Alexander Scourby (Actor)

Reviews of Alexander Scourby Movies

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Movies starring Alexander Scourby have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 61%.

Atonement - released in 1971 - is Alexander Scourby's highest rated movie, with a score of 83% based on 723 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Alexander Scourby is The Silver Chalice - released in 1954 - with a score of 37% based on 10 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Alexander Scourby has acted in films with Glenn Ford, Sam Harris, Harold Miller and George Ford.

Alexander Scourby has worked with these film directors: Fritz Lang, Mervyn LeRoy, Sam Wanamaker and Henry Hathaway.