Actor: Alexander Scourby

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Birthday: 1913-11-13
Born in: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 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."

Known for

Giant

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
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Jesus

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

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!
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The Big Heat

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.
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The Big Heat

1953

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The Gendarme in New York

Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
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The Gendarme in New York

1965

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The Devil at 4 O'Clock

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.
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The Devil at 4 O'Clock

1961

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Affair in Trinidad

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

1952

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The Shaggy Dog

Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery....
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The Shaggy Dog

1959

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Ransom!

A rich man stuns his wife and town with a televised threat to his son's kidnapper.
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The Silver Chalice

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
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The Silver Chalice

1954

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Seven Thieves

A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull off one last job--the casino vault in Monte Carlo.
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Seven Thieves

1960

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The Executioner

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

1970

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