Alexander Scourby

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-11-13 (72 years old)

Deathday

1985-02-22

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Alexander Scourby

Biography

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 h...

Acting

1956

Giant

as Old Polo

1984

Merton: A Film Biography

as Narrator (voice)

1961

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

as The Governor

1953

The Big Heat

as Mike Lagana

1952

Affair in Trinidad

as Max Fabian

1979

Jesus

as Luke (voice)

1960

Seven Thieves

as Raymond Le May

1960

Man on a String

as Colonel Vadja Kubelov

1953

The Glory Brigade

as Lt. Niklas

-

Hell Gate: The Watery Grave

as Narrator (voice)

1956

Ransom!

as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman

1958

Me and the Colonel

as Major Von Bergen

1972

Buddhism in China

as Narrator (voice)

1979

Uncommon Women and Others

as Narrator (voice)

1970

The Executioner

as Prof. Parker

1965

1952

Because of You

as Dr. Breen

1985

The Stuff

as Evans

1968

The Lonely Dorymen

as Narrator (voice)

1959

The Big Fisherman

as David Ben-Zadok

1954

Sign of the Pagan

as Chrysaphius

1954

The Shadow

as Rollo Grimbauer

1959

The Shaggy Dog

as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy

1971

Atonement

as Narrator (voice)

1957

The Song of Christmas

as Narrator (voice)

1953

The Spirit of Christmas

as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1984

Among the Wild Chimpanzees

as Narrator (voice)

1979

This Other Eden

as Narrator (voice)

1954

Victory at Sea

as Narrator (voice)

1962

The Wall

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1953

1959

The Velvet Alley

as Harvey Diedrich

1967

1999 A.D.

as Narrator (voice)

1956

The Twisted Cross

as Narrator (voice)

1967

Grizzly!

as Narrator (voice)

1965

1957

Venice: Theme and Variations

as Narrator (voice)

1980

Etosha: Place of Dry Water

as Narrator (voice)

1984

Australia's Animal Mysteries

as Narrator (voice)

1976

The Hemingway Play

as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)

1954

1959

1957

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