Alexander Scourby
American actor (1913-1985) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 71 · Born 113 years ago today
Alexander Scourby was an American film, television, and voice actor and narrator known for his deep and resonant voice and Mid-Atlantic accent.
Alexander Scourby is read about 90 times a day, in 10 languages.
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The StuffFilm, 1985Evans1984
Among the Wild ChimpanzeesFilm, Narrator (voice)1982Migel MedalAward1976
The Hemingway PlayFilm, Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)1971
Great PerformancesSeries
MontserratFilm, 19711969
Marcus Welby, M.D.Series, Lucas Coleman1968
The Lonely DorymenFilm, Narrator (voice)1967
1999 A.D.Film, Narrator (voice)1965
China!Film, Narrator1964
Daniel BooneSeries, Eli Bothwell1963
Mr. NovakSeries, Allen Ferguson1961
The Devil at 4 O'ClockFilm, The Governor1960
Man on a StringFilm, Colonel Vadja Kubelov1959
BonanzaSeries, Jean Millain
Project XX: Life in the ThirtiesFilm, 19591958
Naked CitySeries, Walter Gerrick1957
The Night America TrembledFilm, Host1956
GiantFilm, Old Polo1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Horace Meade1954
Climax!Series, Frank Martin1953
The Big HeatFilm, Mike Lagana1952
Affair in TrinidadFilm, Max Fabian1948
Studio OneSeries, Edward1947
Kraft Television TheatreSeries, Narrator (voice)1913Born13 November 1913People around Alexander
George Duning Wrote Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Glenn Ford Also in The Big Heat and Ransom!
Jean Girault Directed Gendarme in New York (1967)
Eugene Borden Also in The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)
Jean Del Val Also in The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)- Sydney Boehm Produced Seven Thieves (1960)
Walt Disney Produced The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Rita Hayworth Produced Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Fritz Lang Directed The Big Heat (1954)
Frank Borzage Directed The Big Fisherman (1959)
George Stevens Directed Giant (1956)
Douglas Sirk Directed Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Mervyn LeRoy Directed The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)
Jeff Chandler Also in Because of You and Sign of the Pagan
Juanita Moore Also in Ransom! and Affair in Trinidad
Vincent Sherman Produced Affair in Trinidad (1952)
André de Toth Directed Man on a String (1960)- Charles Barton Directed The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Peter Glenville Directed Me and the Colonel (1958)
Herbert Rudley Also in The Silver Chalice and The Big Fisherman- Bill Walsh Produced The Shaggy Dog (1959)
- Victor Saville Produced The Silver Chalice (1954)
Ralph Moody Also in Affair in Trinidad and The Big Fisherman
William Goetz Produced Me and the Colonel (1958)
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Jesus 1979
The Big Heat 1953
Giant 1956
Affair in Trinidad 1952
The Gendarme in New York 1965
Filmography 40
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Television 24
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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 was an accomplished narrator, including for 18 episodes of National Geographic Specials from 1966 to 1985. Scourby recorded 422 audiobooks for the blind, which he considered his most important work.
