Alexander Scourby
13. november 1913 (112 aastat), Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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."
Filmograafia
- 1985The Stuff (Evans)
- 1984Among the Wild Chimpanzees (Narrator (voice))
- 1984Merton: A Film Biography (Narrator (voice))
- 1984Australia's Animal Mysteries (Narrator (voice))
- 1981Der gelbe Stern (English language narrator)
- 1979Jesus (Luke (voice))
- 1979Etosha: Place of Dry Water (Narrator (voice))
- 1979Uncommon Women and Others (Narrator (voice))
- 1979This Other Eden (Narrator (voice))
- 1976The Hemingway Play (Ernest Hemingway (middle-aged))
- 1972Buddhism in China (Narrator (voice))
- 1971Atonement (Narrator (voice))
- 1971Montserrat
- 1971People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter (Narrator (voice))
- 1971People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer (Narrator (voice))
- 1970The Executioner (Prof. Parker)
- 1968The Lonely Dorymen (Narrator (voice))
- 1967Grizzly! (Narrator (voice))
- 19671999 A.D. (Narrator (voice))
- 1965The Incredible World of James Bond (Narrator (voice))
- 1965Le Gendarme à New-York (Alex Scourby)
- 1962The Wall (Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
- 1961The Devil at 4 O'Clock (The Governor)
- 1960Man on a String (Colonel Vadja Kubelov)
- 1960Seven Thieves (Raymond Le May)
- 1959Project XX: Life in the Thirties (Self - Narrator)
- 1959The Big Fisherman (David Ben-Zadok)
- 1959The Shaggy Dog (Mikhail Andrassy)
- 1959The Velvet Alley (Harvey Diedrich)
- 1958Me and the Colonel (Major Von Bergen)
- 1957The Song of Christmas (Narrator (voice))
- 1957The Night America Trembled (Host)
- 1957Venice: Theme and Variations (Narrator (voice))
- 1956Giant (Old Polo)
- 1956Project XX: The Great War - World War I (Self - Narrator)
- 1956The Twisted Cross (Narrator (voice))
- 1956Ransom! (Dr. Paul Y. Gorman)
- 1954The Silver Chalice (Luke)
- 1954Sign of the Pagan (Chrysaphius)
- 1954Three Two One - Zero! (Narrator)
- 1954Victory at Sea (Narrator (voice))
- 1954The Shadow (Rollo Grimbauer)
- 1953The Spirit of Christmas (Clement Moore / 'Nativity' Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
- 1953The Big Heat (Mike Lagana)
- 1953The Glory Brigade (Lt. Niklas)
- 1953The Redhead from Wyoming (Reece Duncan)
- 1952Because of You (Dr. Breen)
- 1952Affair in Trinidad (Max Fabian)
- -Hell Gate: The Watery Grave (Narrator (voice))
- 1978The Word (Narrator (voice))
- 1977Meeting of Minds (Galileo Galilei)
- 1971Great Performances
- 1970The Glory of Their Times (Narrator)
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D. (Lucas Coleman)
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D. (Anthony Alquist)
- 1967Mannix (Count Boria)
- 1965National Geographic Specials (Narrator (voice))
- 1965National Geographic Specials (Self - Narrator)
- 1965China! (Narrator)
- 1965The Unending Struggle (Narrator)
- 1964Daniel Boone (Eli Bothwell)
- 1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Professor Amadeus / Wolfgang Wolp)
- 1963Mr. Novak (Allen Ferguson)
- 1963Mr. Novak (George Andreas)
- 1962The Eleventh Hour (Garrett Nolan)
- 1961Cain's Hundred (Judge Philip Hallson)
- 1961The Defenders (John Wellman)
- 1961The Defenders (George Matthias)
- 1961The Asphalt Jungle (Roy Bradley)
- 1959Philip Marlowe (Dr. Steve Vincent)
- 1959The Twilight Zone (George Harper)
- 1959Bonanza (Jean Millain)
- 1959Johnny Staccato
- 1959Rawhide (Albert Hadley)
- 1958Naked City (Walter Gerrick)
- 1958The Rifleman (Byron Claremont)
- 1958Wanted: Dead or Alive (Judge Coogan)
- 1958Shirley Temple's Storybook (King)
- 1957Project XX: The Innocent Years (Self - Narrator)
- 1957The Walter Winchell File (Agent)
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Colonel del Armija - Interrogator)
- 1956Telephone Time (Joseph Priestley)
- 1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (Joe Markheim)
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Horace Meade)
- 1955The Phil Silvers Show (Hubbell Robinson (uncredited))
- 1954The Wonderful World of Disney (Dr. Mikhail Andrassy)
- 1954Climax! (Frank Martin)
- 1954Climax! (David Potter)
- 1954Climax! (Eric Betzdorff)
- 1954The Secret Storm (Dr. Ian Northcoate)
- 1952Omnibus (Odysseus)
- 1952Omnibus (El Indio)
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Hagen)
- 1948Studio One (Edward)
- 1948Studio One (Narrator (voice))
- 1948Studio One (Prof. Tom Monev)
- 1948Studio One (Carl Phillips)
- 1947Kraft Television Theatre
- 1947Kraft Television Theatre (Narrator (voice))