Paul Frees
Born: 1920-06-22 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1986-11-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
Solomon Hersh Frees (June 22, 1920 – November 2, 1986), better known as Paul Frees, was an American actor, voice actor, impressionist and screenwriter known for his work on MGM, Walter Lantz, and Walt Disney theatrical cartoons during the Golden Age of Animation and for providing the voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Along with his contemporary Mel Blanc, he became known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
2025
- Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort as Auctioneer (voice)/Pirate Skull (voice)
2015
- 3-D Rarities as (archive footage)
2007
- Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection as Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2004
- Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 as Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2003
- Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 as True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator / Creature (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1992
1991
- Disney’s Coyote Tales as Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1987
- The Puppetoon Movie as Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice)
1986
- The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self / Narrator (voice)
- Disney's DTV Valentine as Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)
1983
- The Wind in the Willows as Wayfarer (voice)
- Twice Upon a Time as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
- What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon as Trailer Announcer
1982
- Knight Rider as K.A.R.R.
- The Last Unicorn as Mabruk (voice)
- The Flight of Dragons as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)
- Woody Woodpecker and Friends as Various Voices
- The Case of Dashiell Hammett as Narrator (voice)
- Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey as Narrator (voice)
1980
- The Return of the King as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
- The Day After Trinity as Self - Narrator (voice)
1979
- Jack Frost as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
- Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
1978
- The Ghost of Flight 401 as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
- The Stingiest Man in Town as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
- Hardware Wars as Narrator
1977
- The Hobbit as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)
- Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey as Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice)
- Fantastic Animation Festival as Opening Narration
1976
- Rudolph's Shiny New Year as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland as Jack Frost
- The First Easter Rabbit as Zero / Santa (voice)
- The Milpitas Monster as Narrator (voice)
- Casey at the Bat as Narrator
1975
- Breakheart Pass as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
1974
- Run, Joe, Run as Narrator
1972
- The Osmonds
- Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid as Iguana (voice)
- A Fish Story as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Let Charlie Do It as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Rain Rain, Go Away as Charlie Beary / Junior (voice)
- Unlucky Potluck as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice)
1971
- The Jackson 5ive as (voice)
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
- The Point as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
- Here Comes Peter Cottontail as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
- Pillsbury's Magic Circus as The Pillsbury Doughboy
- The Bungling Builder as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Charlie the Rainmaker as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Moochin' Pooch as Charlie Beary (voice)
1970
- Tora! Tora! Tora! as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
- Patton as Voice (uncredited)
- Colossus: The Forbin Project as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town as Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
- The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)
- Charlie's Golf Classic as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Charlie in Hot Water as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1969
- The Dudley Do-Right Show
- Frosty the Snowman as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
- The Comic as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
- It's Tough to Be a Bird as Leif Erikson
- Cool It, Charlie as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Gopher Broke as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Charlie's Campout as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1968
- Arabian Knights as Bakaar (voice)
- The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The Little Drummer Boy as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)
- Wild in the Streets as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Mouse on the Mayflower as (voice)
- Pacifically Peeking as Moby Duck
- Jerky Turkey as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
- The Magic Pear Tree as Jean Navarro
- Bugged in a Rug as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1967
- Mr. Terrific as Narrator
- The Fantastic Four as The Thing (voice)
- George of the Jungle as Alistair
- Super Chicken as Fred
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Tom Slick as Baron Otto Matic
- Cricket on the Hearth as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
- Super President as James Norcross (voice)
- Bomb Voyage as Commissioner (voice)
- The Bear That Wasn't as Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
- Le Escape Goat as Commissioner (voice)
- Le Quiet Squad as Commissioner / Doctor (voice)
- A Salute to Alaska as Narrator
- Sacré Bleu Cross as Hassan the Assassin (voice)
- Window Pains as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Mouse in the House as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1966
- Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
- The Impossibles
- Grand Prix as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
- The Man Called Flintstone as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
- Dimension 5 as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
- Ape Suzette as Cockney Sailor (voice)
- That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame as Commissioner (voice)
- Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat as Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice)
- Unsafe and Seine as Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice)
- Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux as Commissioner (voice)
- Foot Brawl as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice)
- The Pique Poquette of Paris as Spider Pierre (voice)
- Cirrhosis of the Louvre as Commissioner (voice)
- Plastered in Paris as Commissioner (voice)
1965
- Get Smart as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
- The Inspector ... (Vocals)
- The Secret Squirrel Show as Double Q (voice)
- The Beatles as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)
- The War Lord as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Once a Thief as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
- Pinkfinger as Narrator (voice)
- Freewayphobia as Narrator (voice)
- The Sword of Ali Baba as Narrator (voice)
- The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation as Weft / Wight / Wong (voice)
- Sink Pink as Hunter / Native Bearer (voice)
- Goofy's Freeway Troubles as Narrator (voice)
- Pink Panzer as Neighbor / Devil (voice)
- The Inspector as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- E Flat Elephants as Charlie, Ape
- Guest Who? as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Eggs Benedict as Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop
- Davey Cricket as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1964
- The Pink Panther as Little Man and many incidental roles
- The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
