Paul Frees
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
Known For
Some Like It Hot
Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Dirty Dawson (voice)
Patton
Voice (uncredited)
The Manchurian Candidate
Narrator (voice)
The Time Machine
Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
The Last Unicorn
Mabruk (voice)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
The War of the Worlds
Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
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Filmography
Acting (280)
Movies (235)
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025as Auctioneer (voice)/Pirate Skull (voice)
Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3
2021as Narrator / Various
3-D Rarities
2015as (archive footage)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007as Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004as Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
2003as True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator / Creature (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown
1992as Narrator
Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991as Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Puppetoon Movie
1987as Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986as Self / Narrator (voice)
Disney's DTV Valentine
1986as Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
1983as Wayfarer (voice)
Twice Upon a Time
1983as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983as Trailer Announcer
The Last Unicorn
1982as Mabruk (voice)
The Flight of Dragons
1982as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982as Various Voices
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
1982as Narrator (voice)
Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey
1982as Narrator (voice)
The Day After Trinity
1981as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Return of the King
1980as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
Jack Frost
1979as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
Hardware Wars
1978as Narrator
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
The Ghost of Flight 401
1978as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
The Hobbit
1977as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
1977as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
1977as Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice)
Fantastic Animation Festival
1977as Opening Narration
The First Easter Rabbit
1976as Zero / Santa (voice)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1976as Jack Frost
The Milpitas Monster
1976as Narrator (voice)
Casey at the Bat
1976as Narrator
Breakheart Pass
1975as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
Let Charlie Do It
1972as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Unlucky Potluck
1972as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice)
Rain Rain, Go Away
1972as Charlie Beary / Junior (voice)
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
1972as Iguana (voice)
A Fish Story
1972as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
The Point
1971as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
Moochin' Pooch
1971as Charlie Beary (voice)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
1971as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
The Bungling Builder
1971as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Charlie the Rainmaker
1971as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Pillsbury's Magic Circus
1971as The Pillsbury Doughboy
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
Patton
1970as Voice (uncredited)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970as Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
Charlie's Golf Classic
1970as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)
Charlie in Hot Water
1970as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Gopher Broke
1969as Charlie Beary (voice)
Frosty the Snowman
1969as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
It's Tough to Be a Bird
1969as Life Erikson
The Comic
1969as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
Charlie's Campout
1969as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Cool It, Charlie
1969as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Magic Pear Tree
1968as Jean Navarro
Bugged in a Rug
1968as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Jerky Turkey
1968as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
Pacifically Peeking
1968as Moby Duck
The Little Drummer Boy
1968as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)
Wild in the Streets
1968as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Mouse on the Mayflower
1968as (voice)
Mouse in the House
1967as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Le Escape Goat
1967as Commissioner (voice)
Window Pains
1967as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Cricket on the Hearth
1967as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bomb Voyage
1967as Commissioner (voice)
The Bear That Wasn't
1967as Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
Sacré Bleu Cross
1967as Hassan the Assassin (voice)
A Salute to Alaska
1967as Narrator
Le Quiet Squad
1967as Commissioner / Doctor (voice)
Grand Prix
1966as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
Cirrhosis of the Louvre
1966as Commissioner (voice)
Plastered in Paris
1966as Commissioner (voice)
Dimension 5
1966as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
Ape Suzette
1966as Cockney Sailor (voice)
Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux
1966as Commissioner (voice)
The Man Called Flintstone
1966as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
Foot Brawl
1966as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice)
The Pique Poquette of Paris
1966as Spider Pierre (voice)
Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat
1966as Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice)
That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame
1966as Commissioner (voice)
Unsafe and Seine
1966as Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice)
Once a Thief
1965as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
Goofy's Freeway Troubles
1965as Narrator (voice)
The Sword of Ali Baba
1965as Narrator (voice)
Pinkfinger
1965as Narrator (voice)
The War Lord
1965as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Freewayphobia
1965as Narrator (voice)
The Inspector
1965as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Eggs Benedict
1965as Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop
Sink Pink
1965as Hunter / Native Bearer (voice)
Guest Who?
