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Acting
Birthday:
June 22, 1920
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Paul Frees
Biography
Solomon Hersh Frees, 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".
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3-D Rarities | (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection | Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 | Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) |
| 2003 | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 | True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator / Creature (archive sound) |
| 1992 | Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown | Narrator |
| 1991 | Disney’s Coyote Tales | Mouse (voice) |
| 1987 | The Puppetoon Movie | Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice) |
| 1986 | The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal | Self / Narrator (voice) |
| 1986 | Disney's DTV Valentine | Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice) |
| 1983 | The Wind in the Willows | Wayfarer (voice) |
| 1983 | What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon | Trailer Announcer |
| 1983 | Twice Upon a Time | Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice) |
| 1982 | The Last Unicorn | Mabruk (voice) |
| 1982 | Woody Woodpecker and Friends | Various Voices |
| 1982 | Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey | Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | The Flight of Dragons | Solarius / Antiquity (voice) |
| 1982 | The Case of Dashiell Hammett | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | The Day After Trinity | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1980 | The Return of the King | Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice) |
| 1979 | Jack Frost | Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices) |
| 1979 | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice) |
| 1978 | The Ghost of Flight 401 | Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1978 | The Stingiest Man in Town | Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice) |
| 1978 | Hardware Wars | Narrator |
| 1977 | The Hobbit | Bombur/Troll #1 (voice) |
| 1977 | Fantastic Animation Festival | Opening Narration |
| 1977 | Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice) |
| 1976 | Rudolph's Shiny New Year | Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six |
| 1976 | Frosty's Winter Wonderland | Jack Frost |
| 1976 | The First Easter Rabbit | Zero / Santa (voice) |
| 1976 | Casey at the Bat | Narrator |
| 1976 | The Milpitas Monster | Narrator (voice) |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass | Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Let Charlie Do It | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1972 | Rain Rain, Go Away | Charlie Beary / Junior (voice) |
| 1972 | Unlucky Potluck | Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice) |
| 1972 | A Fish Story | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1972 | Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid | Iguana (voice) |
| 1971 | The Point | Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice) |
| 1971 | Here Comes Peter Cottontail | Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice) |
| 1971 | Pillsbury's Magic Circus | The Pillsbury Doughboy |
| 1971 | Charlie the Rainmaker | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1971 | The Bungling Builder | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1971 | Moochin' Pooch | Charlie Beary (voice) |
| 1971 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice) |
| 1970 | Patton | voice (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice) |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Colossus: The Forbin Project | Colossus (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Charlie's Golf Classic | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1970 | Charlie in Hot Water | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1970 | The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians | W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice) |
| 1970 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice) |
| 1969 | Frosty the Snowman | Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1969 | It's Tough to Be a Bird | Life Erikson |
| 1969 | Gopher Broke | Charlie Beary (voice) |
| 1969 | Charlie's Campout | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1969 | Cool It, Charlie | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1969 | The Comic | Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice) |
| 1968 | The Little Drummer Boy | Aaron's Father / Magi / Ali (voice) |
| 1968 | The Magic Pear Tree | Jean Navarro |
| 1968 | The Mouse on the Mayflower | (voice) |
| 1968 | Jerky Turkey | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Bugged in a Rug | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1968 | Wild in the Streets | Narrator (voice) |
| 1968 | Pacifically Peeking | Moby Duck |
| 1967 | The Bear That Wasn't | Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1967 | Le Escape Goat | Commissioner (voice) |
| 1967 | Sacré Bleu Cross | Hassan the Assassin (voice) |
| 1967 | Le Quiet Squad | Commissioner / Doctor (voice) |
| 1967 | Bomb Voyage | Commissioner (voice) |
| 1967 | Mouse in the House | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1967 | Window Pains | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1967 | Cricket on the Hearth | Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice) |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1967 | A Salute to Alaska | Narrator |
| 1966 | The Man Called Flintstone | Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice) |
| 1966 | Dimension 5 | Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Grand Prix | Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Plastered in Paris | Commissioner (voice) |
