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Alexander Scourby 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.
Born
Thursday, 13 November 1913
Died
Friday, 22 February 1985
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Stuff | Evans | 1985 |
| Merton | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1984 |
| Australia's Animal Mysteries | Narrator | 1984 |
| The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 | narrator in English version | 1981 |
| The Jesus Film | Luke / Luke (voice) | 1979 |
| The Word | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1978 |
| Meeting of Minds | Galileo Galilei | 1977 |
| Bij de beesten af | Narrator (US English language version) | 1972 |
| Montserrat | 1971 | |
| Great Performances | Narrator | 1971 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Stuff | Evans | 1985 |
| Merton | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1984 |
| Australia's Animal Mysteries | Narrator | 1984 |
| The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 | narrator in English version | 1981 |
| The Jesus Film | Luke / Luke (voice) | 1979 |
| The Word | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1978 |
| Meeting of Minds | Galileo Galilei | 1977 |
| Bij de beesten af | Narrator (US English language version) | 1972 |
| Montserrat | 1971 | |
| Great Performances | Narrator | 1971 |
| People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1971 |
| People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer | Narrator | 1971 |
| The Executioner | Prof. Parker | 1970 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Anthony Alquist / Lucas Coleman | 1969 |
| Memorandum | Narrator | 1967 |
| Mannix | Count Boria | 1967 |
| Eye on Art | Self - Narrator | 1967 |
| The Incredible World of James Bond | Self - Narrator | 1965 |
| The Gendarme in New York | (as Alex Scourby) / Alex Scourby | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Eli Bothwell | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp | 1964 |
| The Rogues | Gregor Szeleky | 1964 |
| Mr. Novak | Allen Ferguson / George Andreas | 1963 |
| The Wall | Narrator | 1962 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Garrett Nolan | 1962 |
| The Devil at 4 O'Clock | The Governor | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Gen. Secour | 1961 |
| Cain's Hundred | Judge Philip Hallson | 1961 |
| The Defenders | John Wellman / George Matthias | 1961 |
| The Asphalt Jungle | Roy Bradley | 1961 |
| Man on a String | Colonel Vadja Kubelov | 1960 |
| Seven Thieves | Raymond Le May | 1960 |
| World Wide '60 | Self - Narrator | 1960 |
| Play of the Week | Rakitin | 1959 |
| Philip Marlowe | Dr. Steve Vincent | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Maj. Gen. George Harper | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Jean Millain | 1959 |
| Johnny Staccato | Brother Max | 1959 |
| The Big Fisherman | David Ben-Zadok | 1959 |
| Markham | Bernard Frazer | 1959 |
| The Shaggy Dog | Dr. Mikhail Andrassy | 1959 |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Narrator | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Albert Hadley | 1959 |
| Me and the Colonel | Major Von Bergen | 1958 |
| Naked City | Walter Gerrick | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Byron Claremont | 1958 |
| The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen | J.B. Sanford | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Judge Coogan | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | King | 1958 |
| The Web | John Emmett | 1957 |
| Venice: Theme and Variations | Narration / Narrator (voice) | 1957 |
| Giant | Old Polo | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Colonel del Armija - Interrogator | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Harvey Diedrich | 1956 |
| The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | Chorus / Frank Miles | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Joseph Priestley | 1956 |
| Ransom! | Dr. Paul Y. Gorman | 1956 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Joe Markheim | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Horace Meade | 1955 |
| I Spy | Leonardo da Vinci | 1955 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | Hubbell Robinson | 1955 |
| Sign of the Pagan | Chrysaphius | 1954 |
| The Silver Chalice | Luke | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Dr. Mikhail Andrassy | 1954 |
| Producers' Showcase | Narrator | 1954 |
| Climax! | Frank Martin / Eric Betzdorff / David Potter | 1954 |
| Project Twenty | Himself - Narrator | 1954 |
| Victory at Sea | Narrator | 1954 |
| The Spirit of Christmas | Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator | 1953 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Aubrey Wilson / Robert Deane / Sergeant | 1953 |
| Ponds Theater | Robert Browning | 1953 |
| The Big Heat | Mike Lagana | 1953 |
| The Glory Brigade | Lt. Niklas | 1953 |
| The Redhead from Wyoming | Reece Duncan | 1953 |
| Because of You | Dr. Breen | 1952 |
| Omnibus | Ben Jonson (segment "The Trial of Ben Jonson") / El Indio (segment "Paso Doble") / Odysseus (segment) | 1952 |
| Affair in Trinidad | Max Fabian | 1952 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Hagen | 1950 |
| With These Hands | Doctor | 1950 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Abraham Rothstein / Victor / Tomas Rico / Steve Hayward | 1950 |
| The Big Story | Ray Springle | 1949 |
| Studio One | Prof. Tom Monev / Narrator / Edward / Carl Phillips - Host | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
| Kraft Theatre | Narrator | 1947 |
