Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/13/1913
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Alex ScourbyAlexander Scorby
Alexander Scourby
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 recorded the entire Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Scourby recorded 422 audiobooks for the blind...
Known For
Jesus
as Luke (voice)
The Shadow
as Rollo Grimbauer
Giant
as Old Polo
Merton: A Film Biography
as Narrator (voice)
Ransom!
as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
Seven Thieves
as Raymond Le May
The Gendarme in New York
as Alex Scourby
The Big Heat
as Mike Lagana
Montserrat
Unknown Role
The Executioner
as Prof. Parker
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as The Governor
The Stuff
as Evans
The Glory Brigade
as Lt. Niklas
The Velvet Alley
as Harvey Diedrich
The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
Sign of the Pagan
as Chrysaphius
The Night America Trembled
as Host
The Silver Chalice
as Luke
The Big Fisherman
as David Ben-Zadok
Uncommon Women and Others
as Narrator (voice)
Career Timeline
1984
1981
1979
1971
1965
1961
1959
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
as Self - Narrator
Philip Marlowe
as Dr. Steve Vincent
The Twilight Zone
as George Harper
Bonanza
as Jean Millain
Johnny Staccato
Role unknown
The Big Fisherman
as David Ben-Zadok
The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
The Velvet Alley
as Harvey Diedrich
Rawhide
as Albert Hadley