| 1966 | Cirrhosis of the Louvre | Commissioner (voice) |
| 1966 | Unsafe and Seine | Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice) |
| 1966 | Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux | Commissioner (voice) |
| 1966 | That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame | Commissioner (voice) |
| 1966 | The Pique Poquette of Paris | Spider Pierre (voice) |
| 1966 | Ape Suzette | Cockney Sailor (voice) |
| 1966 | Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat | Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice) |
| 1966 | Foot Brawl | Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1965 | The Sword of Ali Baba | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | The War Lord | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation | Weft / Wight / Wong (voice) |
| 1965 | Pink Panzer | Neighbor / Devil (voice) |
| 1965 | Sink Pink | Hunter / Native Bearer (voice) |
| 1965 | Pinkfinger | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | Guest Who? | Charlie Beary (voice) |
| 1965 | Davey Cricket | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1965 | Eggs Benedict | Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop |
| 1965 | E Flat Elephants | Charlie, Ape |
| 1965 | The Inspector | The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Once a Thief | Voice of Luke (Uncredited) |
| 1965 | Goofy's Freeway Troubles | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | Freewayphobia | Narrator (voice) |
| 1964 | Everybody Loves It | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Night Walker | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Everybody Loves It | Narrator |
| 1964 | Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle | Charlie Beary (voice) |
| 1964 | Rah Rah Ruckus | Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) |
| 1964 | The Incredible Mr. Limpet | Crusty (voice) |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | Narrator (voice) |
| 1964 | Rendezvous in Space | Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice) |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Secret Weapon | Voices |
| 1963 | Goose in the Rough | Charlie Beary (voice) |
| 1963 | Charlie's Mother-in-Law | Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice) |
| 1963 | The Goose Is Wild | Charlie Beary (voice) |
| 1963 | Fly With Von Drake | Ludwig Von Drake (voice) |
| 1963 | The Truth About Mother Goose | Ludwig Von Drake |
| 1962 | The Hat | |
| 1962 | Take Me To Your Gen'rul | |
| 1962 | Mouse Blanche | Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp |
| 1962 | Gay Purr-ee | Meowrice (voice) |
| 1962 | Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice) |
| 1962 | A Symposium on Popular Songs | Ludwig Von Drake |
| 1962 | The Hunting Instinct | Ludwig Von Drake (voice) |
| 1962 | Night of the Eagle | Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1962 | A Public Affair | Narrator (voice) |
| 1962 | Corny Concerto | Doc (voice) |
| 1962 | Punchy Pooch | Doc (voice) |
| 1962 | Pest of Show | Doc (voice) |
| 1962 | Mother's Little Helper | Charlie Beary (voice) |
| 1962 | Fowled-Up Birthday | Charlie Beary (voice) |
| 1962 | The Magic Sword | Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice) |
| 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | Narrator (voice) |
| 1962 | Taras Bulba | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The World's Greatest Sinner | Narrator |
| 1962 | Carnival Time | Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice) |
| 1962 | Von Drake in Spain | Ludwig Von Drake (voice) |
| 1962 | Man Is His Own Worst Enemy | Ludwig Von Drake / Radio voices (voice) |
| 1962 | Keeping Up with Krazy | Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Atlantis: The Lost Continent | Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice) |
| 1961 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Dirty Dawson (voice) |
| 1961 | Tin Can Concert | Doc (voice) |
| 1961 | The Absent-Minded Professor | PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Tricky Trout | Wally Walrus (voice) |
| 1961 | Doc's Last Stand | Doc / Indians / Narrator (voice) |
| 1961 | Clash and Carry | Wally Walrus (voice) |
| 1961 | Kids Is Kids | Ludwig Von Drake (voice) |
| 1961 | Famous Ghost Stories | Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented') |
| 1960 | Goliath II | The Mouse |
| 1960 | The Adventures of Sam Space | Voice |
| 1960 | The Time Machine | Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Fowled Up Falcon | (voice) |
| 1960 | Ballyhooey | (voice) |
| 1960 | Bats in the Belfry | (voice) |
| 1960 | Freeloading Feline | (voices) |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Barker (Voice) (Uncredited) |
| 1960 | Where the Boys Are | Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Tormented | Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) |
| 1960 | Tale of a Wolf | Barnyard Dog (voice) |
| 1959 | Donald in Mathmagic Land | The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator |
| 1959 | Noah's Ark | Noah / God |
| 1959 | Attack of the Jungle Women | Narrator |
| 1959 | Eyes in Outer Space | Narrator (voice) |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Mouse Trapped | Doc (voice) |
| 1959 | Witty Kitty | Doc / Cat (voice) |
| 1959 | Space Mouse | Doc (voice) |
| 1959 | Gigantis, the Fire Monster | Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Operation Petticoat | Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Beatniks | Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Space Master X-7 | Dr. Charles T. Pommer |
| 1957 | Disneyland: Mars and Beyond | Narrator |
| 1957 | Beginning of the End | Helicopter Pilot (voice) |
| 1957 | The 27th Day | Radio Newscaster Ward Mason |
| 1957 | Rodan! The Flying Monster! | Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice) |
| 1956 | Blue Cat Blues | Voices |
