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".
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Acting History
2021
Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3 as Narrator / Various
20153-D Rarities as (archive footage)
2007Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection as Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 as Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2003Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 as True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator / Creature (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1992Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown as Narrator
1991Disney’s Coyote Tales as Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1987The Wind in the Willows as Wayfarer (voice)
1987The Puppetoon Movie as Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice)
1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self / Narrator (voice)
1986Disney's DTV Valentine as Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)
1983Twice Upon a Time as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
1983What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon as Trailer Announcer
1982The Last Unicorn as Mabruk (voice)
1982The Case of Dashiell Hammett as Narrator (voice)
1982Knight Rider as K.A.R.R.
1982The Flight of Dragons as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)
1982Woody Woodpecker and Friends as Various Voices
1982Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey as Narrator (voice)
1981The Day After Trinity as Self - Narrator (voice)
1980The Return of the King as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
1979Jack Frost as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
1979Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
1978The Stingiest Man in Town as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
1978The Ghost of Flight 401 as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
1978Hardware Wars as Narrator
1977Rudolph's Shiny New Year as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
1977Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey as Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice)
1977The Hobbit as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)
1977Fantastic Animation Festival as Opening Narration
1976Frosty's Winter Wonderland as Jack Frost
1976The Milpitas Monster as Narrator (voice)
1976The First Easter Rabbit as Zero / Santa (voice)
1976Casey at the Bat as Narrator
1975Breakheart Pass as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
1974Run, Joe, Run as Narrator
1972Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid as Iguana (voice)
1972The Osmonds
1972Unlucky Potluck as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice)
1972Rain Rain, Go Away as Charlie Beary / Junior (voice)
1972Let Charlie Do It as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1972A Fish Story as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1971Pillsbury's Magic Circus as The Pillsbury Doughboy
1971The Jackson 5ive as (voice)
1971The Bungling Builder as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1971Moochin' Pooch as Charlie Beary (voice)
1971Charlie the Rainmaker as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1971The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
1971Here Comes Peter Cottontail as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
1971The Point as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
1970Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town as Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
1970Beneath the Planet of the Apes as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
1970Colossus: The Forbin Project as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
1970The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)
1970Tora! Tora! Tora! as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
1970Patton as Voice (uncredited)
1970Charlie's Golf Classic as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1970Charlie in Hot Water as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1969It's Tough to Be a Bird as Life Erikson
1969Frosty the Snowman as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
1969The Comic as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
1969Cool It, Charlie as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1969Charlie's Campout as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1969The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969Gopher Broke as Charlie Beary (voice)
1968The Little Drummer Boy as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)
1968The Mouse on the Mayflower as (voice)
1968Pacifically Peeking as Moby Duck
1968The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968Arabian Knights as Bakaar (voice)
1968Jerky Turkey as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
1968Wild in the Streets as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1968Bugged in a Rug as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1968The Magic Pear Tree as Jean Navarro
1967The Bear That Wasn't as Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
1967Cricket on the Hearth as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
1967Super President as James Norcross (voice)
1967The Fantastic Four as The Thing (voice)
1967Tom Slick as Baron Otto Matic
1967Super Chicken as Fred
1967The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1967Le Escape Goat as Commissioner (voice)
1967Bomb Voyage as Commissioner (voice)
1967Le Quiet Squad as Commissioner / Doctor (voice)
1967A Salute to Alaska as Narrator
