
Alexander Scourby
Department: Acting
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

Giant
1956

Merton: A Film Biography
1984

The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961

The Big Heat
1953

Affair in Trinidad
1952

Jesus
1979

Seven Thieves
1960

The Silver Chalice
1954

Man on a String
1960

The Glory Brigade
1953

Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
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Ransom!
1956

Me and the Colonel
1958

Buddhism in China
1972

Uncommon Women and Others
1979

The Executioner
1970

The Incredible World of James Bond
1965

Because of You
1952

The Stuff
1985

The Lonely Dorymen
1968

The Big Fisherman
1959

Sign of the Pagan
1954

The Shadow
1954

The Shaggy Dog
1959

Atonement
1971

The Song of Christmas
1957

The Spirit of Christmas
1953

Montserrat
1971

Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984

This Other Eden
1979

Victory at Sea
1954

The Wall
1962

The Redhead from Wyoming
1953

The Velvet Alley
1959

1999 A.D.
1967

The Twisted Cross
1956

Grizzly!
1967

People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
1971

The Gendarme in New York
1965

Venice: Theme and Variations
1957

Etosha: Place of Dry Water
1980

Australia's Animal Mysteries
1984

The Hemingway Play
1976

The Night America Trembled
1957

People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
1971

Three Two One - Zero!
1954

Project XX: Life in the Thirties
1959

The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
1981

Project XX: The Great War - World War I
1956

Project XX: The Innocent Years
1957

The Glory of Their Times
1970

The Unending Struggle
1965

China!
1965

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

Cain's Hundred
1961

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

Naked City
1958

Mannix
1967

Studio One
1948

The Secret Storm
1954

Johnny Staccato
1959

The Twilight Zone
1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Philip Marlowe
1959

The Eleventh Hour
1962

Rawhide
1959

Daniel Boone
1964

Lux Video Theatre
1950

Climax!
1954

Meeting of Minds
1977

The Word
1978

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

The Rifleman
1958

Mr. Novak
1963

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Telephone Time
1956

The Walter Winchell File
1957

The Defenders
1961

The Defenders
1961

The Asphalt Jungle
1961

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

Bonanza
1959

The Phil Silvers Show
1955

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

Mr. Novak
1963

Studio One
1948

Studio One
1948

Studio One
1948

Climax!
1954

Climax!
1954

National Geographic Specials
1965

Great Performances
1971

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

Omnibus
1952

Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958

Omnibus
1952

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954