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Alexander Scourby

Alexander Scourby

Birthday: 1913-11-13 | Place of Birth: 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."

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1985
The Stuff

as    Evans

1984
Among the Wild Chimpanzees

as    Narrator (voice)

1984
Merton: A Film Biography

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)

1976
The Hemingway Play

as    Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)

1972
Buddhism in China

as    Narrator (voice)

1971
Atonement

as    Narrator (voice)

1970
The Executioner

as    Prof. Parker

1968
The Lonely Dorymen

as    Narrator (voice)

1967
1999 A.D.

as    Narrator (voice)

1967
Grizzly!

as    Narrator (voice)

1965
The Incredible World of James Bond

as    Narrator (voice)

1961
The Devil at 4 O'Clock

as    The Governor

1960
Man on a String

as    Colonel Vadja Kubelov

1960
Seven Thieves

as    Raymond Le May

1959
The Big Fisherman

as    David Ben-Zadok

1959
The Shaggy Dog

as    Dr. Mikhail Andrassy

1959
The Velvet Alley

as    Harvey Diedrich

1959
1958
Me and the Colonel

as    Major Von Bergen