for the American Foundation for the Blind. The project required more than four years before it was completed in 1953. The original goal was to produce a clean, clear recording for visually impaired listeners. The American Bible Society distributed the recordings as The Talking Bible, a set of 169 LP records with a running time of 84.5 hours. Poetry recordings Scourby made recordings of British and American poetry, including A Golden Treasury of Poetry, an LP recorded for the children's label Golden Records. It featured readings of such poems as Paul Revere's Ride, Gunga Din, The Highwayman, The Owl and the Pussycat, and Annabel Lee, and commentary written by Louis Untermeyer. Personal life Scourby and Lori von Eltz were married on May 12, 1943. Von Eltz was the daughter of motion-picture actor Theodor von Eltz, and was well known as the actress Lori March. The couple had a daughter, Alexandra, born on March 27, 1944. Scourby had no political affiliation nor any specific religious affiliations, though he was baptized in the Greek Orthodox tradition and his marriage to von Eltz occurred in an Episcopal chapel. Scourby died of a heart attack on February 22, 1985, in Newtown, Connecticut, aged 71. His widow died in 2013. Filmography With These Hands (1950) – Doctor (uncredited) Affair in Trinidad (1952) – Max Fabian Because of You (1952) – Dr. Breen The Redhead from Wyoming (1953) – Reece Duncan The Glory Brigade (1953) – Lt. Niklas The Big Heat (1953) – Mike Lagana Sign of the Pagan (1954) – Chrysaphius The Silver Chalice (1954) – Luke Ransom! (1956) – Dr. Paul Y. Gorman Giant (1956) – Old Polo Me and the Colonel (1958) – Major Von Bergen The Shaggy Dog (1959) – Dr. Mikhail Andrassy The Big Fisherman (1959) – David Ben-Zadok Seven Thieves (1960) – Raymond Le May Man on a String (1960) – Col. Vadja Kubelov The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) – The Governor Gendarme in New York (1965) Ready on Arrival, the USS Independence in Vietnam (1966) The Executioner (1970) – Prof. Parker Jesus (1979) – Luke (voice) Strange But True (1981) Merton (1984) – Narrator (voice) The Stuff (1985) – Evans (final film role) References External links Alexander Scourby papers, 1940-1989, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Ballantine Beer ad (voiceover by Alexander Scourby) 1913 births 1985 deaths Male actors