Alexander Scourby
Birthday
1913/11/13
Day of death
1985/02/22 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also know 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 reco...Read more
Acting
(1956) Giant
as Old Polo
(1984) Merton: A Film Biography
as Narrator (voice)
(1961) The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as The Governor
(1953) The Big Heat
as Mike Lagana
(1952) Affair in Trinidad
as Max Fabian
(1979) Jesus
as Luke (voice)
(1960) Seven Thieves
as Raymond Le May
(1954) The Silver Chalice
as Luke
(1960) Man on a String
as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
(1953) The Glory Brigade
as Lt. Niklas
Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
as Narrator (voice)
(1956) Ransom!
as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
(1958) Me and the Colonel
as Major Von Bergen
(1972) Buddhism in China
as Narrator (voice)
(1979) Uncommon Women and Others
as Narrator (voice)
(1970) The Executioner
as Prof. Parker
(1965) The Incredible World of James Bond
as Narrator (voice)
(1952) Because of You
as Dr. Breen
(1985) The Stuff
as Evans
(1968) The Lonely Dorymen
as Narrator (voice)
(1959) The Big Fisherman
as David Ben-Zadok
(1954) Sign of the Pagan
as Chrysaphius
(1954) The Shadow
as Rollo Grimbauer
(1959) The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
(1971) Atonement
as Narrator (voice)
(1957) The Song of Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
(1953) The Spirit of Christmas
as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1971) Montserrat
as ---
(1984) Among the Wild Chimpanzees
as Narrator (voice)
(1979) This Other Eden
as Narrator (voice)
(1954) Victory at Sea
as Narrator (voice)
(1962) The Wall
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1953) The Redhead from Wyoming
as Reece Duncan
(1959) The Velvet Alley
as Harvey Diedrich
(1967) 1999 A.D.
as Narrator (voice)
(1956) The Twisted Cross
as Narrator (voice)
(1967) Grizzly!
as Narrator (voice)
(1971) People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
as Narrator (voice)
(1965) The Gendarme in New York
as Alex Scourby
(1957) Venice: Theme and Variations
as Narrator (voice)
(1980) Etosha: Place of Dry Water
as Narrator (voice)
(1984) Australia's Animal Mysteries
as Narrator (voice)
(1976) The Hemingway Play
as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
(1957) The Night America Trembled
as Host
(1971) People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
as Narrator (voice)
(1954) Three Two One - Zero!
as Narrator
(1959) Project XX: Life in the Thirties
as Self - Narrator
(1981) The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
as English language narrator
(1956) Project XX: The Great War - World War I
as Self - Narrator
(1957) Project XX: The Innocent Years
as Self - Narrator
(1970) The Glory of Their Times
as Narrator
(1964) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Judge Philip Hallson
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Lucas Coleman
(1958) Naked City
as Walter Gerrick
(1967) Mannix
as Count Boria
(1948) Studio One
as Edward
(1954) The Secret Storm
as Dr. Ian Northcoate
(1959) Johnny Staccato
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as George Harper
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Horace Meade
(1959) Philip Marlowe
as Dr. Steve Vincent
(1962) The Eleventh Hour
as Garrett Nolan
(1959) Rawhide
as Albert Hadley
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Eli Bothwell
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Hagen
(1954) Climax!
as Frank Martin
(1977) Meeting of Minds
as Galileo Galilei
(1978) The Word
as Narrator (voice)
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Joe Markheim
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Judge Coogan
(1958) The Rifleman
as Byron Claremont
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Allen Ferguson
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
(1956) Telephone Time
as Joseph Priestley
(1957) The Walter Winchell File
as Agent
(1961) The Defenders
as John Wellman
(1961) The Defenders
as George Matthias
(1961) The Asphalt Jungle
as Roy Bradley
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Anthony Alquist
(1959) Bonanza
as Jean Millain
(1955) The Phil Silvers Show
as Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
(1947) Kraft Television Theatre
as ---
(1963) Mr. Novak
as George Andreas
(1948) Studio One
as Narrator (voice)
(1948) Studio One
as Prof. Tom Monev
(1948) Studio One
as Carl Phillips
(1954) Climax!
as David Potter
(1954) Climax!
as Eric Betzdorff
(1965) National Geographic Specials
as Narrator (voice)
(1971) Great Performances
as ---
(1947) Kraft Television Theatre
as Narrator (voice)
(1952) Omnibus
as Odysseus
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as King
(1952) Omnibus
as El Indio