Biography
Alexander Scourby was an American film, television, and voice actor and narrator known for his deep and resonant voice and Mid-Atlantic accent. 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 was an accomplished narrator, including for 18 episodes of National Geographic Specials from 1966 to 1985. Scourby recorded 422 audiobooks for the blind, which he considered his most important work.
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Awards & recognition
- Migel Medal · 1982
Filmography31 titles
Victory at Sea
The Twilight Zone
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Big Heat
Giant
Bonanza
Rawhide
Ransom!
National Geographic Specials
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Rifleman
Daniel Boone
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mannix
Lux Video Theatre
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Seven Thieves
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Telephone Time
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Affair in Trinidad
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
The Gendarme in New York
The Redhead from Wyoming
The Shaggy Dog
Great Performances
The Stuff
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Executioner
Naked City
The Silver Chalice