Cast & creator
Alexander Scourby
Best known for Bonanza, Great Performances, Mannix
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."
Also known as: Alex Scourby, Alexander Scorby
52
film credits
46
television credits
98
1947–1985 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (98)
Showing 98 of 98 credits
Bonanza
Jean Millain
1959
Great Performances
1971
Mannix
Count Boria
1967
Climax!
Frank Martin
1954Climax!
David Potter
1954Climax!
Eric Betzdorff
1954
The Rifleman
Byron Claremont
1958
The Twilight Zone
George Harper
1959
Naked City
Walter Gerrick
1958
Studio One
Edward
1948Studio One
Narrator (voice)
1948Studio One
Prof. Tom Monev
1948Studio One
Carl Phillips
1948
The Defenders
John Wellman
1961The Defenders
George Matthias
1961
Daniel Boone
Eli Bothwell
1964
Rawhide
Albert Hadley
1959The Secret Storm
Dr. Ian Northcoate
1954
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Judge Coogan
1958
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lucas Coleman
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.
Anthony Alquist
1969
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Colonel del Armija - Interrogator
1956
Omnibus
Odysseus
1952Omnibus
El Indio
1952
Kraft Television Theatre
1947Kraft Television Theatre
Narrator (voice)
1947
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Joe Markheim
1955
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp
1964
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Horace Meade
1955
The Phil Silvers Show
Hubbell Robinson (uncredited)
1955
Mr. Novak
Allen Ferguson
1963Mr. Novak
George Andreas
1963
Shirley Temple's Storybook
King
1958
Telephone Time
Joseph Priestley
1956Lux Video Theatre
Hagen
1950
Cain's Hundred
Judge Philip Hallson
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
1954
Johnny Staccato
1959
The Eleventh Hour
Garrett Nolan
1962
Philip Marlowe
Dr. Steve Vincent
1959
The Walter Winchell File
Agent
1957
Giant
Old Polo
1956
The Asphalt Jungle
Roy Bradley
1961
National Geographic Specials
Narrator (voice)
1965National Geographic Specials
Self - Narrator
1965
The Word
Narrator (voice)
1978
The Big Heat
Mike Lagana
1953
Meeting of Minds
Galileo Galilei
1977
The Stuff
Evans
1985
The Gendarme in New York
Alex Scourby
1965
Jesus
Luke (voice)
1979
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
The Governor
1961
Sign of the Pagan
Chrysaphius
1954
Affair in Trinidad
Max Fabian
1952
The Executioner
Prof. Parker
1970
Merton: A Film Biography
Narrator (voice)
1984
The Redhead from Wyoming
Reece Duncan
1953
The Silver Chalice
Luke
1954
The Incredible World of James Bond
Narrator (voice)
1965
Seven Thieves
Raymond Le May
1960
The Shaggy Dog
Mikhail Andrassy
1959
The Spirit of Christmas
Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Man on a String
Colonel Vadja Kubelov
1960
Ransom!
Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
1956
Uncommon Women and Others
Narrator (voice)
1979
China!
Narrator
1965
The Big Fisherman
David Ben-Zadok
1959
Me and the Colonel
Major Von Bergen
1958
Venice: Theme and Variations
Narrator (voice)
1957
The Night America Trembled
Host
1957
Because of You
Dr. Breen
1952
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
Narrator (voice)
1984
The Velvet Alley
Harvey Diedrich
1959
Project XX: Life in the Thirties
Self - Narrator
1959
The Glory Brigade
Lt. Niklas
1953
The Wall
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962Three Two One - Zero!
Narrator
1954
Grizzly!
Narrator (voice)
1967
Project XX: The Innocent Years
Self - Narrator
1957
The Hemingway Play
Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged)
1976
The Lonely Dorymen
Narrator (voice)
1968
Montserrat
1971
Etosha: Place of Dry Water
Narrator (voice)
1979
The Glory of Their Times
Narrator
1970
Project XX: The Great War - World War I
Self - Narrator
1956
Australia's Animal Mysteries
Narrator (voice)
1984
1999 A.D.
Narrator (voice)
1967
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
Narrator (voice)
1971
The Shadow
Rollo Grimbauer
1954The Unending Struggle
Narrator
1965
Victory at Sea
Narrator (voice)
1954People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
Narrator (voice)
1971
The Twisted Cross
Narrator (voice)
1956Hell Gate: The Watery Grave
Narrator (voice)
Atonement
Narrator (voice)
1971
The Song of Christmas
Narrator (voice)
1957Buddhism in China
Narrator (voice)
1972This Other Eden
Narrator (voice)
1979