Alexander Scourby

Alexander Scourby

b. 1913 — d. 1985 (aged 72) Brooklyn, New York, USA

Actor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander Scourby (/ˈskɔːrbi/; 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

The Redhead from Wyoming

The Redhead from Wyoming

The Big Heat

The Silver Chalice

The Silver Chalice

Giant

Filmography

The Stuff

Merton

Cousteau: The Mississippi

Strange But True

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

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

narrator in English version

The Jesus Film

This Other Eden

Fantastic Yellowstone

Self - Narrator

The Mississippi: Reluctant Ally/Friendly Foe

The Hemingway Play

The Hemingway Play

Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)

Instinct for Survival

Instinct for Survival

Narrator (US English language version)

Keepers of Wildlife

Commentary read by

People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter

People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter

People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

The Enchanted Years

The Executioner

The Executioner

The Glory of Their Times

The Glory of Their Times

Atonement

Commentary read by

1999 A.D.

Ready on Arrival

National Geographic Specials

National Geographic Specials

Self - Narrator

The Incredible World of James Bond

The Incredible World of James Bond

Autobiographical by A.M. Klein

The General with the Cockeyed Id

The General with the Cockeyed Id

The Story of Camp Century: The City Under Ice

The World of Maurice Chevalier

The Wall

The World of Sophia Loren

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

Seven Thieves

Man on a String

Man on a String

Colonel Vadja Kubelov

The Shaggy Dog

Dr. Mikhail Andrassy

The Big Fisherman

The Big Fisherman

David Ben-Zadok

Me and the Colonel

Me and the Colonel

Major Von Bergen

Venice: Themes and Variations

Venice: Themes and Variations

Back in the Thirties

Ransom!

Dr. Paul Y. Gorman

The Kaiser Aluminum Hour

The Kaiser Aluminum Hour

The Twisted Cross

The Twisted Cross

Woodrow Wilson: Spokesman for Tomorrow

The Invader

The Silver Chalice

The Silver Chalice

Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan

Victory at Sea

The Shadow

Rollo Grimbauer

Project Twenty

Self - Narrator

The Big Heat

The Redhead from Wyoming

The Redhead from Wyoming

The Glory Brigade

The Glory Brigade

Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad

Because of You

Frontiers of Faith

Frontiers of Faith

Wings to the Word

The Spirit of Christmas

The Spirit of Christmas

'Nativity' Narrator

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