Paul Frees
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 22, 1920
- Died
- November 2, 1986 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Solomon Hersh Frees (June 22, 1920 – November 2, 1986), known professionally as Paul Frees, was an American actor, voice actor, impressionist and screenwriter. He is best known for his voice work in cartoons during the Golden Age of Animation. Like Mel Blanc, he was sometimes referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices". Born in Chicago, Illinois, Frees started his entertainment career as a vaudeville impressionist and in 1942 began working on Hollywood radio series. After being drafted into the U.S. Army in World War II, he was wounded in action and eventually resumed his work in radio upon his return to the states. Frees appeared in over 250 films, cartoons and TV episodes, although he had few on-screen appearances and often went uncredited. He was also frequently enlisted to re-dub actors' performances, such as Tony Curtis' dialogue as Josephine in the 1959 film Some Like it Hot. That same year, Frees co-wrote and directed the film The Beatniks, his only feature film. Frees had a long career with Walt Disney Studios, providing the voice for Ludwig Von Drake and other characters, narrating short films, and supplying many voices for Disney theme park attractions, most notably the Ghost Host in The Haunted Mansion, various voices in Pirates of the Caribbean, and the narrator for both Adventure Thru Innerspace and Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln. On TV, Frees worked with Jay Ward Productions, providing the voice of Boris Badenov and other characters in various series, and also supplied many voices for Rankin/Bass cartoon specials. He also appeared in TV commercials and was the original voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy and the second voice of Froot Loops mascot Toucan Sam (after Mel Blanc). Frees was married five times and had two children via his third wife, voice actress Joyce Schultz. In his later years, Frees suffered from multiple health issues. He died in Tiburon, California, on November 2, 1986, at age 66, from an overdose of pain medication. He was cremated and his remains were scattered over the Pacific Ocean.
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Filmography
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Movie · as Auctioneer (voice) / Pirate Skull (voice)
3-D Rarities
Movie · as (archive footage)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Movie · as Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Movie · as Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Movie · as True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator / Creature (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown
Movie · as Narrator
Disney’s Coyote Tales
Movie · as Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Puppetoon Movie
Movie · as Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Movie · as Self / Narrator (voice)
Disney's DTV Valentine
Movie · as Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as Wayfarer (voice)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
Movie · as Trailer Announcer
Twice Upon a Time
Movie · as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
The Last Unicorn
Movie · as Mabruk (voice)
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
Movie · as Various Voices
Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Flight of Dragons
Movie · as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Knight Rider
TV · as K.A.R.R. · 1 ep
The Return of the King
Movie · as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
The Day After Trinity
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jack Frost
Movie · as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Movie · as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
The Ghost of Flight 401
Movie · as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
The Stingiest Man in Town
Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Hardware Wars
Movie · as Narrator
The Hobbit
Movie · as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)
Fantastic Animation Festival
Movie · as Opening Narration
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
Movie · as Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice)
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Movie · as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Movie · as Jack Frost
The First Easter Rabbit
Movie · as Zero / Santa (voice)
Casey at the Bat
Movie · as Narrator
The Milpitas Monster
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Breakheart Pass
Movie · as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
Run, Joe, Run
TV · as Narrator · 26 eps
Let Charlie Do It
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
A Fish Story
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Unlucky Potluck
Movie · as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice)
Rain Rain, Go Away
Movie · as Charlie Beary / Junior (voice)
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
Movie · as Iguana (voice)
The Osmonds
TV · 17 eps
The Point
Movie · as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Movie · as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
Pillsbury's Magic Circus
Movie · as The Pillsbury Doughboy
Moochin' Pooch
Movie · as Charlie Beary (voice)
The Bungling Builder
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Charlie the Rainmaker
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Movie · as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
The Jackson 5ive
TV · as (voice) · 23 eps
Patton
Movie · as Voice (uncredited)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Movie · as Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Movie · as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
Charlie's Golf Classic
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Charlie in Hot Water
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
Movie · as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
Frosty the Snowman
Movie · as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
It's Tough to Be a Bird
Movie · as Leif Erikson
Gopher Broke
Movie · as Charlie Beary (voice)
Cool It, Charlie
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Charlie's Campout
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Comic
Movie · as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
