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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."
The roles that explain the career.
23 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Stuff | Evans | Film |
| 1984 | Australia's Animal Mysteries | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1981 | The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 | English language narrator | Film |
| 1979 | Jesus | Luke (voice) | Film |
| 1979 | Uncommon Women and Others | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1971 | People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1965 | The Gendarme in New York | Alex Scourby | Film |
| 1961 | The Devil at 4 O'Clock | The Governor | Film |
| 1960 | Seven Thieves | Raymond Le May | Film |
| 1960 | Man on a String | Colonel Vadja Kubelov | Film |
| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog | Mikhail Andrassy | Film |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | David Ben-Zadok | Film |
| 1958 | Me and the Colonel | Major Von Bergen | Film |
| 1956 | Giant | Old Polo | Film |
| 1956 | Ransom! | Dr. Paul Y. Gorman | Film |
| 1954 | The Secret Storm | Dr. Ian Northcoate | TV |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Luke | Film |
| 1954 | Sign of the Pagan | Chrysaphius | Film |
| 1953 | The Redhead from Wyoming | Reece Duncan | Film |
| 1953 | The Glory Brigade | Lt. Niklas | Film |
| 1953 | The Big Heat | Mike Lagana | Film |
| 1952 | Affair in Trinidad | Max Fabian | Film |
| Hell Gate: The Watery Grave | Narrator (voice) | Film |
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