Alexander Scourby
Biography
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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."
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-11-13
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
Giant
1956
7.60
Merton: A Film Biography
1984
8.00
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961
6.28
The Big Heat
1953
7.65
Affair in Trinidad
1952
6.28
Jesus
1979
8.31
Seven Thieves
1960
6.50
The Silver Chalice
1954
4.40
Man on a String
1960
6.00
The Glory Brigade
1953
5.70
Ransom!
1956
7.20
Me and the Colonel
1958
6.20
Buddhism in China
1972
0.00
Uncommon Women and Others
1979
0.00
The Executioner
1970
5.81
Because of You
1952
5.70
The Stuff
1985
6.00
The Lonely Dorymen
1968
7.00
The Big Fisherman
1959
4.60
Sign of the Pagan
1954
5.20
The Shadow
1954
4.50
The Shaggy Dog
1959
6.10
Atonement
1971
0.00
The Song of Christmas
1957
0.00
The Spirit of Christmas
1953
6.40
Montserrat
1971
0.00
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984
7.30
This Other Eden
1979
0.00
Victory at Sea
1954
0.00
The Wall
1962
7.00
The Redhead from Wyoming
1953
6.10
The Velvet Alley
1959
0.00
1999 A.D.
1967
6.20
The Twisted Cross
1956
0.00
Grizzly!
1967
0.00
The Gendarme in New York
1965
6.30
Venice: Theme and Variations
1957
4.00
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
1980
0.00
Australia's Animal Mysteries
1984
7.00
The Hemingway Play
1976
0.00
The Night America Trembled
1957
7.50
Three Two One - Zero!
1954
6.00
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
1959
7.00
