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
- Twice Upon a Time as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
- The Wind in the Willows as Wayfarer (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)
1981
- The Day After Trinity as Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
- The Return of the King as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
1979
- Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
- Jack Frost as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
1978
- The Stingiest Man in Town as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
- The Ghost of Flight 401 as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
- 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
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland as Jack Frost
- Rudolph's Shiny New Year as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
- 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
- Rain Rain, Go Away as Charlie Beary / Junior (voice)
- Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid as Iguana (voice)
- Let Charlie Do It as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Unlucky Potluck as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice)
- A Fish Story as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1971
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
- The Jackson 5ive as (voice)
- Here Comes Peter Cottontail as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
- The Point as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
- The Bungling Builder as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Moochin' Pooch as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Pillsbury's Magic Circus as The Pillsbury Doughboy
- Charlie the Rainmaker as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1970
- Tora! Tora! Tora! as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
- Patton as Voice (uncredited)
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
- Colossus: The Forbin Project as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town as Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
- The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)
- Charlie in Hot Water as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Charlie's Golf Classic 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
- Charlie's Campout as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Gopher Broke as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Cool It, Charlie as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1968
- The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Arabian Knights as Bakaar (voice)
- 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
- The Magic Pear Tree as Jean Navarro
- Bugged in a Rug as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Jerky Turkey as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
1967
- Mr. Terrific as Narrator
- The Fantastic Four as The Thing (voice)
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- George of the Jungle as Alistair
- Super Chicken as Fred
- Tom Slick as Baron Otto Matic
- Super President as James Norcross (voice)
- Cricket on the Hearth as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
- A Salute to Alaska as Narrator
- Bomb Voyage as Commissioner (voice)
- The Bear That Wasn't as Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
- Le Escape Goat as Commissioner (voice)
- Mouse in the House as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Le Quiet Squad as Commissioner / Doctor (voice)
- Sacré Bleu Cross as Hassan the Assassin (voice)
- Window Pains as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1966
- Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
- Grand Prix as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
- The Impossibles
- The Man Called Flintstone as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
- Dimension 5 as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
- Unsafe and Seine as Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice)
- Cirrhosis of the Louvre as Commissioner (voice)
- Foot Brawl as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice)
- That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame as Commissioner (voice)
- Ape Suzette as Cockney Sailor (voice)
- The Pique Poquette of Paris as Spider Pierre (voice)
- Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux as Commissioner (voice)
- Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat as Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice)
- Plastered in Paris as Commissioner (voice)
1965
- Get Smart as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
- The Beatles as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)
- The Secret Squirrel Show as Double Q (voice)
- The War Lord as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Inspector ... (Vocals)
- Once a Thief as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
- The Inspector as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation as Weft / Wight / Wong (voice)
- Pinkfinger as Narrator (voice)
- Sink Pink as Hunter / Native Bearer (voice)
- The Sword of Ali Baba as Narrator (voice)
- Eggs Benedict as Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop
- E Flat Elephants as Charlie, Ape
- Freewayphobia as Narrator (voice)
- Guest Who? as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Pink Panzer as Neighbor / Devil (voice)
- Goofy's Freeway Troubles as Narrator (voice)
- Davey Cricket as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1964
- Robin and the 7 Hoods as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
- The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Crusty (voice)
- The Night Walker as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Carpetbaggers as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Everybody Loves It as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Rendezvous in Space as Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice)
- Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Rah Rah Ruckus as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1963
- Fractured Flickers
- The Thrill of It All as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Charlie's Mother-in-Law as Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice)
- Goose in the Rough as Charlie Beary (voice)
- The Goose Is Wild 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
- Taras Bulba as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
- The Magic Sword as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
- Krazy Kat as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
- Night of the Eagle as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- A Symposium on Popular Songs as Ludwig Von Drake
- Gay Purr-ee as Meowrice (voice)
- Hoppity Hooper
- The World's Greatest Sinner as Narrator
- A Public Affair as Narrator (voice)
- Fowled-Up Birthday as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Keeping Up with Krazy as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited)
- The Hunting Instinct as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
- Mother's Little Helper as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Punchy Pooch as Doc (voice)
- Take Me To Your Gen'rul
- Pest of Show as Doc (voice)
- Mouse Blanche as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp
- Corny Concerto as Doc (voice)
- The Hat
1961
- Top Cat
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians as Dirty Dawson (voice)
- The Wonderful World of Disney
- Calvin and the Colonel
- The Absent-Minded Professor as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
- Atlantis: The Lost Continent as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
- Famous Ghost Stories as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
- Tricky Trout as Wally Walrus (voice)
- Clash and Carry as Wally Walrus (voice)
- Tin Can Concert as Doc (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)
- Pollyanna as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
- Tormented as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
- Where the Boys Are as Narrator (uncredited)
- Goliath II as The Mouse
- Tale of a Wolf as Barnyard Dog (voice)
- Ballyhooey as (voice)
- The Adventures of Sam Space as Voice
- Aesop and Son as Additional Voices (Voice)
- Bats in the Belfry as (voice)
- Fowled Up Falcon as (voice)
- Freeloading Feline as (voices)
1959
- The Bullwinkle Show 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)
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends as Boris Badenov (voice)
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
- Donald in Mathmagic Land as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
- Attack of the Jungle Women as Narrator
- The Beatniks as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
- Noah's Ark as Noah / God
- Witty Kitty as Doc / Cat (voice)
- Mouse Trapped as Doc (voice)
- Space Mouse as Doc (voice)
- Duck Flies Coop as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
- Eyes in Outer Space as Narrator (voice)
1958
- Space Master X-7 as Dr. Charles T. Pommer
1957
- Beginning of the End as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
- Rodan! The Flying Monster as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
- The 27th Day as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
- Mars and Beyond as Narrator
1956
- Gumby 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)
- Francis in the Haunted House as Francis (voice)
- Blue Cat Blues as Voices
- 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 Whistler
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Narrator (voice)
- Riot in Cell Block 11 as Guard Monroe
- Suddenly as Benny Conklin
- The Farm of Tomorrow as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Homesteader Droopy as narrator
- Sleepy-Time Squirrel as Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
- Social Lion as Various Voices
- Casey Bats Again as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- The Missing Mouse as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Barney's Hungry Cousin as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
- 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)
- Wee-Willie Wildcat as Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited)
- T.V. of Tomorrow as Narrator (voice)
- Half-Pint Palomino as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1952
- Dangerous Assignment
- The Star as Richard Stanley
- Assignment: Paris as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
- The Las Vegas Story as District Attorney (uncredited)
- Smitten Kitten as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
- Busybody Bear as Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited)
- Magical Maestro as Additional Voices
- Cruise Cat as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
- A Case for Hypnosis as Doc Tweedle
1951
- Dragnet
- The Thing from Another World as Prof. Voorhees
- A Place in the Sun as Reverend Morrison
- His Kind of Woman as Corley (uncredited)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bailiff
- When Worlds Collide as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
- The Company She Keeps as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
- Robinson Crusoeland as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
- Jerry's Cousin as Cousin Muscles (voice)
- Sleepy-Time Tom as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
- His Mouse Friday as Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)
- Inside India as Professor Lightskull
1950
- Lux Video Theatre
- Force of Evil as Elevator operator
- Blondie's Hero as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
- The Toast of New Orleans as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Jerry and the Lion as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Hunt the Man Down as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
1949
- Red Light as Bellhop (uncredited)
1947
- Mickey and the Beanstalk as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
- Crazy with the Heat as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
- Uncle Tom's Cabana as Uncle Tom (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)