Paul Frees

ActorSoundDirector Jun 22 (died age 66) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1942–2025 (83 year career)

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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 t…

Known For

Film

Some Like It Hot

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

Film

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Dirty Dawson (voice)

Film

Patton

Voice (uncredited)

Film

The Manchurian Candidate

Narrator (voice)

Film

The Time Machine

Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The Last Unicorn

Mabruk (voice)

Film

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Blood and Black Lace

Various character voices (uncredited, English version)

Filmography

Acting (286)

Movies (239)

Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort

2025

as Auctioneer (voice)/Pirate Skull (voice)

8.0

Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3

2021

as Narrator / Various

10.0

3-D Rarities

2015

as (archive footage)

6.0

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

2007

as Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

9.2

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

2004

as Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

8.8

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3

2003

as True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator / Creature (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

8.6

Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown

1992

as Narrator

3.0

Disney’s Coyote Tales

1991

as Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

6.0

The Puppetoon Movie

1987

as Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice)

7.4

Disney's DTV Valentine

1986

as Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)

8.0

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

1986

as Self / Narrator (voice)

7.5

Twice Upon a Time

1983

as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)

6.6

The Wind in the Willows

1983

as Wayfarer (voice)

6.2

What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon

as Trailer Announcer

The Last Unicorn

as Mabruk (voice)

The Flight of Dragons

1982

as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)

6.7

The Case of Dashiell Hammett

1982

as Narrator (voice)

6.5

Woody Woodpecker and Friends

1982

as Various Voices

7.5

Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey

1982

as Narrator (voice)

The Return of the King

1980

as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)

6.4

The Day After Trinity

1980

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.6

Jack Frost

1979

as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)

6.5

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

1979

as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)

6.4

The Stingiest Man in Town

1978

as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

5.6

The Ghost of Flight 401

1978

as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Hardware Wars

as Narrator

The Hobbit

as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)

6.6

Fantastic Animation Festival

1977

as Opening Narration

7.0

Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey

1977

as Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice)

6.0

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

1976

as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six

6.5

Frosty's Winter Wonderland

1976

as Jack Frost

6.6

The First Easter Rabbit

1976

as Zero / Santa (voice)

The Milpitas Monster

as Narrator (voice)

Casey at the Bat

as Narrator

Breakheart Pass

1975

as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)

Jack O'Lantern

as (voices)

Unlucky Potluck

as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice)

2.0

Rain Rain, Go Away

1972

as Charlie Beary / Junior (voice)

1.0

Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid

1972

as Iguana (voice)

A Fish Story

1972

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

Let Charlie Do It

1972

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

4.0

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1971

as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)

7.0

The Point

1971

as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)

6.8

Moochin' Pooch

1971

as Charlie Beary (voice)

5.5

Pillsbury's Magic Circus

1971

as The Pillsbury Doughboy

10.0

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

1971

as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)

6.0

The Bungling Builder

1971

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

1.0

Charlie the Rainmaker

1971

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

1.0

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

1970

as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)

6.1

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)

7.2

Patton

1970

as Voice (uncredited)

7.5

Colossus: The Forbin Project

1970

as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

1970

as Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)

7.1

Charlie's Golf Classic

1970

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

3.0

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

1970

as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)

6.0

Charlie in Hot Water

1970

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

2.0

Frosty the Snowman

1969

as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)

6.9

The Comic

1969

as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)

5.9

It's Tough to Be a Bird

1969

as Life Erikson

6.3

Charlie's Campout

1969

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

1.0

Gopher Broke

1969

as Charlie Beary (voice)

3.5

Cool It, Charlie

1969

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

The Magic Pear Tree

as Jean Navarro

Bugged in a Rug

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

1.0

The Little Drummer Boy

1968

as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)

6.6

Pacifically Peeking

1968

as Moby Duck

Wild in the Streets

1968

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.8

Jerky Turkey

1968

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)

The Mouse on the Mayflower

1968

as (voice)

7.0

Mouse in the House

1967

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

Le Escape Goat

1967

as Commissioner (voice)

3.0

Cricket on the Hearth

1967

as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)

5.3

Bomb Voyage

1967

as Commissioner (voice)

The Bear That Wasn't

1967

as Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)

6.9

Sacré Bleu Cross

1967

as Hassan the Assassin (voice)

A Salute to Alaska

1967

as Narrator

Window Pains

1967

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

10.0

Le Quiet Squad

1967

as Commissioner / Doctor (voice)

Grand Prix

1966

as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)

7.3

Cirrhosis of the Louvre

1966

as Commissioner (voice)

7.0

Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux

1966

as Commissioner (voice)

7.0

The Man Called Flintstone

1966

as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)

6.4

Dimension 5

1966

as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)

5.0

Unsafe and Seine

1966

as Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice)

7.0

Foot Brawl

1966

as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice)

