8.5
TV
Acting
Alexander Scourby
- Born
- Died
- (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 88 titles
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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."
Signature work
Known For
8.5
TV
7.6
Movie
Giant
7.7
Movie
The Big Heat
6.3
Movie
The Gendarme in New York
6.0
Movie
The Stuff
7.5
TV
Bonanza
7.8
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
8.3
Movie
Jesus
6.3
Movie
The Shaggy Dog
7.2
TV
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
6.4
Movie
Affair in Trinidad
6.9
TV
Mannix
7.1
TV
The Rifleman
6.3
Movie
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
7.3
TV
Rawhide
4.4
Movie
The Silver Chalice
6.6
Movie
Seven Thieves
7.1
TV
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Acting credits 88
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Hell Gate: The Watery Grave Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | The Stuff Film | Evans |
| 1984 | Among the Wild Chimpanzees Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | Merton: A Film Biography Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | Australia's Animal Mysteries Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | Jesus Film | Luke (voice) |
| 1979 | Etosha: Place of Dry Water Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | Uncommon Women and Others Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | This Other Eden Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1978 | The Word TV | Narrator (voice) (4 ep) |
| 1977 | Meeting of Minds TV | Galileo Galilei (2 ep) |
| 1976 | The Hemingway Play Film | Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged) |
| 1972 | Buddhism in China Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | Atonement Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | Montserrat Film | |
| 1971 | Great Performances TV | (1 ep) |
| 1971 | People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1970 | The Executioner Film | Prof. Parker |
| 1970 | The Glory of Their Times Film | Narrator |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. TV | Lucas Coleman, Anthony Alquist (1 ep) |
| 1968 | The Lonely Dorymen Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1967 | Grizzly! Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1967 | Mannix TV | Count Boria (2 ep) |
| 1967 | 1999 A.D. Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1966 | Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man Film | Narrator |
| 1965 | The Incredible World of James Bond Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | The Gendarme in New York Film | Alex Scourby |
| 1965 | National Geographic Specials TV | Narrator (voice), Self - Narrator (3 ep) |
| 1965 | China! Film | Narrator |
| 1965 | The Unending Struggle Film | Narrator |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone TV | Eli Bothwell (1 ep) |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV | Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak TV | Allen Ferguson, George Andreas (1 ep) |
| 1962 | The Wall Film | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour TV | Garrett Nolan (1 ep) |
| 1961 | The Devil at 4 O'Clock Film | The Governor |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred TV | Judge Philip Hallson (1 ep) |
| 1961 | The Defenders TV | John Wellman, George Matthias (1 ep) |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle TV | Roy Bradley (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Man on a String Film | Colonel Vadja Kubelov |
| 1960 | Seven Thieves Film | Raymond Le May |
| 1959 | Project XX: Life in the Thirties Film | Self - Narrator |
| 1959 | Philip Marlowe TV | Dr. Steve Vincent (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone TV | George Harper (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Bonanza TV | Jean Millain (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato TV | (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman Film | David Ben-Zadok |
| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog Film | Mikhail Andrassy |
| 1959 | The Velvet Alley Film | Harvey Diedrich |
| 1959 | Rawhide TV | Albert Hadley (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Me and the Colonel Film | Major Von Bergen |
| 1958 | Naked City TV | Walter Gerrick (1 ep) |
| 1958 | The Rifleman TV | Byron Claremont (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive TV | Judge Coogan (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook TV | King (2 ep) |
| 1957 | The Song of Christmas Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1957 | Project XX: The Innocent Years Film | Self - Narrator |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File TV | Agent (1 ep) |
| 1957 | The Night America Trembled Film | Host |