
1979
0.0
🎬
This Other Eden
as Narrator (voice)
1979
0.0
The Word
as Narrator (voice)
1978
5.0
Meeting of Minds
as Galileo Galilei
1977
9.5
The Hemingway Play
as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
1976
0.0
The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children
as Luke (voice)
1976
0.0
🎬
Buddhism in China
as Narrator (voice)
1972
0.0
Atonement
as Narrator (voice)
1971
0.0
Montserrat
1971
0.0
Great Performances
1971
5.3
🎬
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
as Narrator (voice)
1971
0.0
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
as Narrator (voice)
1971
5.0
The Executioner
as Prof. Parker
1970
5.8
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Lucas Coleman
1969
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Anthony Alquist
1969
6.5
🎬
The Lonely Dorymen
as Narrator (voice)
1968
7.0
Grizzly!
as Narrator (voice)
1967
0.0
Mannix
as Count Boria
1967
6.7
1999 A.D.
as Narrator (voice)
1967
6.2
The Incredible World of James Bond
as Narrator (voice)
1965
6.0
The Gendarme in New York
as Alex Scourby
1965
6.3
National Geographic Specials
as Narrator (voice)
1965
6.5
Daniel Boone
as Eli Bothwell
1964
6.9
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
1964
7.2
Mr. Novak
as Allen Ferguson
1963
6.5
Mr. Novak
as George Andreas
1963
6.5
The Wall
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962
7.0
The Eleventh Hour
as Garrett Nolan
1962
6.0
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as The Governor
1961
6.3
Cain's Hundred
as Judge Philip Hallson
1961
4.7
The Defenders
as John Wellman
1961
6.2
The Defenders
as George Matthias
1961
6.2
The Asphalt Jungle
as Roy Bradley
1961
5.0
Man on a String
as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
1960
6.0
Seven Thieves
as Raymond Le May
1960
6.5
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
as Narrator
1959
7.0
Philip Marlowe
as Dr. Steve Vincent
1959
5.0
The Twilight Zone
as George Harper
1959
8.4
Bonanza
as Jean Millain
1959
7.5
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.6
The Big Fisherman
as David Ben-Zadok
1959
4.6
The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
1959
6.1
The Velvet Alley
as Harvey Diedrich
1959
0.0
Rawhide
as Albert Hadley
1959
7.2
Me and the Colonel
as Major Von Bergen
1958
6.2
Naked City
as Walter Gerrick
1958
5.5
The Rifleman
as Byron Claremont
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Judge Coogan
1958
6.9
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as King
1958
6.2
🎬
The Song of Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
1957
0.0
The Walter Winchell File
as Agent
1957
5.0
The Night America Trembled
as Host
1957
7.5
Venice: Theme and Variations
as Narrator (voice)
1957
4.0
Giant
as Old Polo
1956
7.6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
1956
5.5
Telephone Time
as Joseph Priestley
1956
6.3
The Twisted Cross
as Narrator (voice)
1956
0.0
Ransom!
as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
1956
7.2
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Joe Markheim
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Horace Meade
1955
7.7
The Phil Silvers Show
as Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
1955
7.0
The Silver Chalice
as Luke
1954
4.4
Sign of the Pagan
as Chrysaphius
1954
5.2
🎬
Three Two One - Zero!
as Narrator
1954
6.0
Climax!
as Frank Martin
1954
3.3
Climax!
as David Potter
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Eric Betzdorff
1954
3.3
Victory at Sea
as Narrator (voice)
1954
0.0
The Shadow
as Rollo Grimbauer
1954
4.5
🎬
The Secret Storm
as Dr. Ian Northcoate
1954
3.7
The Spirit of Christmas
as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1953
6.4
The Big Heat
as Mike Lagana
1953
7.7
The Glory Brigade
as Lt. Niklas
1953
5.7
The Redhead from Wyoming
as Reece Duncan
1953
6.1
Because of You
as Dr. Breen
1952
5.7
Omnibus
as Odysseus
1952
6.0
Omnibus
as El Indio
1952
6.0
Affair in Trinidad
as Max Fabian
1952
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Hagen
1950
6.3
Studio One
as Edward
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Narrator (voice)
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Prof. Tom Monev
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Carl Phillips
1948
5.0
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.5
Kraft Television Theatre
as Narrator (voice)
1947
7.5
🎬
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
as Narrator (voice)
N/A
0.0