Paul Frees

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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".

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Known For

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Dirty Dawson (voice)

Some Like It Hot

Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)

Knight Rider

K.A.R.R.

Patton

Voice (uncredited)

The Flintstones

Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice)

The Flintstones

Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice)

The Time Machine

Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Pirates of the Caribbean \| Disneyland Resort MOVIE	Auctioneer (voice)/Pirate Skull (voice)
2015	3-D Rarities MOVIE	(archive footage)
2007	Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection MOVIE	Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2004	Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 MOVIE	Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2003	Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 MOVIE	True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator / Creature (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1992	Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown MOVIE	Narrator
1991	Disney’s Coyote Tales MOVIE	Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1987	The Puppetoon Movie MOVIE	Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice)
1986	The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal MOVIE	Self / Narrator (voice)
1986	Disney's DTV Valentine MOVIE	Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)
1983	The Wind in the Willows MOVIE	Wayfarer (voice)
1983	Twice Upon a Time MOVIE	Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
1983	What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon MOVIE	Trailer Announcer
1982	The Last Unicorn MOVIE	Mabruk (voice)
1982	The Case of Dashiell Hammett MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1982	Knight Rider TV	K.A.R.R.
1982	The Flight of Dragons MOVIE	Solarius / Antiquity (voice)
1982	Woody Woodpecker and Friends MOVIE	Various Voices
1982	Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1981	The Day After Trinity MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
1980	The Return of the King MOVIE	Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
1979	Jack Frost MOVIE	Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
1979	Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July MOVIE	Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
1978	The Stingiest Man in Town MOVIE	Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
1978	The Ghost of Flight 401 MOVIE	Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
1978	Hardware Wars MOVIE	Narrator
1977	Rudolph's Shiny New Year MOVIE	Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
1977	Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey MOVIE	Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice)
1977	The Hobbit MOVIE	Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)
1977	Fantastic Animation Festival MOVIE	Opening Narration
1976	Frosty's Winter Wonderland MOVIE	Jack Frost
1976	The Milpitas Monster MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1976	The First Easter Rabbit MOVIE	Zero / Santa (voice)
1976	Casey at the Bat MOVIE	Narrator
1975	Breakheart Pass MOVIE	Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
1974	Run, Joe, Run TV	Narrator
1972	Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid MOVIE	Iguana (voice)
1972	The Osmonds TV	Self
1972	Rain Rain, Go Away MOVIE	Charlie Beary / Junior (voice)
1972	Unlucky Potluck MOVIE	Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice)
1972	Let Charlie Do It MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1972	A Fish Story MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1971	Pillsbury's Magic Circus MOVIE	The Pillsbury Doughboy
1971	The Jackson 5ive TV	(voice)
1971	Charlie the Rainmaker MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1971	The Bungling Builder MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1971	Moochin' Pooch MOVIE	Charlie Beary (voice)
1971	Here Comes Peter Cottontail MOVIE	Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
1971	The Abominable Dr. Phibes MOVIE	Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
1971	The Point MOVIE	Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
1970	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town MOVIE	Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
1970	Beneath the Planet of the Apes MOVIE	Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
1970	Colossus: The Forbin Project MOVIE	Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
1970	The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians MOVIE	W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)
