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Alexander Scourby

13th November 1913 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Acting

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."

47 Movies 44 TV Shows 99 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Jesus poster
Jesus 19th October 1979 as Luke (voice)
Atonement poster
Atonement 12th September 1971 as Narrator (voice)
Grizzly! poster
Grizzly! 31st October 1967 as Narrator (voice)
The Wall poster
The Wall 8th November 1962 as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Giant poster
Giant 8th November 1956 as Old Polo
Ransom! poster
Ransom! 24th January 1956 as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
The Word poster
The Word 12th November 1978 as Narrator (voice)
Mannix poster
Mannix 16th September 1967 as Count Boria
Bonanza poster
Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Jean Millain
Rawhide poster
Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Albert Hadley
Climax! poster
Climax! 7th October 1954 as Frank Martin
Climax! poster
Climax! 7th October 1954 as David Potter
Climax! poster
Climax! 7th October 1954 as Eric Betzdorff