Alexander Scourby
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 13, 1913 (112 years old)
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
| 1985 | The StuffEvans | |
| 1984 | Merton: A Film BiographyNarrator (voice) | |
| 1984 | Among the Wild ChimpanzeesNarrator (voice) | |
| 1984 | Australia's Animal MysteriesNarrator (voice) | |
| 1981 | The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945English language narrator | |
| 1980 | Etosha: Place of Dry WaterNarrator (voice) | |
| 1979 | JesusLuke (voice) | |
| 1979 | Uncommon Women and OthersNarrator (voice) | |
| 1979 | This Other EdenNarrator (voice) | |
| 1978 | The WordNarrator (voice) | |
| 1977 | Meeting of MindsGalileo Galilei | |
| 1976 | The Hemingway PlayErnest Hemingway (middle-aged) | |
| 1972 | Buddhism in ChinaNarrator (voice) | |
| 1971 | AtonementNarrator (voice) | |
| 1971 | Montserrat | |
| 1971 | People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo WinterNarrator (voice) | |
| 1971 | People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo SummerNarrator (voice) | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | |
| 1970 | The ExecutionerProf. Parker | |
| 1970 | The Glory of Their TimesNarrator | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D.Lucas Coleman | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D.Anthony Alquist | |
| 1968 | The Lonely DorymenNarrator (voice) | |
| 1967 | 1999 A.D.Narrator (voice) | |
| 1967 | Grizzly!Narrator (voice) | |
| 1967 | MannixCount Boria | |
| 1965 | The Incredible World of James BondNarrator (voice) | |
| 1965 | The Gendarme in New YorkAlex Scourby | |
| 1965 | The Unending StruggleNarrator | |
| 1965 | China!Narrator | |
| 1965 | National Geographic SpecialsNarrator (voice) | |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp | |
| 1964 | Daniel BooneEli Bothwell | |
| 1963 | Mr. NovakAllen Ferguson | |
| 1963 | Mr. NovakGeorge Andreas | |
| 1962 | The WallNarrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | The Eleventh HourGarrett Nolan | |
| 1961 | The Devil at 4 O'ClockThe Governor | |
| 1961 | Cain's HundredJudge Philip Hallson | |
| 1961 | The DefendersJohn Wellman | |
| 1961 | The DefendersGeorge Matthias | |
| 1961 | The Asphalt JungleRoy Bradley | |
| 1960 | Seven ThievesRaymond Le May | |
| 1960 | Man on a StringColonel Vadja Kubelov | |
| 1959 | The Big FishermanDavid Ben-Zadok | |
| 1959 | The Shaggy DogDr. Mikhail Andrassy | |
| 1959 | The Velvet AlleyHarvey Diedrich | |
| 1959 | Project XX: Life in the ThirtiesSelf - Narrator | |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | |
| 1959 | The Twilight ZoneGeorge Harper | |
| 1959 | Philip MarloweDr. Steve Vincent | |
| 1959 | RawhideAlbert Hadley | |
| 1959 | BonanzaJean Millain | |
| 1958 | Me and the ColonelMajor Von Bergen | |
| 1958 | Naked CityWalter Gerrick | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or AliveJudge Coogan | |
| 1958 | The RiflemanByron Claremont | |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's StorybookKing | |
| 1957 | The Song of ChristmasNarrator (voice) | |
| 1957 | Venice: Theme and VariationsNarrator (voice) | |
| 1957 | The Night America TrembledHost | |
| 1957 | Project XX: The Innocent YearsSelf - Narrator | |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell FileAgent | |
| 1956 | GiantOld Polo | |
| 1956 | Ransom!Dr. Paul Y. Gorman | |
| 1956 | The Twisted CrossNarrator (voice) | |
| 1956 | Project XX: The Great War - World War ISelf - Narrator | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreColonel del Armija - Interrogator | |
| 1956 | Telephone TimeJoseph Priestley | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsHorace Meade | |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox HourJoe Markheim | |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers ShowHubbell Robinson (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | The Silver ChaliceLuke | |
| 1954 | Sign of the PaganChrysaphius | |
| 1954 | The ShadowRollo Grimbauer | |
| 1954 | Victory at SeaNarrator (voice) | |
| 1954 | Three Two One - Zero!Narrator | |
| 1954 | The Secret StormDr. Ian Northcoate | |
| 1954 | Climax!Frank Martin | |
| 1954 | Climax!David Potter | |
| 1954 | Climax!Eric Betzdorff | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneyDr. Mikhail Andrassy | |
| 1953 | The Big HeatMike Lagana | |
| 1953 | The Glory BrigadeLt. Niklas | |
| 1953 | The Spirit of ChristmasClement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | The Redhead from WyomingReece Duncan | |
| 1952 | Affair in TrinidadMax Fabian | |
| 1952 | Because of YouDr. Breen | |
| 1952 | OmnibusOdysseus | |
| 1952 | OmnibusEl Indio | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreHagen | |
| 1948 | Studio OneEdward | |
| 1948 | Studio OneNarrator (voice) | |
| 1948 | Studio OneProf. Tom Monev | |
| 1948 | Studio OneCarl Phillips | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television TheatreNarrator (voice) | |
| - | Hell Gate: The Watery GraveNarrator (voice) |