Alexander Scourby

Biography

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."

Known For

The Rifleman

Bonanza

Mannix

Daniel Boone

Great Performances

Rawhide

The Twilight Zone

Climax!

All Movies (53)

• The Stuff1985 · as Evans
• Among the Wild Chimpanzees1984 · as Narrator (voice)
• Merton: A Film Biography1984 · as Narrator (voice)
• Australia's Animal Mysteries1984 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-19451981 · as English language narrator
• Jesus1979 · as Luke (voice)
• Etosha: Place of Dry Water1979 · as Narrator (voice)
• Uncommon Women and Others1979 · as Narrator (voice)
• This Other Eden1979 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Hemingway Play1976 · as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
• Buddhism in China1972 · as Narrator (voice)
• Atonement1971 · as Narrator (voice)
• Montserrat1971
• People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter1971 · as Narrator (voice)
• People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer1971 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Executioner1970 · as Prof. Parker
• The Glory of Their Times1970 · as Narrator
• The Lonely Dorymen1968 · as Narrator (voice)
• Grizzly!1967 · as Narrator (voice)
• 1999 A.D.1967 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Incredible World of James Bond1965 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Gendarme in New York1965 · as Alex Scourby
• China!1965 · as Narrator
• The Unending Struggle1965 · as Narrator
• The Wall1962 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Devil at 4 O'Clock1961 · as The Governor
• Man on a String1960 · as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
• Seven Thieves1960 · as Raymond Le May
• Project XX: Life in the Thirties1959 · as Self - Narrator
• The Big Fisherman1959 · as David Ben-Zadok
• The Shaggy Dog1959 · as Mikhail Andrassy
• The Velvet Alley1959 · as Harvey Diedrich
• Me and the Colonel1958 · as Major Von Bergen
• The Song of Christmas1957 · as Narrator (voice)
• Project XX: The Innocent Years1957 · as Self - Narrator
• The Night America Trembled1957 · as Host
• Venice: Theme and Variations1957 · as Narrator (voice)
• Giant1956 · as Old Polo
• Project XX: The Great War - World War I1956 · as Self - Narrator
• The Twisted Cross1956 · as Narrator (voice)
• Ransom!1956 · as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
• The Silver Chalice1954 · as Luke
• Sign of the Pagan1954 · as Chrysaphius
• Three Two One - Zero!1954 · as Narrator
• Victory at Sea1954 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Shadow1954 · as Rollo Grimbauer
• The Spirit of Christmas1953 · as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Big Heat1953 · as Mike Lagana
• The Glory Brigade1953 · as Lt. Niklas
• The Redhead from Wyoming1953 · as Reece Duncan
• Because of You1952 · as Dr. Breen
• Affair in Trinidad1952 · as Max Fabian
• Hell Gate: The Watery Grave— · as Narrator (voice)

All TV Shows (45)

• The Word1978 · as Narrator (voice)
• Meeting of Minds1977 · as Galileo Galilei
• Great Performances1971
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Lucas Coleman
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Anthony Alquist
• Mannix1967 · as Count Boria
• National Geographic Specials1965 · as Narrator (voice)
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Eli Bothwell
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
• Mr. Novak1963 · as Allen Ferguson
• Mr. Novak1963 · as George Andreas
• The Eleventh Hour1962 · as Garrett Nolan
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Judge Philip Hallson
• The Defenders1961 · as John Wellman
• The Defenders1961 · as George Matthias
• The Asphalt Jungle1961 · as Roy Bradley
• Philip Marlowe1959 · as Dr. Steve Vincent
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as George Harper
• Bonanza1959 · as Jean Millain
• Johnny Staccato1959
• Rawhide1959 · as Albert Hadley
• Naked City1958 · as Walter Gerrick
• The Rifleman1958 · as Byron Claremont
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Judge Coogan
• Shirley Temple's Storybook1958 · as King
• The Walter Winchell File1957 · as Agent
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
• Telephone Time1956 · as Joseph Priestley
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Joe Markheim
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Horace Meade
• The Phil Silvers Show1955 · as Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
• Climax!1954 · as Frank Martin
• Climax!1954 · as David Potter
• Climax!1954 · as Eric Betzdorff
• The Secret Storm1954 · as Dr. Ian Northcoate
• Omnibus1952 · as Odysseus
• Omnibus1952 · as El Indio
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Hagen
• Studio One1948 · as Edward
• Studio One1948 · as Narrator (voice)
• Studio One1948 · as Prof. Tom Monev
• Studio One1948 · as Carl Phillips
• Kraft Television Theatre1947
• Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Narrator (voice)