1970	Tora! Tora! Tora! MOVIE	Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
1970	Patton MOVIE	Voice (uncredited)
1970	Charlie's Golf Classic MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1970	Charlie in Hot Water MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1969	It's Tough to Be a Bird MOVIE	Life Erikson
1969	Frosty the Snowman MOVIE	Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
1969	The Comic MOVIE	Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
1969	Charlie's Campout MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1969	Cool It, Charlie MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1969	The Dudley Do-Right Show TV	Self
1969	Gopher Broke MOVIE	Charlie Beary (voice)
1968	The Little Drummer Boy MOVIE	Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)
1968	The Mouse on the Mayflower MOVIE	(voice)
1968	Pacifically Peeking MOVIE	Moby Duck
1968	The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn TV	Self
1968	Arabian Knights TV	Bakaar (voice)
1968	Jerky Turkey MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
1968	Wild in the Streets MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1968	Bugged in a Rug MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1968	The Magic Pear Tree MOVIE	Jean Navarro
1967	The Bear That Wasn't MOVIE	Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
1967	Cricket on the Hearth MOVIE	Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
1967	Super President TV	James Norcross (voice)
1967	The Fantastic Four TV	The Thing (voice)
1967	Tom Slick TV	Baron Otto Matic
1967	Super Chicken TV	Fred
1967	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1967	Le Escape Goat MOVIE	Commissioner (voice)
1967	Bomb Voyage MOVIE	Commissioner (voice)
1967	Le Quiet Squad MOVIE	Commissioner / Doctor (voice)
1967	A Salute to Alaska MOVIE	Narrator
1967	Sacré Bleu Cross MOVIE	Hassan the Assassin (voice)
1967	Mouse in the House MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1967	Mr. Terrific TV	Narrator
1967	Window Pains MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1967	George of the Jungle TV	Alistair
1966	Grand Prix MOVIE	Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
1966	Unsafe and Seine MOVIE	Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice)
1966	That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame MOVIE	Commissioner (voice)
1966	Dimension 5 MOVIE	Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
1966	Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles TV	Self
1966	The Impossibles TV	Self
1966	The Pique Poquette of Paris MOVIE	Spider Pierre (voice)
1966	The Man Called Flintstone MOVIE	Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
1966	Ape Suzette MOVIE	Cockney Sailor (voice)
1966	Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux MOVIE	Commissioner (voice)
1966	Plastered in Paris MOVIE	Commissioner (voice)
1966	Cirrhosis of the Louvre MOVIE	Commissioner (voice)
1966	Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat MOVIE	Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice)
1966	Foot Brawl MOVIE	Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice)
1965	The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation MOVIE	Weft / Wight / Wong (voice)
1965	The Inspector MOVIE	The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1965	The War Lord MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1965	The Secret Squirrel Show TV	Double Q (voice)
1965	The Secret Squirrel Show TV	Double-Q
1965	The Beatles TV	John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)
1965	Goofy's Freeway Troubles MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1965	Get Smart TV	Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
1965	Pink Panzer MOVIE	Neighbor / Devil (voice)
1965	Davey Cricket MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1965	Pinkfinger MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1965	Once a Thief MOVIE	Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
1965	Sink Pink MOVIE	Hunter / Native Bearer (voice)
1965	The Sword of Ali Baba MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1965	Freewayphobia MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1965	Guest Who? MOVIE	Charlie Beary (voice)
1965	Eggs Benedict MOVIE	Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop
1965	E Flat Elephants MOVIE	Charlie, Ape
1964	The Night Walker MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1964	Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle MOVIE	Charlie Beary (voice)
1964	The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo TV	Self
1964	Rendezvous in Space MOVIE	Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice)
1964	Robin and the 7 Hoods MOVIE	Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1964	Rah Rah Ruckus MOVIE	Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1964	Everybody Loves It MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1964	Everybody Loves It MOVIE	Narrator
