Alexander Scourby
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican actor (1913-1985)
Alexander Scourby was an American film, television, and voice actor and narrator known for his deep and resonant voice and Mid-Atlantic accent.
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Giant
The Stuff
The Big Heat
The Gendarme in New York
Jesus
The Shaggy Dog
Affair in Trinidad
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
The Silver Chalice
Seven Thieves
Ransom!
Me and the Colonel
The Executioner
The Redhead from Wyoming
The Big Fisherman
Because of You
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
Sign of the Pagan
Man on a String
The Incredible World of James Bond
The Glory Brigade
The Wall
The Spirit of Christmas
1999 A.D.
Venice: Theme and Variations
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
Merton: A Film Biography
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
The Shadow
The Night America Trembled
The Glory of Their Times
The Hemingway Play
The Lonely Dorymen
The Velvet Alley
Montserrat
Uncommon Women and Others
Australia's Animal Mysteries
Atonement
Victory at Sea98 credits on file
Television 24
Bonanza
Mannix
The Rifleman
The Twilight Zone
Great Performances
Naked City
Climax!
Daniel Boone
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Rawhide
Studio One
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Defenders
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Omnibus
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Phil Silvers Show
Kraft Television Theatre
Shirley Temple's StorybookAwards 1
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James IvoryAlso in Venice: Theme and Variations (1957)
Frances DeeAlso in Because of You (1952)
Edward R. MurrowAlso in The Night America Trembled (1957)
Jeanne CooperAlso in The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
Henry HathawayAlso in Seven Thieves (1960)
Dieter HildebrandtAlso in The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 (1981)About this person
Alexander Scourby was an American film, television, and voice actor and narrator known for his deep and resonant voice and Mid-Atlantic accent. 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.
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