Alexander Scourby
Acting
- Born:
- 1913-11-13
- Died:
- 1985-02-22
- Place of birth:
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 one of the greatest narrators: "He is heralded as having the greatest voice ever recorded."
Known For
Filmography
The Stuff
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
Merton: A Film Biography
Australia's Animal Mysteries
Jesus
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
Uncommon Women and Others
This Other Eden
The Word
Meeting of Minds
The Hemingway Play
Buddhism in China
Atonement
Montserrat
Great Performances
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
The Executioner
The Glory of Their Times
Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Lonely Dorymen
Grizzly!
Mannix
1999 A.D.
The Incredible World of James Bond
The Gendarme in New York
National Geographic Specials
China!
The Unending Struggle
Daniel Boone
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Mr. Novak
The Wall
The Eleventh Hour
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
The Asphalt Jungle
Man on a String
Seven Thieves
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
Philip Marlowe
The Twilight Zone
Bonanza
Johnny Staccato
The Big Fisherman
The Shaggy Dog
The Velvet Alley
Rawhide
Me and the Colonel
Naked City
The Rifleman
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Shirley Temple's Storybook
The Song of Christmas
Project XX: The Innocent Years
The Walter Winchell File
The Night America Trembled
Venice: Theme and Variations
Giant
Project XX: The Great War - World War I
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Telephone Time
The Twisted Cross
Ransom!
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Phil Silvers Show
The Silver Chalice
Sign of the Pagan
Three Two One - Zero!
The Wonderful World of Disney
Climax!
Victory at Sea
The Shadow
The Secret Storm
The Spirit of Christmas
The Big Heat
The Glory Brigade
The Redhead from Wyoming
Because of You
Omnibus
Affair in Trinidad
Lux Video Theatre
Studio One
Kraft Television Theatre
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave