Alexander Scourby
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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."

Films Featuring Alexander Scourby

Giant

19567.6

Merton: A Film Biography

19848.5

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

19616.4

The Big Heat

19537.7

Affair in Trinidad

19526.4

Jesus

19798.3

Seven Thieves

19606.6

The Silver Chalice

19544.5

Man on a String

19606.6

The Glory Brigade

19536.3

Hell Gate: The Watery Grave

Hell Gate: The Watery Grave

Ransom!

19567.2

Me and the Colonel

19586.5

Buddhism in China

Buddhism in China

1972

Uncommon Women and Others

19798.0

The Executioner

19705.9

The Incredible World of James Bond

19657.0

Because of You

19526.6

The Stuff

19856.0

The Lonely Dorymen

19687.0

The Big Fisherman

19595.1

Sign of the Pagan

19546.0

The Shadow

19544.5

The Shaggy Dog

19596.3

Atonement

19719.0

The Song of Christmas

1957

The Spirit of Christmas

19536.5

Montserrat

197110.0

Among the Wild Chimpanzees

19847.8

This Other Eden

This Other Eden

1979

Victory at Sea

19549.0

The Wall

19627.4

The Redhead from Wyoming

19536.3

The Velvet Alley

19597.0

1999 A.D.

19676.2

The Twisted Cross

19569.0

Grizzly!

1967

People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter

19716.7

The Gendarme in New York

19656.3

Venice: Theme and Variations

19575.5

Etosha: Place of Dry Water

1979

Australia's Animal Mysteries

19847.0

The Hemingway Play

19767.0

The Night America Trembled

19577.5

People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

197110.0

Three Two One - Zero!

Three Two One - Zero!

19546.0

Project XX: Life in the Thirties

19597.0

The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945

19816.3

Project XX: The Great War - World War I

1956

Project XX: The Innocent Years

1957

The Glory of Their Times

19706.5

The Unending Struggle

The Unending Struggle

1965

China!

19659.0