1967Sacré Bleu Cross as Hassan the Assassin (voice)
1967Mouse in the House as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1967Mr. Terrific as Narrator
1967Window Pains as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1967George of the Jungle as Alistair
1966Grand Prix as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
1966Unsafe and Seine as Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice)
1966That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame as Commissioner (voice)
1966Dimension 5 as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
1966Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
1966The Impossibles
1966The Pique Poquette of Paris as Spider Pierre (voice)
1966The Man Called Flintstone as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
1966Ape Suzette as Cockney Sailor (voice)
1966Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux as Commissioner (voice)
1966Plastered in Paris as Commissioner (voice)
1966Cirrhosis of the Louvre as Commissioner (voice)
1966Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat as Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice)
1966Foot Brawl as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice)
1965The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation as Weft / Wight / Wong (voice)
1965The Inspector as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1965The War Lord as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1965The Secret Squirrel Show as Double Q (voice)
1965The Secret Squirrel Show as Double-Q
1965The Beatles as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)
1965Goofy's Freeway Troubles as Narrator (voice)
1965Pink Panzer as Neighbor / Devil (voice)
1965Davey Cricket as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1965Pinkfinger as Narrator (voice)
1965Once a Thief as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
1965Sink Pink as Hunter / Native Bearer (voice)
1965The Sword of Ali Baba as Narrator (voice)
1965Freewayphobia as Narrator (voice)
1965Guest Who? as Charlie Beary (voice)
1965Eggs Benedict as Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop
1965E Flat Elephants as Charlie, Ape
1964The Night Walker as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1964Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle as Charlie Beary (voice)
1964The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964Rendezvous in Space as Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice)
1964Robin and the 7 Hoods as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1964Rah Rah Ruckus as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
1964Everybody Loves It as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1964Everybody Loves It as Narrator
1964The Carpetbaggers as Narrator (voice)
1964The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Crusty (voice)
1963The Goose Is Wild as Charlie Beary (voice)
1963Fly With Von Drake as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
1963Goose in the Rough as Charlie Beary (voice)
1963The Thrill of It All as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1963Charlie's Mother-in-Law as Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice)
1963Fractured Flickers
1963The Secret Weapon as Voices
1962A Symposium on Popular Songs as Ludwig Von Drake
1962Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
1962Taras Bulba as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962Mouse Blanche as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp
1962Corny Concerto as Doc (voice)
1962Gay Purr-ee as Meowrice (voice)
1962The Manchurian Candidate as Narrator (voice)
1962Man Is His Own Worst Enemy as Ludwig Von Drake / Radio voices (voice)
1962Take Me To Your Gen'rul
1962Hoppity Hooper
1962Punchy Pooch as Doc (voice)
1962Keeping Up with Krazy as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited)
1962Krazy Kat as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
1962The Hunting Instinct as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
1962The Hat
1962Mother's Little Helper as Charlie Beary (voice)
1962The World's Greatest Sinner as Narrator
1962Night of the Eagle as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962The Magic Sword as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
1962The Beary Family as Charlie / Junior Beary
1962Fowled-Up Birthday as Charlie Beary (voice)
1962Carnival Time as Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)
1962A Public Affair as Narrator (voice)
1962Pest of Show as Doc (voice)
1961Famous Ghost Stories as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
1961Doc's Last Stand as Doc / Indians / Narrator (voice)
1961Kids Is Kids as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
1961Tin Can Concert as Doc (voice)
1961Calvin and the Colonel
1961Top Cat
1961The Wonderful World of Disney
1961Tricky Trout as Wally Walrus (voice)
1961Atlantis: The Lost Continent as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
1961Clash and Carry as Wally Walrus (voice)
1961One Hundred and One Dalmatians as Dirty Dawson (voice)
1961The Absent-Minded Professor as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1960Where the Boys Are as Narrator (uncredited)
1960Fowled Up Falcon as (voice)
1960The Mr. Magoo Show
1960The Flintstones as Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice)
1960The Flintstones as Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice)
1960Tormented as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
1960The Adventures of Sam Space as Voice
1960Bats in the Belfry as (voice)
1960Freeloading Feline as (voices)
