Alexander Scourby

Actor

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Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

November 13, 1913

Died

February 22, 1985

Biography

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Distinguished actor from the stage who entered film in the early 1950s, and appeared in such fine productions as Fritz Lang's "The Big Heat" (1953) and George Stevens' "Giant" (1956). Scourby has lent his distinctively rich voice to off-screen film and TV narration, notably the documentary, "Victory at Sea." Married to soap opera actress Lori March....

Filmography

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The Stuff (1985)

The Final Solution (1983)

The Executioner (1970)

Professor Parker

The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)

Photos & Videos

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Affair In Trinidad (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Trinidad Lady

Big Heat, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Pinch Hit For Your Boy?

Family & Companions

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Lori March

Wife

Actor. Survived him.

Biography

Distinguished actor from the stage who entered film in the early 1950s, and appeared in such fine productions as Fritz Lang's "The Big Heat" (1953) and George Stevens' "Giant" (1956). Scourby has lent his distinctively rich voice to off-screen film and TV narration, notably the documentary, "Victory at Sea." Married to soap opera actress Lori March.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Stuff (1985)

The Final Solution (1983)

The Executioner (1970)

Professor Parker

The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)

Seven Thieves (1960)

Man on a String (1960)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Dr. Mikhail Andrassy

The Big Fisherman (1959)

David Ben-Zadok

Me and the Colonel (1958)

Major von Bergen

Dr. Paul Y. Gorman

The Silver Chalice (1955)

Sign of the Pagan (1954)

The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)

The Big Heat (1953)

The Glory Brigade (1953)

Because of You (1952)

Affair in Trinidad (1952)

With These Hands (1950)

Cast (Special)

The Glory of Their Times (1990)

Toscanini: The Maestro (1988)

Merton: A Film Biography of Thomas Merton (1984)

Among the Wild Chimpanzees (1984)

The Body Human: The Journey Within (1984)

La Forza del Destino (1984)

The Body Human: The Body Beautiful (1983)

The Sharks (1982)

Strange True Stories (1982)

Uncommon Women and Others (1978)

The World of Maurice Chevalier (1963)

The World of Sophia Loren (1962)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Word (1978)

Life Events

Videos

Affair In Trinidad (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Trinidad Lady No fooling around, brief bit with Steven Geray greeting Torin Thatcher and Howard Wendell but really producer-director Vincent Sherman is delivering the first appearance of Rita Hayworth, as night club performer Chris Emery, with a new song by Bob Russell and Lester Lee, in her first movie after the failure of her marriage to prince Aly Khan, in Columbia’s Affair In Trinidad, 1952, Rita’s vocal by Jo Ann Greer, choreography by Valerie Bettis and dress by Jean Louis.

Big Heat, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Pinch Hit For Your Boy? Cop Bannion (Glenn Ford) drops in on the polished gangster Lagana (Alexander Scourby) and his hunky aide George (Chris Alcaide) to deliver a warning in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, 1953.

Big Heat, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Your Pretty Face Famous scene in which rightly suspicious gangster Vince (Lee Marvin) freaks out and burns girlfriend Debbie (Gloria Grahame) with hot coffee, Howard Wendell as the panicked politician, Alexander Scourby the kingpin taking the call, in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, 1953.

Big Heat, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Just Impersonations First scene for usually blonde, and now Academy Award-winner (for The Bad And The Beautiful, 1953) Gloria Grahame, as gang-moll Debby, with thug boyfriend Vince (Lee Marvin), sidekick Larry (Adam Williams) and their boss Lagana (Alexander Scourby) in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, 1953.

Silver Chalice, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) I Bind You To Silence Very early Christian Joseph (Walter Hampden), daughter Deborra (Pier Angeli) and friend Luke (Alexander Scourby) standing by, explains the assignment to fugitive sculptor Basil (Paul Newman), in The Silver Chalice, 1955.

Devil At 4 O'Clock, The -- (Movie Clip) Potential Murderers American priest Doonan (Spencer Tracy) has just forced the French colonial governor (Alexander Scourby) to liberate baking prisoners Harry (Frank Sinatra), Jacques (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and Marcel (Gregoire Aslan), in The Devil At 4 O'Clock, 1961.

Ransom! (1956) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Give Her A Shot The police chief (Robert Keith) takes a call, then pulls a gun on a reporter (Leslie Nielsen) as mom Edith (Donna Reed) unravels and the doctor (Alexander Scourby) counsels dad Dave (Glenn Ford) in Ransom!, 1956.

Man on a String -- (Movie Clip) Brothers Hollywood producer and Russian spy Boris Mitrov (Ernest Borgnine) consults with his handler (Alexander Scourby) in Man on a String (1960).

Affair in Trinidad - (Original Trailer) Rita Hayworth re-teamed with her Gilda co-star Glenn Ford for the sultry crime thriller Affair in Trinidad (1952).

Man on a String - (Original Trailer) The CIA turns a Russian spy (Ernest Borgnine) into a double agent. Now he is the Man on a String (1960).

Giant - (Original Trailer) A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times in Giant (1956) starring James Dean, Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor.

Seven Thieves - (Original Trailer) A professor (Edward G. Robinson) and thief decide to join together and pull off a heist in Seven Thieves (1960).

Big Heat, The - (Re-issue trailer) Police detective Glenn Ford teams with gangster's moll Gloria Grahame after his wife is murdered by the mob in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953).

Companions

Lori March

Wife

Actor. Survived him.

Bibliography

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