Alexander Scourby

Born: 1913-11-13

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 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."


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Jesus

as Luke (voice)
Released: 1979-10-19

Three and a half years of Jesus' ministry, as told in the Gospel of Luke.

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Giant

as Old Polo
Released: 1956-11-08

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a...

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The Stuff

as Evans
Released: 1985-06-14

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to...

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The Big Heat

as Mike Lagana
Released: 1953-10-14

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the...

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The Gendarme in New York

as Alex Scourby
Released: 1965-10-28

Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of...

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Affair in Trinidad

as Max Fabian
Released: 1952-07-29

A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.

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The Shaggy Dog

as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
Released: 1959-03-19

Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at...

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Seven Thieves

as Raymond Le May
Released: 1960-03-11

A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to...

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The Silver Chalice

as Luke
Released: 1954-12-20

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim...

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Ransom!

as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
Released: 1956-01-24

A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.

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Sign of the Pagan

as Chrysaphius
Released: 1954-11-24

Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes....

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The Redhead from Wyoming

as Reece Duncan
Released: 1953-01-08

A saloonkeeper sides with the sheriff for justice after she's framed for rustling.

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The Incredible World of James Bond

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 1965-11-26

This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the...

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The Spirit of Christmas

as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (uncredited)
Released: 1953-12-01

This Christmas film, created as a special for television broadcast throughout the Philadelphia,...

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The Devil at 4 O'Clock

as The Governor
Released: 1961-10-18

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's...

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The Executioner

as Prof. Parker
Released: 1970-09-06

A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.

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Me and the Colonel

as Major Von Bergen
Released: 1958-10-01

Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He...

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Because of You

as Dr. Breen
Released: 1952-12-04

A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.

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The Big Fisherman

as David Ben-Zadok
Released: 1959-08-04

Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.

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The Night America Trembled

as Host
Released: 1957-09-09

A recreation and commentary on how people reacted to the radio broadcast of The War Of The...

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1999 A.D.

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 1967-01-01

A whimsical yet serious-minded look into the future sponsored by the appliance and radio...

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Montserrat

as uncredited
Released: 1971-03-02

The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator,...

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The Glory Brigade

as Lt. Niklas
Released: 1953-05-20

During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a...

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Man on a String

as Colonel Vadja Kubelov
Released: 1960-05-20

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

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Venice: Theme and Variations

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1957-03-01

Ivory's initial effort as a filmmaker was Venice: Theme and Variations, a documentary made as...

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Merton: A Film Biography

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1984-01-01

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social...

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Uncommon Women and Others

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1979-06-20

While at an impromptu reunion lunch, five women reminisce and relive their college days at Mount...

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Among the Wild Chimpanzees

as uncredited
Released: 1984-01-30

In 1960 Jane Goodall set out for Tanzania's remote Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study the...

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The Shadow

as Rollo Grimbauer
Released: 1954-06-27

Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the...

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The Velvet Alley

as Harvey Diedrich
Released: 1959-01-22

Ernie Pandish has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But...

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The Wall

as Narrator (uncredited)
Released: 1962-11-08

Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and...

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Australia's Animal Mysteries

as Narrator
Released: 1984-01-01

Enjoy some of the bizarre and unbelievable creatures unique to Australia's shores as...

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The Hemingway Play

as Papa
Released: 1976-03-11

A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different...

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Etosha: Place of Dry Water

as Narrator
Released: 1980-01-01

Records the wildlife in Etosha, a preserve surrounding a huge dry lake bed in the southwest...

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The Twisted Cross

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1956-03-14

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Atonement

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 1971-09-12

Canadian wildlife specialists work to preserve and nurture the creatures that remain in our...

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People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1971-01-01

The second of two coproductions by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film...

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Grizzly!

as Narrator
Released: 1967-10-31

The grizzly has roamed North America for nearly a million years. And now, in the last century...

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Victory at Sea

as Narrator
Released: 1954-08-02

A feature-length, condensed version of the 1952 documentary TV series 'Victory at Sea'.

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The Story of Jesus Through the Eyes of Children

as Luke (voice)
Released: 1976-01-01

A captivating retelling of the story of Jesus through the eyes of children who might have...

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Bonanza

as Jean Millain
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Great Performances

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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The Rifleman

as Byron Claremont
First aired: 1958-09-30

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas...

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Daniel Boone

as Eli Bothwell
First aired: 1964-09-24

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...

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The Twilight Zone

as George Harper
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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Mannix

as Count Boria
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Climax!

as Frank Martin
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as David Potter
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Eric Betzdorff
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Judge Coogan
First aired: 1958-09-06

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the...

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The Defenders

as John Wellman
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Defenders

as George Matthias
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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Rawhide

as Albert Hadley
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Naked City

as Walter Gerrick
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Studio One

as Edward
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Narrator
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Prof. Tom Monev
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Carl Phillips
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
First aired: 1964-09-22

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the...

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Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Lucas Coleman
First aired: 1969-09-23

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from...

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Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Anthony Alquist
First aired: 1969-09-23

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from...

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Mr. Novak

as Allen Ferguson
First aired: 1963-09-24

Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which...

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Mr. Novak

as George Andreas
First aired: 1963-09-24

Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which...

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Omnibus

as Odysseus
First aired: 1952-11-09

Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Joe Markheim
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Kraft Television Theatre

as uncredited
First aired: 1947-05-07

Kraft Television Theatre is an American drama/anthology television series

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Kraft Television Theatre

as Narrator
First aired: 1947-05-07

Kraft Television Theatre is an American drama/anthology television series

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Horace Meade
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Cain's Hundred

as Judge Philip Hallson
First aired: 1961-09-19

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...

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The Phil Silvers Show

as Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-09-20

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, was a sitcom which ran on CBS...

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Telephone Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-08

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...

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The Eleventh Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-10-03

The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack...

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The Walter Winchell File

as Agent
First aired: 1957-10-02

The Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired...

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National Geographic Specials

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1965-09-10

For decades, the National Geographic Society has presented specials on nature, foreign culture,...

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Shirley Temple's Storybook

as King
First aired: 1958-01-12

Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by...

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Johnny Staccato

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-10

Johnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from...

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Philip Marlowe

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-06

Philip Marlowe is a 1959-1960 half-hour ABC crime series, featuring Philip Carey as Marlowe, the...

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The Word

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1978-11-12

A document is discovered that appears to be an ancient eyewitness account of the life of Jesus...

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Meeting of Minds

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-01-10

Meeting of Minds is a television series, created by Steve Allen, which aired on PBS from 1977 to...

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The Asphalt Jungle

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-04-02

Police adventure series set in a modern American metropolis, concerning the problems of a...

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