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Alexander Scourby

Alexander Scourby

Actor · 1913 – 1985 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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."

Movies24

  • Movie7.6

    Giant

    1956 · 780 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Stuff

    1985 · 547 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Le Gendarme à New-York

    The Gendarme in New York

    1965 · 574 votes

  • Movie7.7

    The Big Heat

    1953 · 574 votes

  • Movie8.3

    Jesus

    1979 · 256 votes

  • Movie8.5
  • Movie6.4

    Affair in Trinidad

    1952 · 60 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Shaggy Dog

    1959 · 100 votes

  • Movie9.0

    China!

    1965 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Sign of the Pagan

    1954 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Seven Thieves

    1960 · 38 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Ransom!

    1956 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Because of You

    1952 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.9

    The Executioner

    1970 · 14 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Redhead from Wyoming

    1953 · 14 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Devil at 4 O'Clock

    1961 · 49 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.5

    Me and the Colonel

    1958 · 20 votes

  • Movie4.4

    The Silver Chalice

    1954 · 40 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Man on a String

    1960 · 8 votes

  • Movie8.0
  • Movie7.5
  • Movie5.1

    The Big Fisherman

    1959 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.8

Series24

  • TV7.5

    Bonanza

    1959 · 500 votes

  • TV6.1

    Great Performances

    1971 · 25 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Rifleman

    1958 · 54 votes

  • TV6.8

    Mannix

    1967 · 56 votes

  • TV7.0

    Daniel Boone

    1964 · 34 votes

  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 265 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Defenders

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV5.7

    Naked City

    1958 · 13 votes

  • TV4.5

    The Secret Storm

    1954 · 4 votes

  • TV7.2

    Rawhide

    1959 · 49 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV6.6

    Marcus Welby, M.D.

    1969 · 20 votes

  • TV7.1

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    1958 · 38 votes

  • TV7.0

    Omnibus

    1952 · 4 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    1964 · 75 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV6.0
  • TV6.5

    Telephone Time

    1956 · 4 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Phil Silvers Show

    1955 · 24 votes

  • TV7.3

    Mr. Novak

    1963 · 3 votes

  • TV7.9