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."
Acting (44 movies)
Giant
1956
Merton: A Film Biography
1984
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961
The Big Heat
1953
Affair in Trinidad
1952
Jesus
1979
Seven Thieves
1960
The Silver Chalice
1954
Man on a String
1960
The Glory Brigade
1953
Ransom!
1956
Me and the Colonel
1958
Uncommon Women and Others
1979
The Executioner
1970
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
Because of You
1952
The Stuff
1985
The Big Fisherman
1959
Sign of the Pagan
1954
The Shadow
1954
The Shaggy Dog
1959
Atonement
1971
The Spirit of Christmas
1953
Montserrat
1971
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984
Victory at Sea
1954
The Wall
1962
The Redhead from Wyoming
1953
The Velvet Alley
1959
1999 A.D.
1967
The Twisted Cross
1956
Grizzly!
1967
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
1971
The Gendarme in New York
1965
Venice: Theme and Variations
1957
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
1980
Australia's Animal Mysteries
1984
The Hemingway Play
1976
The Night America Trembled
1957
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
1959
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
1981
Project XX: The Great War - World War I
1956
Project XX: The Innocent Years
1957
The Glory of Their Times
1970
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