
Alexander Scourby
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."
Filmography (88)
MOVIE★ 6.0The Stuff1985as Evans
MOVIE★ 7.8Among the Wild Chimpanzees1984as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.7Merton: A Film Biography1984as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0Australia's Animal Mysteries1984as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-19451981as English language narrator
MOVIE★ 8.3Jesus1979as Luke (voice)
MOVIEEtosha: Place of Dry Water1979as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0Uncommon Women and Others1979as Narrator (voice)- MOVIEThis Other Eden1979as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 4.8The Word1978as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.7Meeting of Minds1977as Galileo Galilei
MOVIE★ 7.0The Hemingway Play1976as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)- MOVIEBuddhism in China1972as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0Atonement1971as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0Montserrat1971
TV★ 6.1Great Performances1971
MOVIE★ 6.7People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter1971as Narrator (voice)- MOVIE★ 10.0People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer1971as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9The Executioner1970as Prof. Parker
MOVIE★ 6.5The Glory of Their Times1970as Narrator
TV★ 6.6Marcus Welby, M.D.1969as Lucas Coleman
MOVIE★ 7.0The Lonely Dorymen1968as Narrator (voice)
MOVIEGrizzly!1967as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.8Mannix1967as Count Boria
MOVIE★ 6.21999 A.D.1967as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0The Incredible World of James Bond1965as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3The Gendarme in New York1965as Alex Scourby
TV★ 7.1National Geographic Specials1965as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0China!1965as Narrator- MOVIEThe Unending Struggle1965as Narrator
TV★ 7.0Daniel Boone1964as Eli Bothwell
TV★ 7.1The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
TV★ 7.3Mr. Novak1963as Allen Ferguson
MOVIE★ 7.4The Wall1962as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TV★ 6.7The Eleventh Hour1962as Garrett Nolan
MOVIE★ 6.4The Devil at 4 O'Clock1961as The Governor
TV★ 5.3Cain's Hundred1961as Judge Philip Hallson
TV★ 6.3The Defenders1961as John Wellman
TV★ 5.0The Asphalt Jungle1961as Roy Bradley
MOVIE★ 6.6Man on a String1960as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
MOVIE★ 6.6Seven Thieves1960as Raymond Le May
MOVIE★ 7.0Project XX: Life in the Thirties1959as Self - Narrator
TV★ 7.5Philip Marlowe1959as Dr. Steve Vincent
TV★ 8.5The Twilight Zone1959as George Harper
TV★ 7.5Bonanza1959as Jean Millain
TV★ 5.3Johnny Staccato1959
MOVIE★ 5.1The Big Fisherman1959as David Ben-Zadok
MOVIE★ 6.2The Shaggy Dog1959as Mikhail Andrassy
MOVIE★ 7.0The Velvet Alley1959as Harvey Diedrich
TV★ 7.2Rawhide1959as Albert Hadley
MOVIE★ 6.5Me and the Colonel1958as Major Von Bergen
TV★ 5.7Naked City1958as Walter Gerrick
TV★ 7.1The Rifleman1958as Byron Claremont
TV★ 7.0Wanted: Dead or Alive1958as Judge Coogan
TV★ 6.5Shirley Temple's Storybook1958as King
MOVIEThe Song of Christmas1957as Narrator (voice)
MOVIEProject XX: The Innocent Years1957as Self - Narrator
TV★ 7.5The Walter Winchell File1957as Agent
MOVIE★ 7.5The Night America Trembled1957as Host
MOVIE★ 5.5Venice: Theme and Variations1957as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.6Giant1956as Old Polo
MOVIEProject XX: The Great War - World War I1956as Self - Narrator
TV★ 6.2Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956as Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
TV★ 6.5Telephone Time1956as Joseph Priestley
MOVIE★ 9.0The Twisted Cross1956as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2Ransom!1956as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
TV★ 6.0The 20th Century Fox Hour1955as Joe Markheim
TV★ 7.8Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955as Horace Meade
TV★ 7.1The Phil Silvers Show1955as Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.5The Silver Chalice1954as Luke
MOVIE★ 6.0Sign of the Pagan1954as Chrysaphius- MOVIE★ 6.0Three Two One - Zero!1954as Narrator
TV★ 7.9The Wonderful World of Disney1954as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
TV★ 3.8Climax!1954as Frank Martin
MOVIE★ 9.0Victory at Sea1954as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.5The Shadow1954as Rollo Grimbauer- TV★ 4.5The Secret Storm1954as Dr. Ian Northcoate
MOVIE★ 6.5The Spirit of Christmas1953as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.7The Big Heat1953as Mike Lagana
MOVIE★ 6.3The Glory Brigade1953as Lt. Niklas
MOVIE★ 6.3The Redhead from Wyoming1953as Reece Duncan
MOVIE★ 6.6Because of You1952as Dr. Breen
TV★ 6.3Omnibus1952as Odysseus
MOVIE★ 6.4Affair in Trinidad1952as Max Fabian- TV★ 6.7Lux Video Theatre1950as Hagen
TV★ 5.4Studio One1948as Edward
TV★ 7.8Kraft Television Theatre1947- MOVIEHell Gate: The Watery Grave—as Narrator (voice)