1964	The Carpetbaggers MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1964	The Incredible Mr. Limpet MOVIE	Crusty (voice)
1963	The Goose Is Wild MOVIE	Charlie Beary (voice)
1963	Fly With Von Drake MOVIE	Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
1963	Goose in the Rough MOVIE	Charlie Beary (voice)
1963	The Thrill of It All MOVIE	TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1963	Charlie's Mother-in-Law MOVIE	Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice)
1963	The Secret Weapon MOVIE	Voices
1963	Fractured Flickers TV	Self
1962	A Symposium on Popular Songs MOVIE	Ludwig Von Drake
1962	Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol MOVIE	Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
1962	Taras Bulba MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962	Mouse Blanche MOVIE	Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp
1962	Corny Concerto MOVIE	Doc (voice)
1962	Gay Purr-ee MOVIE	Meowrice (voice)
1962	The Manchurian Candidate MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1962	Take Me To Your Gen'rul MOVIE	Self
1962	Hoppity Hooper TV	Self
1962	Punchy Pooch MOVIE	Doc (voice)
1962	Keeping Up with Krazy MOVIE	Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited)
1962	Krazy Kat TV	Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
1962	The Hunting Instinct MOVIE	Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
1962	The Hat MOVIE	Self
1962	Mother's Little Helper MOVIE	Charlie Beary (voice)
1962	The World's Greatest Sinner MOVIE	Narrator
1962	Night of the Eagle MOVIE	Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962	The Magic Sword MOVIE	Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
1962	The Beary Family TV	Charlie / Junior Beary
1962	Fowled-Up Birthday MOVIE	Charlie Beary (voice)
1962	A Public Affair MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1962	Pest of Show MOVIE	Doc (voice)
1961	Famous Ghost Stories MOVIE	Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
1961	Doc's Last Stand MOVIE	Doc / Indians / Narrator (voice)
1961	Kids Is Kids MOVIE	Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
1961	Tin Can Concert MOVIE	Doc (voice)
1961	Calvin and the Colonel TV	Self
1961	Top Cat TV	Self
1961	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Self
1961	Tricky Trout MOVIE	Wally Walrus (voice)
1961	Atlantis: The Lost Continent MOVIE	Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
1961	Clash and Carry MOVIE	Wally Walrus (voice)
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians MOVIE	Dirty Dawson (voice)
1961	The Absent-Minded Professor MOVIE	PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1960	Where the Boys Are MOVIE	Narrator (uncredited)
1960	Fowled Up Falcon MOVIE	(voice)
1960	The Mr. Magoo Show TV	Self
1960	The Flintstones TV	Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice)
1960	The Flintstones TV	Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice)
1960	Tormented MOVIE	Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
1960	The Adventures of Sam Space MOVIE	Voice
1960	Bats in the Belfry MOVIE	(voice)
1960	Freeloading Feline MOVIE	(voices)
1960	The Time Machine MOVIE	Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
1960	Pollyanna MOVIE	Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
1960	Tale of a Wolf MOVIE	Barnyard Dog (voice)
1960	Goliath II MOVIE	The Mouse
1960	Aesop and Son TV	Additional Voices (Voice)
1960	Ballyhooey MOVIE	(voice)
1959	Mouse Trapped MOVIE	Doc (voice)
1959	Operation Petticoat MOVIE	Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
1959	The Bullwinkle Show TV	Boris Badenov (voice)
1959	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends TV	Boris Badenov (voice)
1959	Noah's Ark MOVIE	Noah / God
1959	Space Mouse MOVIE	Doc (voice)
1959	Attack of the Jungle Women MOVIE	Narrator
1959	Donald in Mathmagic Land MOVIE	The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
1959	Eyes in Outer Space MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1959	The Beatniks MOVIE	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
1959	Gigantis, the Fire Monster MOVIE	Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
1959	Some Like It Hot MOVIE	Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
1959	Duck Flies Coop MOVIE	Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
1959	Witty Kitty MOVIE	Doc / Cat (voice)
1958	Space Master X-7 MOVIE	Dr. Charles T. Pommer
1957	Mars and Beyond MOVIE	Narrator
1957	Rodan! The Flying Monster MOVIE	Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
1957	Beginning of the End MOVIE	Helicopter Pilot (voice)
1957	The 27th Day MOVIE	Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
1956	Blue Cat Blues MOVIE	Voices
