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