Alexander Scourby
Actor
- Born
- November 13, 1913 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 22, 1985 (age 71)
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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
Giant
November 8, 1956
The Big Heat
October 14, 1953
The Gendarme in New York
October 28, 1965
The Stuff
June 14, 1985
Jesus
October 19, 1979
The Shaggy Dog
March 19, 1959
Affair in Trinidad
July 29, 1952
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
October 18, 1961
The Silver Chalice
December 20, 1954
Seven Thieves
March 11, 1960
Ransom!
January 24, 1956
Me and the Colonel
October 1, 1958
Acting52
- 1985The Stuff as Evans
- 1984Among the Wild Chimpanzees as Narrator (voice)
- 1984Merton: A Film Biography as Narrator (voice)
- 1984Australia's Animal Mysteries as Narrator (voice)
- 1979Jesus as Luke (voice)
- 1979Etosha: Place of Dry Water as Narrator (voice)
- 1979Uncommon Women and Others as Narrator (voice)
- 1979This Other Eden as Narrator (voice)
- 1976The Hemingway Play as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
- 1972