Alexander Scourby
Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA — Nov 13 1913• Died Feb 22 1985
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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. Scour…
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Bonanza
Jean Millain
Mannix
Count Boria
The Twilight Zone
George Harper
Climax!
Frank Martin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
Naked City
Walter Gerrick
The Rifleman
Byron Claremont
The Defenders
John Wellman
Studio One
Edward
Daniel Boone
Eli Bothwell
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lucas Coleman
Rawhide
Albert Hadley
The Secret Storm
Dr. Ian Northcoate
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Judge Coogan
Kraft Television Theatre
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
The Phil Silvers Show
Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
King
Mr. Novak
Allen Ferguson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Horace Meade
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Joe Markheim
Cain's Hundred
Judge Philip Hallson
Telephone Time
Joseph Priestley
Lux Video Theatre
Hagen
Johnny Staccato
The Eleventh Hour
Garrett Nolan
The Word
Narrator (voice)
Philip Marlowe
Dr. Steve Vincent
Giant
Old Polo
The Walter Winchell File
Agent
The Wonderful World of Disney
Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
The Asphalt Jungle
Roy Bradley
Jesus
Luke (voice)
National Geographic Specials
Narrator (voice)
The Stuff
Evans
Meeting of Minds
Galileo Galilei
The Silver Chalice
Luke
The Big Heat
Mike Lagana
Ransom!
Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
Affair in Trinidad
Max Fabian
The Gendarme in New York
Alex Scourby
The Shaggy Dog
Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
The Executioner
Prof. Parker
Because of You
Dr. Breen
The Incredible World of James Bond
Narrator (voice)
The Big Fisherman
David Ben-Zadok
Seven Thieves
Raymond Le May
Man on a String
Colonel Vadja Kubelov
Sign of the Pagan
Chrysaphius
The Redhead from Wyoming
Reece Duncan
Montserrat
Uncommon Women and Others
Narrator (voice)
The Glory Brigade
Lt. Niklas
1999 A.D.
Narrator (voice)
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
The Governor
The Velvet Alley
Harvey Diedrich
The Night America Trembled
Host
Merton: A Film Biography
Narrator (voice)
Me and the Colonel
Major Von Bergen
The Lonely Dorymen
Narrator (voice)
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
English language narrator
The Hemingway Play
Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
The Shadow
Rollo Grimbauer
The Song of Christmas
Narrator (voice)
The Glory of Their Times
Narrator
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
Narrator (voice)
Atonement
Narrator (voice)
Grizzly!
Narrator (voice)
Venice: Theme and Variations
Narrator (voice)
Australia's Animal Mysteries
Narrator (voice)
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
Narrator (voice)
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
Self - Narrator
The Wall
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
Narrator (voice)
Project XX: The Great War - World War I
Self - Narrator
The Spirit of Christmas
Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Twisted Cross
Narrator (voice)
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
Narrator (voice)
Project XX: The Innocent Years
Self - Narrator
Victory at Sea
Narrator (voice)
This Other Eden
Narrator (voice)
Buddhism in China
Narrator (voice)
China!
Narrator
Three Two One - Zero!
Narrator
The Unending Struggle
Narrator
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
Narrator (voice)