1956	Down Beat Bear MOVIE	1st Radio Announcer
1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie TV	Self
1956	Francis in the Haunted House MOVIE	Francis (voice)
1956	Earth vs. the Flying Saucers MOVIE	Alien (voice) (uncredited)
1956	Earth vs. the Flying Saucers MOVIE	Alien (voice)
1956	The Harder They Fall MOVIE	Priest (uncredited)
1956	Gumby TV	(voice)
1956	Godzilla, King of the Monsters! MOVIE	Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
1955	Cellbound MOVIE	The Prisoner / George the Warden / The Little Wife (voice) (uncredited)
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Swanson (voice) (uncredited)
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited)
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Train Station Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1955	The Scarlet Coat MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1955	Jump Into Hell MOVIE	TV News Broadcaster (voice)
1955	The Millionaire TV	Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton
1955	The Millionaire TV	John Beresford Tipton
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Narrator (voice)
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
1954	Social Lion MOVIE	Various Voices
1954	Studio 57 TV	Self
1954	The Farm of Tomorrow MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1954	Suddenly MOVIE	Benny Conklin
1954	The Whistler TV	Self
1954	Homesteader Droopy MOVIE	narrator
1954	Sleepy-Time Squirrel MOVIE	Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
1954	Casey Bats Again MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1954	The Impossible Possum MOVIE	Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1954	Riot in Cell Block 11 MOVIE	Guard Monroe
1953	Life with Tom MOVIE	(voice) (uncredited)
1953	Half-Pint Palomino MOVIE	Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1953	City Detective TV	Self
1953	Wee-Willie Wildcat MOVIE	Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited)
1953	T.V. of Tomorrow MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1953	Heir Bear MOVIE	Barney Bear / Gopher / Tax Collector (voice) (uncredited)
1953	The War of the Worlds MOVIE	Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
1953	Cobs and Robbers MOVIE	Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited)
1953	General Electric Theater TV	Self
1953	Barney's Hungry Cousin MOVIE	Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1953	The Missing Mouse MOVIE	Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1952	Busybody Bear MOVIE	Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited)
1952	The Star MOVIE	Richard Stanley
1952	Cruise Cat MOVIE	Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1952	Assignment: Paris MOVIE	Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
1952	Smitten Kitten MOVIE	Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
1952	Magical Maestro MOVIE	Additional Voices
1952	The Las Vegas Story MOVIE	District Attorney (uncredited)
1952	A Case for Hypnosis MOVIE	Doc Tweedle
1952	Dangerous Assignment TV	Self
1951	Dragnet TV	Self
1951	Robinson Crusoeland MOVIE	Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Bailiff
1951	When Worlds Collide MOVIE	Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
1951	His Kind of Woman MOVIE	Corley (uncredited)
1951	His Mouse Friday MOVIE	Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)
1951	A Place in the Sun MOVIE	Reverend Morrison
1951	Sleepy-Time Tom MOVIE	Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
1951	Jerry's Cousin MOVIE	Cousin Muscles (voice)
1951	The Thing from Another World MOVIE	Prof. Voorhees
1951	The Company She Keeps MOVIE	Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
1951	Inside India MOVIE	Professor Lightskull
1950	Hunt the Man Down MOVIE	Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Self
1950	Force of Evil MOVIE	Elevator operator
1950	The Toast of New Orleans MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1950	Jerry and the Lion MOVIE	Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1950	Blondie's Hero MOVIE	Radio Narrator (uncredited)
1949	Red Light MOVIE	Bellhop (uncredited)
1947	Should Husbands Marry? MOVIE	Radio announcer
1947	Mickey and the Beanstalk MOVIE	Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
1947	Crazy with the Heat MOVIE	Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
1947	Uncle Tom's Cabana MOVIE	Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)
1946	The Hick Chick MOVIE	Bull (voice) (uncredited)
1945	Wild and Woolfy MOVIE	Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited)
1945	The Shooting of Dan McGoo MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943	A-Hunting We Won't Go MOVIE	Crow (voice) (uncredited)
1942	A Hollywood Detour MOVIE	Narrator (uncredited)

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