Alexander Scourby
Date of birth: 1913-11-13
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Alex Scourby, Alexander Scorby
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."
Movie Credits
Giant
1956-11-08
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful yo
Merton: A Film Biography
1984-01-01
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961-10-18
A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper c
The Big Heat
1953-10-14
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law in
Affair in Trinidad
1952-07-29
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
Jesus
1979-10-19
Three and a half years of Jesus' ministry, as told in the Gospel of Luke.
Seven Thieves
1960-03-11
A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull of
The Silver Chalice
1954-12-20
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the fa
Man on a String
1960-03-25
U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.
The Glory Brigade
1953-05-20
During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a recon
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
A documentary covering many aspects of the Hell Gate waterway history, including the clearing of the
Ransom!
1956-01-24
A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
Me and the Colonel
1958-10-01
Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitche
Buddhism in China
1972-01-01
Documentary exploring the origins and proliferation of Buddhism throughout Chinese history
Uncommon Women and Others
1979-06-20
While at an impromptu reunion lunch, five women reminisce and relive their college days at Mount Hol
The Executioner
1970-09-06
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965-11-26
This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the rel
Because of You
1952-12-04
A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.
The Stuff
1985-06-14
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a
The Lonely Dorymen
1968-04-16
For more than four centuries, young Portuguese fishermen have followed their fathers to the Grand Ba
The Big Fisherman
1959-08-04
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.
Sign of the Pagan
1954-11-24
Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On ar
The Shadow
1954-06-27
Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case
The Shaggy Dog
1959-03-19
Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inoppo
Atonement
1971-09-12
Canadian wildlife specialists work to preserve and nurture the creatures that remain in our wilderne
The Song of Christmas
1957-12-20
A richly animated, exquisitely scored film and narrated by Alexander Scourby. Roy Ringwald composed
The Spirit of Christmas
1953-12-01
This Christmas film, created as a special for television broadcast throughout the Philadelphia, Penn
Montserrat
1971-03-02
The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has e
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984-01-30
In 1960 Jane Goodall set out for Tanzania's remote Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study the behavior o
This Other Eden
1979-02-04
A study of England's history, with particular emphasis on the role religion has played in shaping th
Victory at Sea
1954-08-02
A feature-length, condensed version of the 1952 documentary TV series 'Victory at Sea'.
The Wall
1962-11-08
Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and compellin
The Redhead from Wyoming
1953-01-08
A saloonkeeper sides with the sheriff for justice after she's framed for rustling.
The Velvet Alley
1959-01-22
Ernie Pandash has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But now he
1999 A.D.
1967-01-01
A whimsical yet serious-minded look into the future sponsored by the appliance and radio manufacture
The Twisted Cross
1956-03-14
Grizzly!
1967-10-31
The grizzly has roamed North America for nearly a million years. And now, in the last century and a
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
1971-01-01
The second of two coproductions by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board
The Gendarme in New York
1965-10-28
Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmer
Venice: Theme and Variations
1957-03-01
Ivory's initial effort as a filmmaker was Venice: Theme and Variations, a documentary made as his ma
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
1980-01-01
Records the wildlife in Etosha, a preserve surrounding a huge dry lake bed in the southwest African
Australia's Animal Mysteries
1984-01-01
Enjoy some of the bizarre and unbelievable creatures unique to Australia's shores as investigators a
The Hemingway Play
1976-03-11
A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different points
The Night America Trembled
1957-09-09
A recreation and commentary on how people reacted to the radio broadcast of The War Of The Worlds in
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
1971-01-01
The first of two coproductions by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board o
The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children
1976-01-01
A captivating retelling of the story of Jesus through the eyes of children who might have encountere
Three Two One - Zero!
1954-11-11
The voice of an officer counts out the last tense seconds- 'Three Two One - Zero!' - and another ato
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
1959-10-16
Project XX examines American life in the 1930s from the Depression and election of Franklin D. Roose
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
1981-03-05
This Oscar nominated documentary serves not only as a remembrance but a lesson and a warning for the
Project XX: The Great War - World War I
1956-10-15
Alexander Scourby narrates this fascinating look at Western culture between 1914 and 1918, when the
Project XX: The Innocent Years
1957-11-21
The relatively calm years between 1900 and 1914 represented a time of tranquility and opulence in Am
The Glory of Their Times
1970-01-01
Documentary using still photographs, vintage film footage and interviews with some of the early star