Alexander Scourby
November 13, 1913 (111 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
- 1985 · The Stuff as Evans
- 1984 · Among the Wild Chimpanzees as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 · Merton: A Film Biography as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 · Australia's Animal Mysteries as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · Etosha: Place of Dry Water as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 · Jesus as Luke (voice)
- 1979 · Uncommon Women and Others as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 · This Other Eden as Narrator (voice)
- 1978 · The Word as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 · Meeting of Minds as Galileo Galilei
- 1976 · The Hemingway Play as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
- 1976 · The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children as Luke (voice)
- 1972 · Buddhism in China as Narrator (voice)
- 1971 · Atonement as Narrator (voice)
- 1971 · Montserrat as
- 1971 · Great Performances as
- 1971 · People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter as Narrator (voice)
- 1971 · People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer as Narrator (voice)
- 1970 · The Executioner as Prof. Parker
- 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Lucas Coleman
- 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Anthony Alquist
- 1968 · The Lonely Dorymen as Narrator (voice)
- 1967 · Grizzly! as Narrator (voice)
- 1967 · Mannix as Count Boria
- 1967 · 1999 A.D. as Narrator (voice)
- 1965 · The Incredible World of James Bond as Narrator (voice)
- 1965 · The Gendarme in New York as Alex Scourby
- 1965 · National Geographic Specials as Narrator (voice)
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Eli Bothwell
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
- 1963 · Mr. Novak as Allen Ferguson
- 1963 · Mr. Novak as George Andreas
- 1962 · The Wall as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Eleventh Hour as Garrett Nolan
- 1961 · The Devil at 4 O'Clock as The Governor
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Judge Philip Hallson
- 1961 · The Defenders as John Wellman
- 1961 · The Defenders as George Matthias
- 1961 · The Asphalt Jungle as Roy Bradley
- 1960 · Man on a String as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
- 1960 · Seven Thieves as Raymond Le May
- 1959 · Philip Marlowe as Dr. Steve Vincent
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as George Harper
- 1959 · Bonanza as Jean Millain
- 1959 · Johnny Staccato as
- 1959 · The Big Fisherman as David Ben-Zadok
- 1959 · The Shaggy Dog as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
- 1959 · The Velvet Alley as Harvey Diedrich
- 1959 · Rawhide as Albert Hadley
- 1958 · Me and the Colonel as Major Von Bergen
- 1958 · Naked City as Walter Gerrick
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Byron Claremont
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Judge Coogan
- 1958 · Shirley Temple's Storybook as King
- 1957 · The Song of Christmas as Narrator (voice)
- 1957 · The Walter Winchell File as Agent
- 1957 · The Night America Trembled as Self - Host
- 1957 · Venice: Theme and Variations as Narrator (voice)
- 1956 · Giant as Old Polo
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
- 1956 · Telephone Time as Joseph Priestley
- 1956 · The Twisted Cross as Narrator (voice)
- 1956 · Ransom! as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Joe Markheim
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Horace Meade
- 1955 · The Phil Silvers Show as Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Silver Chalice as Luke
- 1954 · Sign of the Pagan as Chrysaphius
- 1954 · Climax! as Frank Martin
- 1954 · Climax! as David Potter
- 1954 · Climax! as Eric Betzdorff
- 1954 · Victory at Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 1954 · The Shadow as Rollo Grimbauer
- 1954 · The Secret Storm as Dr. Ian Northcoate
- 1953 · The Spirit of Christmas as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Big Heat as Mike Lagana
- 1953 · The Glory Brigade as Lt. Niklas
- 1953 · The Redhead from Wyoming as Reece Duncan
- 1952 · Because of You as Dr. Breen
- 1952 · Omnibus as Odysseus
- 1952 · Affair in Trinidad as Max Fabian
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Hagen
- 1948 · Studio One as Edward
- 1948 · Studio One as Narrator (voice)
- 1948 · Studio One as Prof. Tom Monev
- 1948 · Studio One as Carl Phillips
- 1947 · Kraft Television Theatre as
- 1947 · Kraft Television Theatre as Narrator (voice)
- Future · Hell Gate: The Watery Grave as Narrator (voice)