| 1956 | Down Beat Bear | 1st Radio Announcer |
| 1956 | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Alien (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Alien (voice) |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall | Priest (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Francis in the Haunted House | Francis (voice) |
| 1955 | Jump Into Hell | TV News Broadcaster (voice) |
| 1955 | The Scarlet Coat | Narrator (voice) |
| 1955 | Cellbound | The Prisoner / George the Warden / The Little Wife (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Riot in Cell Block 11 | Guard Monroe |
| 1954 | Suddenly | Benny Conklin |
| 1954 | Social Lion | Various Voices |
| 1954 | Sleepy-Time Squirrel | Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Casey Bats Again | Narrator (voice) |
| 1954 | Homesteader Droopy | narrator |
| 1954 | The Farm of Tomorrow | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Impossible Possum | Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Life with Tom | (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Missing Mouse | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | T.V. of Tomorrow | Narrator (voice) |
| 1953 | Wee-Willie Wildcat | Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Heir Bear | Barney Bear / Gopher / Tax Collector (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Barney's Hungry Cousin | Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The War of the Worlds | Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer |
| 1953 | Cobs and Robbers | Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Half-Pint Palomino | Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Smitten Kitten | Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Cruise Cat | Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Star | Richard Stanley |
| 1952 | A Case for Hypnosis | Doc Tweedle |
| 1952 | Assignment: Paris | Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Busybody Bear | Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Magical Maestro | Additional Voices |
| 1951 | His Mouse Friday | Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Jerry's Cousin | Cousin Muscles (voice) |
| 1951 | Utopia | Antoine (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Sleepy-Time Tom | Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Inside India | Professor Lightskull |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Reverend Morrison |
| 1951 | The Thing from Another World | Prof. Voorhees |
| 1951 | When Worlds Collide | Narrator/U.S. President (voice) |
| 1951 | His Kind of Woman | Corley (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Blondie's Hero | Radio Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Jerry and the Lion | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Force of Evil | Elevator operator |
| 1950 | Hunt the Man Down | Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Red Light | Bellhop (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Crazy with the Heat | Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor |
| 1947 | Should Husbands Marry? | Radio announcer |
| 1947 | Uncle Tom's Cabana | Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Mickey and the Beanstalk | Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Hick Chick | Bull (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Wild and Woolfy | Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Shooting of Dan McGoo | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | A Hollywood Detour | Narrator (uncredited) |
| Rah Rah Woozy - Pilot | Voice | |
| Nice Try Virgil | Narrator |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Knight Rider | K.A.R.R. |
| 1974 | Run, Joe, Run | Narrator |
| 1972 | The Osmonds | |
| 1971 | The Jackson 5ive | Varios personajes (voz) |
| 1969 | The Dudley Do-Right Show | |
| 1968 | Arabian Knights | Bakaar (voice) |
| 1968 | The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | |
| 1967 | Super Chicken | Fred |
| 1967 | Mr. Terrific | Narrator |
| 1967 | Super President | James Norcross (voice) |
| 1967 | Fantastic Four | The Thing (voice) |
| 1967 | Tom Slick | Baron Otto Matic |
| 1967 | George of the Jungle | Alistair |
| 1966 | Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles | |
| 1966 | The Impossibles | |
| 1965 | The Secret Squirrel Show | Double Q (voice) |
| 1965 | The Beatles | John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Secret Squirrel Show | Double-Q |
| 1965 | Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole | Double-Q/The Chief & Morocco Mole (Voice) |
| 1964 | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | |
| 1964 | The Pink Panther | |
| 1963 | Fractured Flickers | |
| 1962 | Hoppity Hooper | |
| 1962 | The Beary Family | Charlie / Junior Beary |
| 1962 | Krazy Kat | Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice) |
| 1961 | Calvin and the Colonel | |
| 1961 | The Wonderful World of Disney | |
| 1961 | Top Cat | |
| 1960 | The Flintstones | Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice) |
| 1960 | The Mr. Magoo Show | |
| 1960 | The Flintstones | Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice) |
| 1959 | The Bullwinkle Show | Boris Badenov (voice) |
| 1959 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | Boris Badenov (voice) |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | |
| 1956 | Gumby | (voice) |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | John Beresford Tipton |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Swanson (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Train Station Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Narrator (voice) |
| 1954 | The Whistler | |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | |
| 1953 | City Detective | |
| 1952 | Dangerous Assignment | |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Bailiff |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre |