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)
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)
- Hardware Wars as Narrator
- The Stingiest Man in Town as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
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 Milpitas Monster as Narrator (voice)
- The First Easter Rabbit as Zero / Santa (voice)
- Casey at the Bat as Narrator
1975
- Breakheart Pass as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
1974
- Run, Joe, Run as Narrator
1972
- The Osmonds
- A Fish Story as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Unlucky Potluck as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice)
- Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid as Iguana (voice)
- Let Charlie Do It as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Rain Rain, Go Away as Charlie Beary / Junior (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
- Moochin' Pooch as Charlie Beary (voice)
- The Bungling Builder as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Charlie the Rainmaker as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1970
- Patton as Voice (uncredited)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (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
- Frosty the Snowman as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
- The Dudley Do-Right Show
- 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)
- Cool It, Charlie as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Gopher Broke as Charlie 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)
- The Mouse on the Mayflower as (voice)
- Wild in the Streets as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Magic Pear Tree as Jean Navarro
- Bugged in a Rug as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Pacifically Peeking as Moby Duck
- Jerky Turkey as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
1967
- Mr. Terrific as Narrator
- The Fantastic Four as The Thing (voice)
- George of the Jungle as Alistair
- Tom Slick as Baron Otto Matic
- Super Chicken as Fred
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Cricket on the Hearth as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
- Super President as James Norcross (voice)
- Bomb Voyage as Commissioner (voice)
- Mouse in the House as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Sacré Bleu Cross as Hassan the Assassin (voice)
- The Bear That Wasn't as Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
- A Salute to Alaska as Narrator
- Le Escape Goat as Commissioner (voice)
- Window Pains as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Le Quiet Squad as Commissioner / Doctor (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)
- Foot Brawl as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice)
- Plastered in Paris as Commissioner (voice)
- Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux as Commissioner (voice)
- Cirrhosis of the Louvre as Commissioner (voice)
- The Pique Poquette of Paris as Spider Pierre (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)
- E Flat Elephants as Charlie, Ape
- The Inspector as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- The Sword of Ali Baba as Narrator (voice)
- Pink Panzer as Neighbor / Devil (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)
- Eggs Benedict as Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop
- Davey Cricket as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
- Guest Who? as Charlie Beary (voice)
1964
- The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
- Robin and the 7 Hoods as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Night Walker as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Crusty (voice)
- The Carpetbaggers as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 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
- Fractured Flickers
- The Thrill of It All as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Charlie's Mother-in-Law as Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice)
- Fly With Von Drake as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
- The Goose Is Wild as Charlie Beary (voice)
- Goose in the Rough as Charlie Beary (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)
- Hoppity Hooper
- Krazy Kat as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
- Gay Purr-ee as Meowrice (voice)
- The Magic Sword as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
- Night of the Eagle as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
- A Symposium on Popular Songs as Ludwig Von Drake
- The World's Greatest Sinner as Narrator
- Corny Concerto as Doc (voice)
- Punchy Pooch as Doc (voice)
- Mother's Little Helper as Charlie Beary (voice)
- A Public Affair as Narrator (voice)
- Mouse Blanche as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp
- Pest of Show as Doc (voice)
- The Hunting Instinct as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
- Take Me To Your Gen'rul
- Fowled-Up Birthday as Charlie Beary (voice)
- The Hat
- Keeping Up with Krazy as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited)
1961
- Top Cat
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians as Dirty Dawson (voice)
- 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')
- Tricky Trout as Wally Walrus (voice)
- Kids Is Kids as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
- Tin Can Concert as Doc (voice)
- Doc's Last Stand as Doc / Indians / Narrator (voice)
- Clash and Carry as Wally Walrus (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)
- Aesop and Son as Additional Voices (Voice)
- Goliath II as The Mouse
- Tale of a Wolf as Barnyard Dog (voice)
- Bats in the Belfry as (voice)
- The Adventures of Sam Space as Voice
- Freeloading Feline as (voices)
- Ballyhooey as (voice)
- Fowled Up Falcon as (voice)
1959
- The Bullwinkle Show as Boris Badenov (voice)
- Some Like It Hot as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends as Boris Badenov (voice)
- Operation Petticoat as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
- Donald in Mathmagic Land as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
- The Beatniks as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
- Mouse Trapped as Doc (voice)
- Attack of the Jungle Women as Narrator
- Noah's Ark as Noah / God
- Witty Kitty as Doc / Cat (voice)
- Eyes in Outer Space as Narrator (voice)
- Duck Flies Coop as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
- Space Mouse as Doc (voice)
1958
- Space Master X-7 as Dr. Charles T. Pommer
1957
- The 27th Day as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
- Beginning of the End as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
- Mars and Beyond as Narrator
- Rodan! The Flying Monster as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
1956
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- The Gumby Show as (voice)
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
- The Harder They Fall as Priest (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
- The Millionaire as Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Swanson (voice) (uncredited)
- 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)
- Suddenly as Benny Conklin
- Riot in Cell Block 11 as Guard Monroe
- Homesteader Droopy as narrator
- Casey Bats Again as Narrator (voice)
- Sleepy-Time Squirrel as Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
- Social Lion as Various Voices
- The Farm of Tomorrow as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 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)
- Half-Pint Palomino as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
- T.V. of Tomorrow as Narrator (voice)
- Cobs and Robbers as Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited)
- Wee-Willie Wildcat as Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited)
- The Missing Mouse as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Life with Tom as (voice) (uncredited)
- Barney's Hungry Cousin as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1952
- Dangerous Assignment
- Assignment: Paris as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
- The Star as Richard Stanley
- Cruise Cat as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
- Magical Maestro as Additional Voices
- The Las Vegas Story as District Attorney (uncredited)
- A Case for Hypnosis as Doc Tweedle
- Smitten Kitten as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
- Busybody Bear as Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited)
1951
- Dragnet
- When Worlds Collide as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bailiff
- The Thing from Another World as Prof. Voorhees
- A Place in the Sun as Reverend Morrison
- His Kind of Woman as Corley (uncredited)
- Robinson Crusoeland as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
- The Company She Keeps as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
- His Mouse Friday as Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)
- Jerry's Cousin as Cousin Muscles (voice)
- Sleepy-Time Tom as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
- Inside India as Professor Lightskull
1950
- Lux Video Theatre
- Force of Evil as Elevator operator
- Hunt the Man Down as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
- Blondie's Hero as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
- Jerry and the Lion as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Toast of New Orleans as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
- Red Light as Bellhop (uncredited)
1947
- Mickey and the Beanstalk as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
- Uncle Tom's Cabana as Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)
- Should Husbands Marry? as Radio announcer
- Crazy with the Heat as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
1946
- The Hick Chick as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
1945
- Wild and Woolfy as Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited)
- The Shooting of Dan McGoo as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943
- A-Hunting We Won't Go as Crow (voice) (uncredited)
1942
- A Hollywood Detour as Narrator (uncredited)