Alexander Scourby

Actor Nov 13 (died age 71) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1947–1985 (38 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Giant

Old Polo

Film

The Big Heat

Mike Lagana

Film

Jesus

Luke (voice)

Film

The Gendarme in New York

Alex Scourby

Film

The Stuff

Evans

Film

The Shaggy Dog

Dr. Mikhail Andrassy

Film

Affair in Trinidad

Max Fabian

Film

Ransom!

Dr. Paul Y. Gorman

Filmography

Acting (87)

Movies (52)

The Stuff

1985

as Evans

6.0

Among the Wild Chimpanzees

1984

as Narrator (voice)

7.3

Australia's Animal Mysteries

1984

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

Merton: A Film Biography

1984

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

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

1981

as English language narrator

5.9

Etosha: Place of Dry Water

1980

as Narrator (voice)

Jesus

1979

as Luke (voice)

8.3

Uncommon Women and Others

1979

as Narrator (voice)

This Other Eden

1979

as Narrator (voice)

The Hemingway Play

1976

as Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)

Buddhism in China

1972

as Narrator (voice)

People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

1971

as Narrator (voice)

People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter

as Narrator (voice)

Montserrat

Atonement

as Narrator (voice)

The Glory of Their Times

as Narrator

The Executioner

as Prof. Parker

The Lonely Dorymen

as Narrator (voice)

1999 A.D.

as Narrator (voice)

Grizzly!

as Narrator (voice)

The Gendarme in New York

1965

as Alex Scourby

6.3

The Incredible World of James Bond

1965

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

China!

1965

as Narrator

The Wall

1962

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

as The Governor

Seven Thieves

as Raymond Le May

Man on a String

as Colonel Vadja Kubelov

6.0

The Shaggy Dog

1959

as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy

The Big Fisherman

as David Ben-Zadok

The Velvet Alley

as Harvey Diedrich

Project XX: Life in the Thirties

as Self - Narrator

Me and the Colonel

as Major Von Bergen

The Night America Trembled

1957

as Host

7.5

Venice: Theme and Variations

1957

as Narrator (voice)

4.0

The Song of Christmas

1957

as Narrator (voice)

Project XX: The Innocent Years

1957

as Self - Narrator

Giant

1956

as Old Polo

7.6

Ransom!

1956

as Dr. Paul Y. Gorman

7.2

Project XX: The Great War - World War I

1956

as Self - Narrator

The Twisted Cross

1956

as Narrator (voice)

Victory at Sea

1954

as Narrator (voice)

The Silver Chalice

as Luke

Sign of the Pagan

as Chrysaphius

Three Two One - Zero!

as Narrator

The Shadow

as Rollo Grimbauer

The Big Heat

as Mike Lagana

The Redhead from Wyoming

1953

as Reece Duncan

6.1

The Spirit of Christmas

1953

as Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Glory Brigade

as Lt. Niklas

Because of You

as Dr. Breen

Affair in Trinidad

as Max Fabian

Hell Gate: The Watery Grave

as Narrator (voice)

Television (35)

The Word

as Narrator (voice)

Meeting of Minds

as Galileo Galilei

Great Performances

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Lucas Coleman

Mannix

as Count Boria

National Geographic Specials

as Narrator (voice)

Daniel Boone

as Eli Bothwell

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

1964

as Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp

Mr. Novak

as Allen Ferguson

The Eleventh Hour

as Garrett Nolan

The Defenders

as John Wellman

Cain's Hundred

as Judge Philip Hallson

The Asphalt Jungle

as Roy Bradley

Bonanza

as Jean Millain

The Twilight Zone

as George Harper

Rawhide

as Albert Hadley

Johnny Staccato

Philip Marlowe

as Dr. Steve Vincent

The Rifleman

as Byron Claremont

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

as King

6.2

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Judge Coogan

Naked City

as Walter Gerrick

The Walter Winchell File

1957

as Agent

5.0

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Colonel del Armija - Interrogator

6.0

Telephone Time

1956

as Joseph Priestley

6.3

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Horace Meade

7.8

The Phil Silvers Show

1955

as Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)

7.0

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Joe Markheim

Climax!

as Frank Martin

The Secret Storm

as Dr. Ian Northcoate

3.7

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy

Omnibus

as El Indio

Lux Video Theatre

as Hagen

Studio One

as Edward

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

7.5