The Dudley Do-Right Show
TV · 39 eps
The Little Drummer Boy
Movie · as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)
The Magic Pear Tree
Movie · as Jean Navarro
The Mouse on the Mayflower
Movie · as (voice)
Jerky Turkey
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
Bugged in a Rug
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Wild in the Streets
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pacifically Peeking
Movie · as Moby Duck
Arabian Knights
TV · as Bakaar (voice) · 18 eps
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
TV · 1 ep
The Bear That Wasn't
Movie · as Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
Bomb Voyage
Movie · as Commissioner (voice)
Sacré Bleu Cross
Movie · as Hassan the Assassin (voice)
Le Quiet Squad
Movie · as Commissioner / Doctor (voice)
Le Escape Goat
Movie · as Commissioner (voice)
Mouse in the House
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Window Pains
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Cricket on the Hearth
Movie · as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Salute to Alaska
Movie · as Narrator
Guns for San Sebastian
Movie · as Voice
Super Chicken
TV · as Fred · 17 eps
Mr. Terrific
TV · as Narrator · 17 eps
Super President
TV · as James Norcross (voice) · 1 ep
The Fantastic Four
TV · as The Thing (voice) · 20 eps
Tom Slick
TV · as Baron Otto Matic · 17 eps
George of the Jungle
TV · as Alistair · 17 eps
The Man Called Flintstone
Movie · as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
Dimension 5
Movie · as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
Grand Prix
Movie · as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
Ape Suzette
Movie · as Cockney Sailor (voice)
Unsafe and Seine
Movie · as Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice)
The Pique Poquette of Paris
Movie · as Spider Pierre (voice)
Cirrhosis of the Louvre
Movie · as Commissioner (voice)
Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux
Movie · as Commissioner (voice)
That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame
Movie · as Commissioner (voice)
Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat
Movie · as Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice)
Plastered in Paris
Movie · as Commissioner (voice)
Foot Brawl
Movie · as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice)
Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
TV · 54 eps
The Impossibles
TV · 36 eps
The Sword of Ali Baba
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The War Lord
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
Movie · as Weft / Wight / Wong (voice)
Pink Panzer
Movie · as Neighbor / Devil (voice)
Sink Pink
Movie · as Hunter / Native Bearer (voice)
Pinkfinger
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Guest Who?
Movie · as Charlie Beary (voice)
Davey Cricket
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
E Flat Elephants
Movie · as Charlie, Ape
Eggs Benedict
Movie · as Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop
The Inspector
Movie · as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Once a Thief
Movie · as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
Freewayphobia
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Goofy's Freeway Troubles
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Secret Squirrel Show
TV · as Double Q (voice), Double-Q
The Beatles
TV · as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited) · 39 eps
Get Smart
TV · as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep
Everybody Loves It
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Night Walker
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle
Movie · as Charlie Beary (voice)
Rah Rah Ruckus
Movie · as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Movie · as Crusty (voice)
The Carpetbaggers
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rendezvous in Space
Movie · as Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie · as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Blood and Black Lace
Movie · as Various character voices (uncredited, English version)
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
TV · 4 eps
The Secret Weapon
Movie · as Voices
Goose in the Rough
Movie · as Charlie Beary (voice)
Charlie's Mother-in-Law
Movie · as Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice)
The Goose Is Wild
Movie · as Charlie Beary (voice)
Fly With Von Drake
Movie · as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
The Thrill of It All
Movie · as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Fractured Flickers
TV · 26 eps
The Hat
Movie
Take Me To Your Gen'rul
Movie
Mouse Blanche
Movie · as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp
Gay Purr-ee
Movie · as Meowrice (voice)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Movie · as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
A Symposium on Popular Songs
Movie · as Ludwig Von Drake
The Hunting Instinct
Movie · as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
Night of the Eagle
Movie · as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Public Affair
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Corny Concerto
Movie · as Doc (voice)
Punchy Pooch
Movie · as Doc (voice)
Pest of Show
Movie · as Doc (voice)
Mother's Little Helper
Movie · as Charlie Beary (voice)
Fowled-Up Birthday
Movie · as Charlie Beary (voice)
The Magic Sword
Movie · as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Taras Bulba
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Sinner
Movie · as Narrator
Keeping Up with Krazy
Movie · as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited)
Hoppity Hooper
TV · 13 eps
The Beary Family
TV · as Charlie / Junior Beary · 28 eps
Krazy Kat
TV · as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice) · 50 eps
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Movie · as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Movie · as Dirty Dawson (voice)
Tin Can Concert
Movie · as Doc (voice)
The Absent-Minded Professor
Movie · as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Doc's Last Stand
Movie · as Doc / Indians / Narrator (voice)
Tricky Trout
Movie · as Wally Walrus (voice)
Clash and Carry
Movie · as Wally Walrus (voice)
Kids Is Kids
Movie · as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
Famous Ghost Stories
Movie · as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
Calvin and the Colonel
