Alexander Scourby
Acting
Born: 1913-11-13 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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."
Known For
The Twilight Zone
George Harper
Giant
Old Polo
The Big Heat
Mike Lagana
The Gendarme in New York
Alex Scourby
The Stuff
Evans
Bonanza
Jean Millain
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Horace Meade
Jesus
Luke (voice)
The Shaggy Dog
Mikhail Andrassy
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
Affair in Trinidad
Max Fabian
Mannix
Count Boria
The Rifleman
Byron Claremont
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
The Governor
Rawhide
Albert Hadley
The Silver Chalice
Luke
Seven Thieves
Raymond Le May
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Judge Coogan
Ransom!
Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
The Wonderful World of Disney
Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
Daniel Boone
Eli Bothwell
Great Performances
The Phil Silvers Show
Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
Me and the Colonel
Major Von Bergen
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lucas Coleman
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Anthony Alquist
The Executioner
Prof. Parker
The Redhead from Wyoming
Reece Duncan
Naked City
Walter Gerrick
Studio One
Edward
Studio One
Narrator (voice)
Studio One
Prof. Tom Monev
Studio One
Carl Phillips
Climax!
Frank Martin
Climax!
David Potter
Climax!
Eric Betzdorff
The Defenders
John Wellman
The Defenders
George Matthias
The Big Fisherman
David Ben-Zadok
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Joe Markheim