Alexander Scourby
Actor
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 being one of the greatest narrators: "He is heralded as having the greatest voice ever recorded."
Filmography
The Gendarme in New York
as Alex Scourby 1965
The Big Heat
as Mike Lagana 1953
The Stuff
as Evans 1985
Jesus
as Luke (voice) 1979
The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy 1959
Affair in Trinidad
as Max Fabian 1952
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as The Governor 1961
Seven Thieves
as Raymond Le May 1960
The Silver Chalice
as Luke 1954
Ransom!
as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman 1956
Me and the Colonel
as Major Von Bergen 1958
The Executioner
as Prof. Parker 1970
The Redhead from Wyoming
as Reece Duncan 1953
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
as English language narrator 1981
The Big Fisherman
as David Ben-Zadok 1959
Man on a String
as Colonel Vadja Kubelov 1960