Birthday:
Nov 13, 1913
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Giant | Old Polo | 1956 |
| Merton: A Film Biography | Narrator (voice) | 1984 |
| The Devil at 4 O'Clock | The Governor | 1961 |
| The Big Heat | Mike Lagana | 1953 |
| Affair in Trinidad | Max Fabian | 1952 |
| Jesus | Luke (voice) | 1979 |
| Seven Thieves | Raymond Le May | 1960 |
| The Silver Chalice | Luke | 1954 |
| Man on a String | Colonel Vadja Kubelov | 1960 |
| The Glory Brigade | Lt. Niklas | 1953 |
| Hell Gate: The Watery Grave | Narrator (voice) | 1970 |
| Ransom! | Dr. Paul Y. Gorman | 1956 |
| Me and the Colonel | Major Von Bergen | 1958 |
| Buddhism in China | Narrator (voice) | 1972 |
| Uncommon Women and Others | Narrator (voice) | 1979 |
| The Executioner | Prof. Parker | 1970 |
| The Incredible World of James Bond | Narrator (voice) | 1965 |
| Because of You | Dr. Breen | 1952 |
| The Stuff | Evans | 1985 |
| The Lonely Dorymen | Narrator (voice) | 1968 |
| The Big Fisherman | David Ben-Zadok | 1959 |
| Sign of the Pagan | Chrysaphius | 1954 |
| The Shadow | Rollo Grimbauer | 1954 |
| The Shaggy Dog | Dr. Mikhail Andrassy | 1959 |
| Atonement | Narrator (voice) | 1971 |
| The Song of Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 1957 |
| The Spirit of Christmas | Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1953 |
| Montserrat | 1971 | |
| Among the Wild Chimpanzees | Narrator (voice) | 1984 |
| This Other Eden | Narrator (voice) | 1979 |
| Victory at Sea | Narrator (voice) | 1954 |
| The Wall | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1962 |
| The Redhead from Wyoming | Reece Duncan | 1953 |
| The Velvet Alley | Harvey Diedrich | 1959 |
| 1999 A.D. | Narrator (voice) | 1967 |
| The Twisted Cross | Narrator (voice) | 1956 |
| Grizzly! | Narrator (voice) | 1967 |
| People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter | Narrator (voice) | 1971 |
| The Gendarme in New York | Alex Scourby | 1965 |
| Venice: Theme and Variations | Narrator (voice) | 1957 |
| Etosha: Place of Dry Water | Narrator (voice) | 1980 |
| Australia's Animal Mysteries | Narrator (voice) | 1984 |
| The Hemingway Play | Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged) | 1976 |
| The Night America Trembled | Self - Host | 1957 |
| People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer | Narrator (voice) | 1971 |
| The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children | Luke (voice) | 1976 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp | 1964 |
| Cain's Hundred | Judge Philip Hallson | 1961 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Lucas Coleman | 1969 |
| Naked City | Walter Gerrick | 1958 |
| Mannix | Count Boria | 1967 |
| Studio One | Edward | 1948 |
| The Secret Storm | Dr. Ian Northcoate | 1954 |
| Johnny Staccato | 1959 | |
| The Twilight Zone | George Harper | 1959 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Horace Meade | 1955 |
| Philip Marlowe | Dr. Steve Vincent | 1959 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Garrett Nolan | 1962 |
| Rawhide | Albert Hadley | 1959 |
| Daniel Boone | Eli Bothwell | 1964 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Hagen | 1950 |
| Climax! | Frank Martin | 1954 |
| Meeting of Minds | Galileo Galilei | 1977 |
| The Word | Narrator (voice) | 1978 |
| The 20th Century Fox Hour | Joe Markheim | 1955 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Judge Coogan | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Byron Claremont | 1958 |
| Mr. Novak | Allen Ferguson | 1963 |
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Colonel del Armija - Interrogator | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Joseph Priestley | 1956 |
| The Walter Winchell File | Agent | 1957 |
| The Defenders | John Wellman | 1961 |
| The Defenders | George Matthias | 1961 |
| The Asphalt Jungle | Roy Bradley | 1961 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Anthony Alquist | 1969 |
| Bonanza | Jean Millain | 1959 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | Hubbell Robinson (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Kraft Television Theatre | 1947 | |
| Mr. Novak | George Andreas | 1963 |
| Studio One | Narrator (voice) | 1948 |
| Studio One | Prof. Tom Monev | 1948 |
| Studio One | Carl Phillips | 1948 |
| Climax! | David Potter | 1954 |
| Climax! | Eric Betzdorff | 1954 |
| National Geographic Specials | Narrator (voice) | 1965 |
| Great Performances | 1971 | |
| Kraft Television Theatre | Narrator (voice) | 1947 |
| Omnibus | Odysseus | 1952 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | King | 1958 |