1960The Time Machine as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
1960Pollyanna as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
1960Tale of a Wolf as Barnyard Dog (voice)
1960Goliath II as The Mouse
1960Ballyhooey as (voice)
1959Mouse Trapped as Doc (voice)
1959Operation Petticoat as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
1959The Bullwinkle Show as Boris Badenov (voice)
1959The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends as Boris Badenov (voice)
1959Noah's Ark as Noah / God
1959Space Mouse as Doc (voice)
1959Attack of the Jungle Women as Narrator
1959Donald in Mathmagic Land as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
1959Eyes in Outer Space as Narrator (voice)
1959The Beatniks as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
1959Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
1959Some Like It Hot as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
1959Duck Flies Coop as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
1959Witty Kitty as Doc / Cat (voice)
1958Space Master X-7 as Dr. Charles T. Pommer
1957Mars and Beyond as Narrator
1957Rodan! The Flying Monster as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
1957Beginning of the End as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
1957The 27th Day as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
1956Blue Cat Blues as Voices
1956Down Beat Bear as 1st Radio Announcer
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956Francis in the Haunted House as Francis (voice)
1956Earth vs. the Flying Saucers as Alien (voice) (uncredited)
1956Earth vs. the Flying Saucers as Alien (voice)
1956The Harder They Fall as Priest (uncredited)
1956Gumby as (voice)
1956Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
1955Cellbound as The Prisoner / George the Warden / The Little Wife (voice) (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Swanson (voice) (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Train Station Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1955The Scarlet Coat as Narrator (voice)
1955Jump Into Hell as TV News Broadcaster (voice)
1955The Millionaire as Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton
1955The Millionaire as John Beresford Tipton
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Narrator (voice)
1954Social Lion as Various Voices
1954Studio 57
1954The Farm of Tomorrow as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1954Suddenly as Benny Conklin
1954The Whistler
1954Homesteader Droopy as narrator
1954Sleepy-Time Squirrel as Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
1954Casey Bats Again as Narrator (voice)
1954The Impossible Possum as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1954Riot in Cell Block 11 as Guard Monroe
1953Life with Tom as (voice) (uncredited)
1953Half-Pint Palomino as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1953City Detective
1953The War of the Worlds as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
1953Wee-Willie Wildcat as Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited)
1953T.V. of Tomorrow as Narrator (voice)
1953Heir Bear as Barney Bear / Gopher / Tax Collector (voice) (uncredited)
1953Cobs and Robbers as Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited)
1953General Electric Theater
1953Barney's Hungry Cousin as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1953The Missing Mouse as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1952Busybody Bear as Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited)
1952The Star as Richard Stanley
1952Cruise Cat as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1952Assignment: Paris as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
1952Smitten Kitten as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
1952Magical Maestro as Additional Voices
1952The Las Vegas Story as District Attorney (uncredited)
1952A Case for Hypnosis as Doc Tweedle
1952Dangerous Assignment
1951Dragnet
1951Utopia as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bailiff
1951When Worlds Collide as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
1951His Kind of Woman as Corley (uncredited)
1951His Mouse Friday as Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)
1951A Place in the Sun as Reverend Morrison
1951Sleepy-Time Tom as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
1951Jerry's Cousin as Cousin Muscles (voice)
1951The Thing from Another World as Prof. Voorhees
1951The Company She Keeps as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
1951Inside India as Professor Lightskull
1950Hunt the Man Down as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
1950Lux Video Theatre
1950The Toast of New Orleans as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1950Force of Evil as Elevator operator
1950Jerry and the Lion as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1950Blondie's Hero as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
1949Red Light as Bellhop (uncredited)
1947Should Husbands Marry? as Radio announcer
1947Mickey and the Beanstalk as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
1947Crazy with the Heat as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
1947Uncle Tom's Cabana as Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)
1946The Hick Chick as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
1945Wild and Woolfy as Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited)
1945The Shooting of Dan McGoo as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943A-Hunting We Won't Go as Crow (voice) (uncredited)
1942A Hollywood Detour as Narrator (uncredited)
—Nice Try Virgil as Narrator