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Alexander Scourby
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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…
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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."
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BODY OF WORK
Alexander Scourby's Filmography
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The Stuff
as Evans
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
as Narrator (voice)
Merton: A Film Biography
as Narrator (voice)
Australia's Animal Mysteries
as Narrator (voice)
Jesus
as Luke (voice)
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
as Narrator (voice)
Uncommon Women and Others
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
This Other Eden
as Narrator (voice)
The Hemingway Play
as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
No Poster
Buddhism in China
as Narrator (voice)
Atonement
as Narrator (voice)
Montserrat
No Poster
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
as Narrator (voice)
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
as Narrator (voice)
The Executioner
as Prof. Parker
The Glory of Their Times
as Narrator
The Lonely Dorymen
as Narrator (voice)
Grizzly!
as Narrator (voice)
1999 A.D.
as Narrator (voice)
The Incredible World of James Bond
as Narrator (voice)
The Gendarme in New York
as Alex Scourby
China!
as Narrator
No Poster
The Unending Struggle
as Narrator
The Wall
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as The Governor
Man on a String
as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
Seven Thieves
as Raymond Le May
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
as Self - Narrator
The Big Fisherman
as David Ben-Zadok
The Shaggy Dog
as Mikhail Andrassy
The Velvet Alley
as Harvey Diedrich
Me and the Colonel
as Major Von Bergen
The Song of Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
Project XX: The Innocent Years
as Self - Narrator
The Night America Trembled
as Host
Venice: Theme and Variations
as Narrator (voice)
Giant
as Old Polo
Project XX: The Great War - World War I
as Self - Narrator
The Twisted Cross
as Narrator (voice)
Ransom!
as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
The Silver Chalice
as Luke
Sign of the Pagan
as Chrysaphius
No Poster
Three Two One - Zero!
as Narrator
Victory at Sea
as Narrator (voice)
The Shadow
as Rollo Grimbauer
The Spirit of Christmas
as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Heat
as Mike Lagana
The Glory Brigade
as Lt. Niklas
The Redhead from Wyoming
as Reece Duncan
Because of You
as Dr. Breen
Affair in Trinidad
as Max Fabian
No Poster
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
as Narrator (voice)