Alexander Scourby
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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
Credits
Giant (1956)
as Old Polo
The Stuff (1985)
as Evans
The Big Heat (1953)
as Mike Lagana
The Gendarme in New York (1965)
as Alex Scourby
Jesus (1979)
as Luke (voice)
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
as Chrysaphius
The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)
as The Governor
Seven Thieves (1960)
as Raymond Le May
The Spirit of Christmas (1953)
as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
as Reece Duncan
The Executioner (1970)
as Prof. Parker
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
as Max Fabian
Man on a String (1960)
as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
Merton: A Film Biography (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
as Mikhail Andrassy
The Silver Chalice (1954)
as Luke
Me and the Colonel (1958)
as Major Von Bergen
Because of You (1952)
as Dr. Breen
The Incredible World of James Bond (1965)
as Narrator (voice)
Ransom! (1956)
as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
The Night America Trembled (1957)
as Host
The Big Fisherman (1959)
as David Ben-Zadok
Uncommon Women and Others (1979)
as Narrator (voice)
Venice: Theme and Variations (1957)
as Narrator (voice)
China! (1965)
as Narrator
Among the Wild Chimpanzees (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
The Velvet Alley (1959)
as Harvey Diedrich
The Lonely Dorymen (1968)
as Narrator (voice)
Project XX: Life in the Thirties (1959)
as Self - Narrator
Grizzly! (1967)
as Narrator (voice)
Three Two One - Zero! (1954)
as Narrator
The Hemingway Play (1976)
as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
Project XX: The Innocent Years (1957)
as Self - Narrator
The Wall (1962)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Montserrat (1971)
Actor
The Glory Brigade (1953)
as Lt. Niklas
1999 A.D. (1967)
as Narrator (voice)
Australia's Animal Mysteries (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
The Twisted Cross (1956)
as Narrator (voice)
Project XX: The Great War - World War I (1956)
as Self - Narrator
The Shadow (1954)
as Rollo Grimbauer
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter (1971)
as Narrator (voice)
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave (—)
as Narrator (voice)
The Glory of Their Times (1970)
as Narrator
Victory at Sea (1954)
as Narrator (voice)
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer (1971)
as Narrator (voice)
The Unending Struggle (1965)
as Narrator
The Song of Christmas (1957)
as Narrator (voice)
Atonement (1971)
as Narrator (voice)
Etosha: Place of Dry Water (1979)
as Narrator (voice)
Buddhism in China (1972)
as Narrator (voice)
This Other Eden (1979)
as Narrator (voice)