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 Gendarme in New York (1965)
as Alex Scourby
The Silver Chalice (1954)
as Luke
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
as Max Fabian
The Executioner (1970)
as Prof. Parker
The Big Heat (1953)
as Mike Lagana
Me and the Colonel (1958)
as Major Von Bergen
Ransom! (1956)
as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
as Mikhail Andrassy
Seven Thieves (1960)
as Raymond Le May
The Incredible World of James Bond (1965)
as Narrator (voice)
Jesus (1979)
as Luke (voice)
Venice: Theme and Variations (1957)
as Narrator (voice)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
as Reece Duncan
The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)
as The Governor
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 (1981)
as English language narrator
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
as Chrysaphius
Man on a String (1960)
as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
The Velvet Alley (1959)
as Harvey Diedrich
The Lonely Dorymen (1968)
as Narrator (voice)
The Glory Brigade (1953)
as Lt. Niklas
Among the Wild Chimpanzees (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
Uncommon Women and Others (1979)
as Narrator (voice)
The Big Fisherman (1959)
as David Ben-Zadok
Because of You (1952)
as Dr. Breen
Three Two One - Zero! (1954)
as Narrator
China! (1965)
as Narrator
The Wall (1962)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Hemingway Play (1976)
as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
Merton: A Film Biography (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave (—)
as Narrator (voice)
Grizzly! (1967)
as Narrator (voice)
The Twisted Cross (1956)
as Narrator (voice)
The Night America Trembled (1957)
as Host
Project XX: Life in the Thirties (1959)
as Self - Narrator
The Unending Struggle (1965)
as Narrator
This Other Eden (1979)
as Narrator (voice)
Montserrat (1971)
Actor
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer (1971)
as Narrator (voice)
Project XX: The Great War - World War I (1956)
as Self - Narrator
The Spirit of Christmas (1953)
as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter (1971)
as Narrator (voice)
Australia's Animal Mysteries (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
1999 A.D. (1967)
as Narrator (voice)
Buddhism in China (1972)
as Narrator (voice)
The Song of Christmas (1957)
as Narrator (voice)
The Shadow (1954)
as Rollo Grimbauer
Etosha: Place of Dry Water (1979)
as Narrator (voice)
The Glory of Their Times (1970)
as Narrator
Project XX: The Innocent Years (1957)
as Self - Narrator
Atonement (1971)
as Narrator (voice)
Victory at Sea (1954)
as Narrator (voice)