Alexander Scourby

Alexander Scourby

Known for

Acting

Born

November 13, 1913

Birthplace

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died

February 22, 1985 (aged 71)

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 has a reputation in the audiobook industry as being...

Best known work

The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
1959
Giant
Giant
1956
The Gendarme in New York
The Gendarme in New York
1965
The Big Heat
The Big Heat
1953
The Stuff
The Stuff
1985
Bonanza
Bonanza
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Jesus
Jesus
1979
The Shaggy Dog
The Shaggy Dog
1959
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Hell Gate: The Watery Grave

    as Narrator (voice)

  2. 1985

    The Stuff

    as Evans

  3. 1984

    Among the Wild Chimpanzees

    as Narrator (voice)

  4. 1984

    Merton: A Film Biography

    as Narrator (voice)

  5. 1984

    Australia's Animal Mysteries

    as Narrator (voice)

  6. 1979

    Jesus

    as Luke (voice)

  7. 1979

    Etosha: Place of Dry Water

    as Narrator (voice)

  8. 1979

    Uncommon Women and Others

    as Narrator (voice)

  9. 1979

    This Other Eden

    as Narrator (voice)

  10. 1978

    The WordTV

    as Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)

  11. 1977

    Meeting of MindsTV

    as Galileo Galilei (2 episodes)

  12. 1976

    The Hemingway Play

    as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)

  13. 1972

    Buddhism in China

    as Narrator (voice)

  14. 1971

    Atonement

    as Narrator (voice)

  15. 1971

  16. 1971

  17. 1971

  18. 1971

  19. 1970

    The Executioner

    as Prof. Parker

  20. 1970

  21. 1969

    Marcus Welby, M.D.TV

    as Lucas Coleman (1 episode), as Anthony Alquist (1 episode)

  22. 1968

    The Lonely Dorymen

    as Narrator (voice)

  23. 1967

    Grizzly!

    as Narrator (voice)

  24. 1967

    MannixTV

    as Count Boria (2 episodes)

  25. 1967

    1999 A.D.

    as Narrator (voice)

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