1965as Charlie Beary (voice)
Davey Cricket
1965as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
E Flat Elephants
1965as Charlie, Ape
Pink Panzer
1965as Neighbor / Devil (voice)
The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
1965as Weft / Wight / Wong (voice)
Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle
1964as Charlie Beary (voice)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers
1964as Narrator (voice)
The Night Walker
1964as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964as Crusty (voice)
Rah Rah Ruckus
1964as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Everybody Loves It
1964as Narrator
Rendezvous in Space
1964as Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice)
Fly With Von Drake
1963as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
The Goose Is Wild
1963as Charlie Beary (voice)
The Thrill of It All
1963as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Charlie's Mother-in-Law
1963as Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice)
The Secret Weapon
1963as Voices
Goose in the Rough
1963as Charlie Beary (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate
1962as Narrator (voice)
Fowled-Up Birthday
1962as Charlie Beary (voice)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
Punchy Pooch
1962as Doc (voice)
Mouse Blanche
1962as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp
Carnival Time
1962as Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)
Taras Bulba
1962as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Gay Purr-ee
1962as Meowrice (voice)
Pest of Show
1962as Doc (voice)
The Hunting Instinct
1962as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
The Magic Sword
1962as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
Night of the Eagle
1962as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Sinner
1962as Narrator
Take Me To Your Gen'rul
1962
Corny Concerto
1962as Doc (voice)
A Public Affair
1962as Narrator (voice)
A Symposium on Popular Songs
1962as Ludwig Von Drake
Mother's Little Helper
1962as Charlie Beary (voice)
Keeping Up with Krazy
1962as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited)
The Hat
1962
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961as Dirty Dawson (voice)
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Famous Ghost Stories
1961as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
Clash and Carry
1961as Wally Walrus (voice)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
Kids Is Kids
1961as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
Tricky Trout
1961as Wally Walrus (voice)
Tin Can Concert
1961as Doc (voice)
Doc's Last Stand
1961as Doc / Indians / Narrator (voice)
Bats in the Belfry
1960as (voice)
Tale of a Wolf
1960as Barnyard Dog (voice)
The Time Machine
1960as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
Pollyanna
1960as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
Tormented
1960as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
Where the Boys Are
1960as Narrator (uncredited)
Fowled Up Falcon
1960as (voice)
Goliath II
1960as The Mouse
The Adventures of Sam Space
1960as Voice
Ballyhooey
1960as (voice)
Freeloading Feline
1960as (voices)
Some Like It Hot
1959as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
Donald in Mathmagic Land
1959as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
Operation Petticoat
1959as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
Witty Kitty
1959as Doc / Cat (voice)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
Mouse Trapped
1959as Doc (voice)
Space Mouse
1959as Doc (voice)
Noah's Ark
1959as Noah / God
Eyes in Outer Space
1959as Narrator (voice)
Duck Flies Coop
1959as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
Attack of the Jungle Women
1959as Narrator
The Beatniks
1959as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Space Master X-7
1958as Dr. Charles T. Pommer
Beginning of the End
1957as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Rodan! The Flying Monster
1957as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
The 27th Day
1957as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
Mars and Beyond
1957as Narrator
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
1956as Priest (uncredited)
Blue Cat Blues
1956as Voices
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956as Alien (voice)
Down Beat Bear
1956as 1st Radio Announcer
Francis in the Haunted House
1956as Francis (voice)
Cellbound
1955as The Prisoner / George the Warden / The Little Wife (voice) (uncredited)
The Scarlet Coat
1955as Narrator (voice)
Jump Into Hell
1955as TV News Broadcaster (voice)
Suddenly
1954as Benny Conklin
The Farm of Tomorrow
1954as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954as Guard Monroe
Sleepy-Time Squirrel
1954as Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
Homesteader Droopy
1954as narrator
Casey Bats Again
1954as Narrator (voice)
The Impossible Possum
1954as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Social Lion
1954as Various Voices
The War of the Worlds
1953as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
Life with Tom
1953as (voice) (uncredited)
Wee-Willie Wildcat
1953as Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited)
Cobs and Robbers
1953as Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited)
The Missing Mouse
1953as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Heir Bear
1953as Barney Bear / Gopher / Tax Collector (voice) (uncredited)
Half-Pint Palomino
1953as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953as Narrator (voice)
Barney's Hungry Cousin
1953as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Assignment: Paris
1952as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
Smitten Kitten
1952as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
A Case for Hypnosis
1952as Doc Tweedle
Magical Maestro
1952as Additional Voices
The Las Vegas Story
1952as District Attorney (uncredited)
Cruise Cat
1952as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Star
1952as Richard Stanley
Busybody Bear
1952as Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited)
The Thing from Another World
1951as Prof. Voorhees
A Place in the Sun
1951as Reverend Morrison
His Kind of Woman
1951as Corley (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide
1951as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
The Company She Keeps
1951as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
Robinson Crusoeland
1951as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
Jerry's Cousin
1951as Cousin Muscles (voice)
Sleepy-Time Tom
1951as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
His Mouse Friday
1951as Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)
Inside India
1951as Professor Lightskull
The Toast of New Orleans
1950as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Force of Evil
1950as Elevator operator
Hunt the Man Down
1950as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
Jerry and the Lion
1950as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Blondie's Hero
1950as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
Red Light
1949as Bellhop (uncredited)
Mickey and the Beanstalk
1947as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Cabana
1947as Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Crazy with the Heat
1947as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Should Husbands Marry?
1947as Radio announcer
The Hick Chick
1946as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Wild and Woolfy
1945as Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited)
A-Hunting We Won't Go
1943as Crow (voice) (uncredited)
A Hollywood Detour
1942as Narrator (uncredited)
Nice Try Virgil
as Narrator
Television (45)
Knight Rider
1982as K.A.R.R.
Run, Joe, Run
1974as Narrator
The Osmonds
1972
The Jackson 5ive
1971as (voice)
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
Arabian Knights
1968as Bakaar (voice)
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968
The Fantastic Four
1967as The Thing (voice)
Mr. Terrific
1967as Narrator
Super Chicken
1967as Fred
George of the Jungle
1967
Tom Slick
1967as Baron Otto Matic
Super President
1967as James Norcross (voice)
Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
1966
The Impossibles
1966
Get Smart
1965as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
The Beatles
1965as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)
The Secret Squirrel Show
1965as Double-Q
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
Fractured Flickers
1963
The Beary Family
1962as Charlie / Junior Beary
Krazy Kat
1962as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
Hoppity Hooper
1962
Top Cat
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Calvin and the Colonel
1961
The Flintstones
1960as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
Aesop and Son
1960as Additional Voices (Voice)
The Bullwinkle Show
1959as Boris Badenov (voice)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959as Boris Badenov (voice)
Gumby
1956as (voice)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Millionaire
1955as John Beresford Tipton
The Millionaire
1955as Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton
Studio 57
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Narrator (voice)
The Whistler
1954
City Detective
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Dragnet
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951as Bailiff
Lux Video Theatre
1950Crew (5)
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