- Robin and the 7 Hoods as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Night Walker as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Carpetbaggers as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Crusty (voice)
- Rendezvous in Space as Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice)
- Everybody Loves It as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Rah Rah Ruckus as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle as Charlie Beary (voice)
1963
- The Thrill of It All as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Fractured Flickers
- Charlie's Mother-in-Law as Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice)
- The Goose Is Wild as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Goose in the Rough as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Fly With Von Drake as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
- The Secret Weapon as Voices
1962
- The Manchurian Candidate as Narrator (voice)
- The Beary Family as Charlie / Junior Beary
- Hoppity Hooper
- Krazy Kat as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
- Taras Bulba as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Gay Purr-ee as Meowrice (voice)
- Night of the Eagle as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Magic Sword as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
- Punchy Pooch as Doc (voice)
- Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
- Mouse Blanche as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp
- A Symposium on Popular Songs as Ludwig Von Drake
- Fowled-Up Birthday as Charlie Beary (voice)
- The World's Greatest Sinner as Narrator
- A Public Affair as Narrator (voice)
- Corny Concerto as Doc (voice)
- Mother's Little Helper as Charlie Beary (voice)
- The Hunting Instinct as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
- Take Me To Your Gen'rul
- Pest of Show as Doc (voice)
- Keeping Up with Krazy as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited)
- The Hat
1961
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians as Dirty Dawson (voice)
- Top Cat
- The Wonderful World of Disney
- The Absent-Minded Professor as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
- Atlantis: The Lost Continent as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
- Calvin and the Colonel
- Famous Ghost Stories as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
- Tin Can Concert as Doc (voice)
- Tricky Trout as Wally Walrus (voice)
- Clash and Carry as Wally Walrus (voice)
- Kids Is Kids as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
- Doc's Last Stand as Doc / Indians / Narrator (voice)
1960
- The Flintstones as Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice)
- The Mr. Magoo Show
- The Time Machine as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
- Where the Boys Are as Narrator (uncredited)
- Pollyanna as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
- Aesop and Son as Additional Voices (Voice)
- Tormented as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
- Goliath II as The Mouse
- Ballyhooey as (voice)
- Tale of a Wolf as Barnyard Dog (voice)
- The Adventures of Sam Space as Voice
- Fowled Up Falcon as (voice)
- Bats in the Belfry as (voice)
- Freeloading Feline as (voices)
1959
- The Bullwinkle Show as Boris Badenov (voice)
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends as Boris Badenov (voice)
- Some Like It Hot as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
- Operation Petticoat as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
- Donald in Mathmagic Land as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
- Mouse Trapped as Doc (voice)
- Eyes in Outer Space as Narrator (voice)
- Duck Flies Coop as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
- Noah's Ark as Noah / God
- Witty Kitty as Doc / Cat (voice)
- Space Mouse as Doc (voice)
- Attack of the Jungle Women as Narrator
- The Beatniks as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
1958
- Space Master X-7 as Dr. Charles T. Pommer
1957
- The 27th Day as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
- Mars and Beyond as Narrator
- Rodan! The Flying Monster as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
- Beginning of the End as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
1956
- The Gumby Show as (voice)
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- The Harder They Fall as Priest (uncredited)
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers as Alien (voice) (uncredited)
- Blue Cat Blues as Voices
- Francis in the Haunted House as Francis (voice)
- Down Beat Bear as 1st Radio Announcer
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited)
- The Millionaire as Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton
- The Scarlet Coat as Narrator (voice)
- Cellbound as The Prisoner / George the Warden / The Little Wife (voice) (uncredited)
- Jump Into Hell as TV News Broadcaster (voice)
1954
- Studio 57
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Narrator (voice)
- The Whistler
- Suddenly as Benny Conklin
- Riot in Cell Block 11 as Guard Monroe
- Sleepy-Time Squirrel as Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
- Homesteader Droopy as narrator
- The Farm of Tomorrow as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Casey Bats Again as Narrator (voice)
- Social Lion as Various Voices
- The Impossible Possum as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1953
- City Detective
- The War of the Worlds as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
- General Electric Theater
- Heir Bear as Barney Bear / Gopher / Tax Collector (voice) (uncredited)
- Life with Tom as (voice) (uncredited)
- Cobs and Robbers as Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited)
- Barney's Hungry Cousin as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
- T.V. of Tomorrow as Narrator (voice)
- The Missing Mouse as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Half-Pint Palomino as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
- Wee-Willie Wildcat as Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited)
1952
- Dangerous Assignment
- The Las Vegas Story as District Attorney (uncredited)
- Cruise Cat as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
- Smitten Kitten as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
- Assignment: Paris as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
- The Star as Richard Stanley
- Magical Maestro as Additional Voices
- Busybody Bear as Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited)
- A Case for Hypnosis as Doc Tweedle
1951
- Dragnet
- A Place in the Sun as Reverend Morrison
- The Thing from Another World as Prof. Voorhees
- His Kind of Woman as Corley (uncredited)
- When Worlds Collide as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
- The Company She Keeps as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bailiff
- Sleepy-Time Tom as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
- Jerry's Cousin as Cousin Muscles (voice)
- His Mouse Friday as Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)
- Robinson Crusoeland as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
- Inside India as Professor Lightskull
1950
- Lux Video Theatre
- Force of Evil as Elevator operator
- The Toast of New Orleans as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Hunt the Man Down as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
- Jerry and the Lion as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Blondie's Hero as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
1949
- Red Light as Bellhop (uncredited)
1947
- Mickey and the Beanstalk as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
- Uncle Tom's Cabaña as Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)
- Crazy with the Heat as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
- Should Husbands Marry? as Radio announcer
1946
- The Hick Chick as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
1945
- The Shooting of Dan McGoo as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Wild and Woolfy as Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited)
1943
- A-Hunting We Won't Go as Crow (voice) (uncredited)
1942
- A Hollywood Detour as Narrator (uncredited)