Alexander Scourby

Alexander Scourby (71)

1913-11-13 - 1985-02-22 | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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."

On Movies

  • The Stuff
  • Jesus
  • Uncommon Women and Others
  • The Hemingway Play
  • The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children
  • Montserrat
  • The Executioner
  • The Gendarme in New York
  • The Devil at 4 O'Clock
  • Man on a String
  • Seven Thieves
  • The Big Fisherman
  • The Shaggy Dog
  • The Velvet Alley
  • Me and the Colonel
  • The Song of Christmas
  • The Night America Trembled
  • Giant
  • Ransom!
  • The Silver Chalice
  • Sign of the Pagan
  • The Shadow
  • The Spirit of Christmas
  • The Big Heat
  • The Glory Brigade
  • The Redhead from Wyoming
  • Because of You
  • Affair in Trinidad

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