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 one of the greatest narrators: "He is heralded as having the greatest voice ever recorded."
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."
Known for
The Stuff
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
Merton: A Film Biography
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
Jesus
Uncommon Women and Others
The Word
Meeting of Minds
Atonement
Great Performances
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
The Executioner
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Grizzly!
Mannix
1999 A.D.
The Incredible World of James Bond
The Gendarme in New York
National Geographic Specials
Daniel Boone
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Mr. Novak
The Wall
The Eleventh Hour
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
The Asphalt Jungle
Man on a String
Seven Thieves
Philip Marlowe
The Twilight Zone
Bonanza
Johnny Staccato
The Big Fisherman
The Shaggy Dog
The Velvet Alley
Rawhide
Me and the Colonel
The Rifleman
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Walter Winchell File
The Night America Trembled
Venice: Theme and Variations
Giant
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Telephone Time
The Twisted Cross
Ransom!
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Phil Silvers Show
The Silver Chalice
Sign of the Pagan
Climax!
Victory at Sea
The Shadow
The Spirit of Christmas
The Big Heat
The Glory Brigade
The Redhead from Wyoming
Because of You
Omnibus
Affair in Trinidad
Lux Video Theatre
Studio One