1.0

The Pique Poquette of Paris

1966

as Spider Pierre (voice)

5.7

Plastered in Paris

1966

as Commissioner (voice)

7.5

Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat

1966

as Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice)

8.5

Ape Suzette

1966

as Cockney Sailor (voice)

7.0

That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame

1966

as Commissioner (voice)

7.0

Goofy's Freeway Troubles

1965

as Narrator (voice)

6.8

Once a Thief

1965

as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)

6.5

The War Lord

1965

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.2

The Sword of Ali Baba

as Narrator (voice)

Freewayphobia

as Narrator (voice)

Pinkfinger

as Narrator (voice)

The Inspector

as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

5.2

Sink Pink

1965

as Hunter / Native Bearer (voice)

7.2

Eggs Benedict

1965

as Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop

Guest Who?

1965

as Charlie Beary (voice)

1.0

Davey Cricket

1965

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

1.0

E Flat Elephants

1965

as Charlie, Ape

Pink Panzer

1965

as Neighbor / Devil (voice)

7.3

The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation

1965

as Weft / Wight / Wong (voice)

6.9

Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle

1964

as Charlie Beary (voice)

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

6.2

Blood and Black Lace

1964

as Various character voices (uncredited, English version)

7.3

The Carpetbaggers

1964

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.9

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

1964

as Crusty (voice)

6.2

Gorath

1964

as Saiki / Kinami / Hooverman (voices)

The Night Walker

1964

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Everybody Loves It

as Narrator

Rah Rah Ruckus

as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)

9.0

Rendezvous in Space

1964

as Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice)

Fly With Von Drake

1963

as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)

6.0

The Goose Is Wild

1963

as Charlie Beary (voice)

1.0

The Thrill of It All

1963

as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

7.1

Charlie's Mother-in-Law

1963

as Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice)

1.0

The Secret Weapon

1963

as Voices

Goose in the Rough

1963

as Charlie Beary (voice)

1.0

The Manchurian Candidate

1962

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

Taras Bulba

1962

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

Night of the Eagle

1962

as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

The Magic Sword

1962

as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)

4.3

Fowled-Up Birthday

1962

as Charlie Beary (voice)

Pest of Show

as Doc (voice)

Punchy Pooch

as Doc (voice)

Mouse Blanche

as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962

as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)

Gay Purr-ee

as Meowrice (voice)

Carnival Time

as Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)

The Hunting Instinct

1962

as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)

Take Me To Your Gen'rul

Corny Concerto

as Doc (voice)

A Public Affair

as Narrator (voice)

A Symposium on Popular Songs

1962

as Ludwig Von Drake

5.2

The World's Greatest Sinner

1962

as Narrator

6.9

Mother's Little Helper

1962

as Charlie Beary (voice)

1.0

Keeping Up with Krazy

1962

as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited)

The Hat

1962

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961

as Dirty Dawson (voice)

7.2

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961

as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

Clash and Carry

1961

as Wally Walrus (voice)

8.0

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

1961

as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)

5.1

Famous Ghost Stories

1961

as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')

6.0

Tin Can Concert

1961

as Doc (voice)

Kids Is Kids

1961

as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)

6.0

Tricky Trout

1961

as Wally Walrus (voice)

Doc's Last Stand

1961

as Doc / Indians / Narrator (voice)

Bats in the Belfry

as (voice)

The Time Machine

as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)

7.4

Where the Boys Are

1960

as Narrator (uncredited)

6.1

Tale of a Wolf

1960

as Barnyard Dog (voice)

5.0

Pollyanna

1960

as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)

7.0

Tormented

1960

as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)

4.9

The Adventures of Sam Space

as Voice

Goliath II

as The Mouse

Fowled Up Falcon

as (voice)

Ballyhooey

as (voice)

Freeloading Feline

as (voices)

Some Like It Hot

1959

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

8.1

Operation Petticoat

1959

as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)

7.3

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

1959

as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)

Eyes in Outer Space

as Narrator (voice)

Witty Kitty

as Doc / Cat (voice)

Mouse Trapped

as Doc (voice)

Donald in Mathmagic Land

1959

as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)

Space Mouse

as Doc (voice)

Noah's Ark

as Noah / God

Duck Flies Coop

as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)

5.5

Attack of the Jungle Women

1959

as Narrator

The Beatniks

1959

as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

2.5

Space Master X-7

1958

as Dr. Charles T. Pommer

Jet Pilot

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as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason

6.2

Rodan! The Flying Monster

1957

as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)

Mars and Beyond

as Narrator

Beginning of the End

as Helicopter Pilot (voice)

4.0

The Harder They Fall

1956

as Priest (uncredited)

7.2

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

as Alien (voice)

Blue Cat Blues

as Voices

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956

as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)