TV · 23 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · 1 ep
Top Cat
TV · 3 eps
Goliath II
Movie · as The Mouse
The Adventures of Sam Space
Movie · as Voice
The Time Machine
Movie · as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
Fowled Up Falcon
Movie · as (voice)
Ballyhooey
Movie · as (voice)
Bats in the Belfry
Movie · as (voice)
Freeloading Feline
Movie · as (voices)
Pollyanna
Movie · as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
Where the Boys Are
Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)
Tormented
Movie · as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
Tale of a Wolf
Movie · as Barnyard Dog (voice)
The Flintstones
TV · as Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice), Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice) · 1 ep
The Mr. Magoo Show
TV · 130 eps
Aesop and Son
TV · as Additional Voices (Voice) · 39 eps
Donald in Mathmagic Land
Movie · as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
Noah's Ark
Movie · as Noah / God
Attack of the Jungle Women
Movie · as Narrator
Eyes in Outer Space
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Some Like It Hot
Movie · as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
Mouse Trapped
Movie · as Doc (voice)
Witty Kitty
Movie · as Doc / Cat (voice)
Space Mouse
Movie · as Doc (voice)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Movie · as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
Operation Petticoat
Movie · as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
The Beatniks
Movie · as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Flies Coop
Movie · as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
The Bullwinkle Show
TV · as Boris Badenov (voice) · 815 eps
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
TV · as Boris Badenov (voice) · 163 eps
Space Master X-7
Movie · as Dr. Charles T. Pommer
Mars and Beyond
Movie · as Narrator
Beginning of the End
Movie · as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
The 27th Day
Movie · as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Movie · as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
Jet Pilot
Movie
Blue Cat Blues
Movie · as Jerry's Thoughts (voice) (uncredited)
Down Beat Bear
Movie · as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Movie · as Alien (voice) (uncredited)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Movie · as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
Movie · as Priest (uncredited)
Francis in the Haunted House
Movie · as Francis (voice)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 1 ep
The Gumby Show
TV · as (voice) · 109 eps
Jump Into Hell
Movie · as TV News Broadcaster (voice)
The Scarlet Coat
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Cellbound
Movie · as The Prisoner / George the Warden / The Little Wife (voice) (uncredited)
The Millionaire
TV · as Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited), Swanson (voice) (uncredited), Train Station Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Radio Announcer (uncredited) · 1 ep
Riot in Cell Block 11
Movie · as Guard Monroe
Suddenly
Movie · as Benny Conklin
Social Lion
Movie · as Various Voices
Sleepy-Time Squirrel
Movie · as Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
Casey Bats Again
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Homesteader Droopy
Movie · as narrator
The Farm of Tomorrow
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Impossible Possum
Movie · as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Narrator (voice), Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Whistler
TV · 1 ep
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
The Missing Mouse
Movie · as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
T.V. of Tomorrow
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Wee-Willie Wildcat
Movie · as Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited)
Heir Bear
Movie · as Barney Bear / Gopher / Tax Collector (voice) (uncredited)
Barney's Hungry Cousin
Movie · as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The War of the Worlds
Movie · as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
Cobs and Robbers
Movie · as Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited)
Half-Pint Palomino
Movie · as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
TV · 2 eps
City Detective
TV · 1 ep
Cruise Cat
Movie · as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Star
Movie · as Richard Stanley
A Case for Hypnosis
Movie · as Doc Tweedle
Assignment: Paris
Movie · as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
Busybody Bear
Movie · as Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited)
Magical Maestro
Movie · as Additional Voices
The Las Vegas Story
Movie · as District Attorney (uncredited)
Dangerous Assignment
TV · 1 ep
His Mouse Friday
Movie · as Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)
Jerry's Cousin
Movie · as Muscles / Muscle Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Robinson Crusoeland
Movie · as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
Sleepy-Time Tom
Movie · as Lightning (voice) (uncredited)
Inside India
Movie · as Professor Lightskull
A Place in the Sun
Movie · as Reverend Morrison
The Thing from Another World
Movie · as Prof. Voorhees
When Worlds Collide
Movie · as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
His Kind of Woman
Movie · as Corley (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps
Movie · as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
Dragnet
TV · 2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Bailiff · 1 ep
Blondie's Hero
Movie · as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
Force of Evil
Movie · as Elevator operator
Hunt the Man Down
Movie · as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
The Toast of New Orleans
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Red Light
Movie · as Bellhop (uncredited)
Crazy with the Heat
Movie · as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Should Husbands Marry?
Movie · as Radio announcer
Uncle Tom's Cabaña
Movie · as Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey and the Beanstalk
Movie · as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
The Hick Chick
Movie · as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
Wild and Woolfy
Movie · as Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A-Hunting We Won't Go
Movie · as Crow (voice) (uncredited)