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