6.5

Francis in the Haunted House

1956

as Francis (voice)

5.8

Down Beat Bear

1956

as 1st Radio Announcer

The Scarlet Coat

as Narrator (voice)

Cellbound

as The Prisoner / George the Warden / The Little Wife (voice) (uncredited)

7.1

Jump Into Hell

1955

as TV News Broadcaster (voice)

3.4

Riot in Cell Block 11

as Guard Monroe

Casey Bats Again

as Narrator (voice)

Suddenly

as Benny Conklin

The Farm of Tomorrow

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.2

The Impossible Possum

1954

as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Homesteader Droopy

as narrator

Sleepy-Time Squirrel

as Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)

7.6

Social Lion

1954

as Various Voices

6.2

The War of the Worlds

1953

as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer

6.8

Life with Tom

1953

as (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

Wee-Willie Wildcat

1953

as Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

Cobs and Robbers

1953

as Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited)

5.5

The Missing Mouse

1953

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

Heir Bear

1953

as Barney Bear / Gopher / Tax Collector (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

Barney's Hungry Cousin

1953

as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)

T.V. of Tomorrow

as Narrator (voice)

Half-Pint Palomino

as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

The Las Vegas Story

1952

as District Attorney (uncredited)

6.0

Smitten Kitten

1952

as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)

6.1

Cruise Cat

1952

as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)

The Star

as Richard Stanley

Assignment: Paris

as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)

5.7

A Case for Hypnosis

1952

as Doc Tweedle

Magical Maestro

1952

as Additional Voices

6.7

Busybody Bear

1952

as Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited)

6.0

A Place in the Sun

1951

as Reverend Morrison

7.3

The Thing from Another World

1951

as Prof. Voorhees

6.7

When Worlds Collide

1951

as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)

6.4

His Kind of Woman

1951

as Corley (uncredited)

6.8

Jerry's Cousin

1951

as Cousin Muscles (voice)

7.1

The Company She Keeps

1951

as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)

5.9

Robinson Crusoeland

1951

as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)

5.7

Sleepy-Time Tom

1951

as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)

6.9

His Mouse Friday

1951

as Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)

6.4

Inside India

1951

as Professor Lightskull

Force of Evil

1950

as Elevator operator

6.6

Hunt the Man Down

1950

as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)

6.3

The Toast of New Orleans

1950

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.2

Jerry and the Lion

1950

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

Blondie's Hero

1950

as Radio Narrator (uncredited)

6.3

Red Light

1949

as Bellhop (uncredited)

5.9

Mickey and the Beanstalk

1947

as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

Uncle Tom's Cabaña

1947

as Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)

5.6

Crazy with the Heat

1947

as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)

6.1

Should Husbands Marry?

1947

as Radio announcer

2.0

The Hick Chick

1946

as Bull (voice) (uncredited)

6.2

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

1945

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.9

Wild and Woolfy

1945

as Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

A-Hunting We Won't Go

1943

as Crow (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

A Hollywood Detour

1942

as Narrator (uncredited)

9.0

Nice Try Virgil

as Narrator

Television (47)

Knight Rider

as K.A.R.R.

Run, Joe, Run

as Narrator

The Osmonds

The Jackson 5ive

as (voice)

The Dudley Do-Right Show

Arabian Knights

as Bakaar (voice)

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mr. Terrific

as Narrator

The Fantastic Four

as The Thing (voice)

Super Chicken

as Fred

George of the Jungle

as Alistair

Tom Slick

as Baron Otto Matic

Super President

1967

as James Norcross (voice)

Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles

The Impossibles

Get Smart

as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)

7.9

The Secret Squirrel Show

1965

as Double-Q

7.5

The Beatles

1965

as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)

Squiddly Diddly

as Squiddly Diddly

The Pink Panther

as Little Man and many incidental roles

7.8

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo

Fractured Flickers

The Beary Family

as Charlie / Junior Beary

7.1

Krazy Kat

1962

as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)

Hoppity Hooper

Top Cat

The Wonderful World of Disney

1961

8.0

Calvin and the Colonel

1961

5.5

The Flintstones

1960

as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)

The Mr. Magoo Show

Aesop and Son

as Additional Voices (Voice)

The Bullwinkle Show

1959

as Boris Badenov (voice)

7.1

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

1959

as Boris Badenov (voice)

8.0

The Gumby Show

1956

as (voice)

6.1

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

7.8

The Millionaire

1955

as John Beresford Tipton

5.8

The Millionaire

1955

as Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton

5.8

Studio 57

1954

The Whistler

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Narrator (voice)

City Detective

General Electric Theater

Dangerous Assignment

Dragnet

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Bailiff

Lux Video Theatre

Crew (2)

Movies (1)

The Beatniks

1959

Director

2.5

Television (1)

The Inspector

1965

Vocals

7.3