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."

Filmography

• 1985The Stuff — Evans
• 1984Among the Wild Chimpanzees — Narrator (voice)
• 1984Australia's Animal Mysteries — Narrator (voice)
• 1984Merton: A Film Biography — Narrator (voice)
• 1979Etosha: Place of Dry Water — Narrator (voice)
• 1979Jesus — Luke (voice)
• 1979This Other Eden — Narrator (voice)
• 1979Uncommon Women and Others — Narrator (voice)
• The Word — Narrator (voice)
• Meeting of Minds — Galileo Galilei
• 1976The Hemingway Play — Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
• 1972Buddhism in China — Narrator (voice)
• 1971Atonement — Narrator (voice)
• Great Performances
• 1971Montserrat
• 1971People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer — Narrator (voice)
• 1971People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter — Narrator (voice)
• 1970The Executioner — Prof. Parker
• 1970The Glory of Their Times — Narrator
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Lucas Coleman, Anthony Alquist
• 1968The Lonely Dorymen — Narrator (voice)
• 19671999 A.D. — Narrator (voice)
• 1967Grizzly! — Narrator (voice)
• Mannix — Count Boria
• 1965China! — Narrator
• National Geographic Specials — Narrator (voice), Self - Narrator
• 1965The Gendarme in New York — Alex Scourby
• 1965The Incredible World of James Bond — Narrator (voice)
• 1965The Unending Struggle — Narrator
• Daniel Boone — Eli Bothwell
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
• Mr. Novak — Allen Ferguson, George Andreas
• The Eleventh Hour — Garrett Nolan
• 1962The Wall — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Cain's Hundred — Judge Philip Hallson
• The Asphalt Jungle — Roy Bradley
• The Defenders — John Wellman, George Matthias
• 1961The Devil at 4 O'Clock — The Governor
• 1960Man on a String — Colonel Vadja Kubelov
• 1960Seven Thieves — Raymond Le May
• Bonanza — Jean Millain
• Johnny Staccato
• Philip Marlowe — Dr. Steve Vincent
• Rawhide — Albert Hadley
• 1959The Big Fisherman — David Ben-Zadok
• 1959The Shaggy Dog — Mikhail Andrassy
• The Twilight Zone — George Harper
• 1959The Velvet Alley — Harvey Diedrich
• 1958Me and the Colonel — Major Von Bergen
• Naked City — Walter Gerrick
• Shirley Temple's Storybook — King
• The Rifleman — Byron Claremont
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Judge Coogan
• 1957The Night America Trembled — Host
• 1957The Song of Christmas — Narrator (voice)
• The Walter Winchell File — Agent
• 1957Venice: Theme and Variations — Narrator (voice)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
• 1956Giant — Old Polo
• 1956Ransom! — Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
• Telephone Time — Joseph Priestley
• 1956The Twisted Cross — Narrator (voice)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Horace Meade
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Joe Markheim
• The Phil Silvers Show — Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
• Climax! — Frank Martin, David Potter, Eric Betzdorff
• 1954Sign of the Pagan — Chrysaphius
• The Secret Storm — Dr. Ian Northcoate
• 1954The Shadow — Rollo Grimbauer
• 1954The Silver Chalice — Luke
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
• 1954Three Two One - Zero! — Narrator
• 1954Victory at Sea — Narrator (voice)
• 1953The Big Heat — Mike Lagana
• 1953The Glory Brigade — Lt. Niklas
• 1953The Redhead from Wyoming — Reece Duncan
• 1953The Spirit of Christmas — Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1952Affair in Trinidad — Max Fabian
• 1952Because of You — Dr. Breen
• Omnibus — Odysseus, El Indio
• Lux Video Theatre — Hagen
• Studio One — Edward, Narrator (voice), Prof. Tom Monev, Carl Phillips
• Kraft Television Theatre — Narrator (voice)
• Hell Gate: The Watery Grave — Narrator (voice)

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 1959Project XX: Life in the Thirties — Self - Narrator
• 1957Project XX: The Innocent Years — Self - Narrator
• 1956Project XX: The Great War - World War I — Self - Narrator