Alexander Scourby

Birthday: 1913-11-13
Deathday: 1985-02-22
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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."

Credits

Year Title Character
1985-06-14 The Stuff Evans
1979-10-19 Jesus Luke (voice)
1976-03-11 The Hemingway Play Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
1976-01-01 The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children Luke (voice)
1971-03-02 Montserrat
1970-09-06 The Executioner Prof. Parker
1965-10-28 The Gendarme in New York Alex Scourby
1961-10-18 The Devil at 4 O'Clock The Governor
1960-05-20 Man on a String Colonel Vadja Kubelov
1960-03-11 Seven Thieves Raymond Le May
1959-08-04 The Big Fisherman David Ben-Zadok
1959-03-19 The Shaggy Dog Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
1959-01-22 The Velvet Alley Harvey Diedrich
1958-10-01 Me and the Colonel Major Von Bergen
1957-09-09 The Night America Trembled Host
1956-11-08 Giant Old Polo
1956-01-24 Ransom! Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
1954-12-20 The Silver Chalice Luke
1954-11-24 Sign of the Pagan Chrysaphius
1954-06-27 The Shadow Rollo Grimbauer
1953-10-14 The Big Heat Mike Lagana
1953-05-20 The Glory Brigade Lt. Niklas
1953-01-08 The Redhead from Wyoming Reece Duncan
1952-12-04 Because of You Dr. Breen
1952-07-29 Affair in Trinidad Max Fabian