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Alexander Scourby
- Name: Alexander Scourby
- Birthday: 1913-11-13
- Also known as: Alex Scourby
- Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Popularity: 4.06
Biography:
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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... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Stuff as Evans | 1985-06-14 |
| Among the Wild Chimpanzees | 1984-01-30 |
| Merton: A Film Biography as Narrator (voice) | 1984-01-01 |
| Australia's Animal Mysteries as Narrator | 1984-01-01 |
| Etosha: Place of Dry Water as Narrator | 1980-01-01 |
| Jesus as Luke (voice) | 1979-10-19 |
| Uncommon Women and Others as Narrator (voice) | 1979-06-20 |
| This Other Eden as Narrator | 1979-02-04 |
| The Hemingway Play as Papa | 1976-03-11 |
| The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children as Luke (voice) | 1976-01-01 |
| Buddhism in China as Narrator | 1972-01-01 |
| Atonement as Self - Narrator (voice) | 1971-09-12 |
| Montserrat | 1971-03-02 |
| People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter as Narrator (voice) | 1971-01-01 |
| People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer as Narrator (voice) | 1971-01-01 |
| The Executioner as Prof. Parker | 1970-09-06 |
| The Lonely Dorymen as Self - Narrator (voice) | 1968-04-16 |
| Grizzly! as Narrator | 1967-10-31 |
| 1999 A.D. as Self - Narrator (voice) | 1967-01-01 |
| The Incredible World of James Bond as Self - Narrator (voice) | 1965-11-26 |
| The Gendarme in New York as Alex Scourby | 1965-10-28 |
| The Wall as Narrator (uncredited) | 1962-11-08 |
| The Devil at 4 O'Clock as The Governor | 1961-10-18 |
| Man on a String as Colonel Vadja Kubelov | 1960-05-20 |
| Seven Thieves as Raymond Le May | 1960-03-11 |
| The Big Fisherman as David Ben-Zadok | 1959-08-04 |
| The Shaggy Dog as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy | 1959-03-19 |
| The Velvet Alley as Harvey Diedrich | 1959-01-22 |
| Me and the Colonel as Major Von Bergen | 1958-10-01 |
| The Song of Christmas as Narrator | 1957-12-20 |
| The Night America Trembled as Host | 1957-09-09 |
| Venice: Theme and Variations as Narrator (voice) | 1957-03-01 |
| Giant as Old Polo | 1956-11-08 |
| The Twisted Cross as Narrator (voice) | 1956-03-14 |
| Ransom! as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman | 1956-01-24 |
| The Silver Chalice as Luke | 1954-12-20 |
| Sign of the Pagan as Chrysaphius | 1954-11-24 |
| Victory at Sea as Narrator | 1954-08-02 |
| The Shadow as Rollo Grimbauer | 1954-06-27 |
| The Spirit of Christmas as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (uncredited) | 1953-12-01 |
| The Big Heat as Mike Lagana | 1953-10-14 |
| The Glory Brigade as Lt. Niklas | 1953-05-20 |
| The Redhead from Wyoming as Reece Duncan | 1953-01-08 |
| Because of You as Dr. Breen | 1952-12-04 |
| Affair in Trinidad as Max Fabian | 1952-07-29 |
