Alexander Scourby
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 Stuff
1985
as Evans
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984
as Narrator (voice)
Merton: A Film Biography
1984
as Narrator (voice)
Australia's Animal Mysteries
1984
as Narrator (voice)
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
1981
as English language narrator
Jesus
1979
as Luke (voice)
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
1979
as Narrator (voice)
Uncommon Women and Others
1979
as Narrator (voice)
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This Other Eden
1979
as Narrator (voice)
The Hemingway Play
1976
as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
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Buddhism in China
1972
as Narrator (voice)
Atonement
1971
as Narrator (voice)
Montserrat
1971
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
1971
as Narrator (voice)
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People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
1971
as Narrator (voice)
The Executioner
1970
as Prof. Parker
The Glory of Their Times
1970
as Narrator
The Lonely Dorymen
1968
as Narrator (voice)
Grizzly!
1967
as Narrator (voice)
1999 A.D.
1967
as Narrator (voice)
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
as Narrator (voice)
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Alex Scourby
China!
1965
as Narrator
- No poster
The Unending Struggle
1965
as Narrator