Paul Frees
Known for Acting · 276 credits
- Born
- 1920-06-22
- Died
- 1986-11-02
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Solomon Hersh Frees · Solomon Frees · Paul Hersh Frees · Paul H. Frees · Buddy Green · Solomon Hersh
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
The Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Boris Badenov (voice)
Knight Rider
1982
as K.A.R.R.
Dragnet
1951
The Flintstones
1960
as Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice) / Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice)
Get Smart
1965
as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited) / Swanson (voice) (uncredited) / Train Station Announcer (voice) (uncredited) / Radio Announcer (uncredited)
TV Shows (44)
The Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Boris Badenov (voice)
Knight Rider
1982
as K.A.R.R.
Dragnet
1951
The Flintstones
1960
as Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice) / Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice)
Get Smart
1965
as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited) / Swanson (voice) (uncredited) / Train Station Announcer (voice) (uncredited) / Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Millionaire
1955
as Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton
Studio 57
1954
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Gumby Show
1956
as (voice)
Top Cat
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Narrator (voice) / Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
1966
City Detective
1953
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Run, Joe, Run
1974
as Narrator
The Whistler
1954
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959
as Boris Badenov (voice)
The Secret Squirrel Show
1965
as Double Q (voice) / Double-Q
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Narrator
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
The Beatles
1965
as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
1953
The Impossibles
1966
The Jackson 5ive
1971
as (voice)
Arabian Knights
1968
as Bakaar (voice)
The Fantastic Four
1967
as The Thing (voice)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Bailiff
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968
The Beary Family
1962
as Charlie / Junior Beary
Fractured Flickers
1963
The Osmonds
1972
George of the Jungle
1967
as Alistair
Calvin and the Colonel
1961
Tom Slick
1967
as Baron Otto Matic
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
Krazy Kat
1962
as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
Super Chicken
1967
as Fred
Hoppity Hooper
1962
Super President
1967
as James Norcross (voice)
Aesop and Son
1960
as Additional Voices (Voice)
Movies (232)
Some Like It Hot
1959
as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
as Dirty Dawson (voice)
Patton
1970
as Voice (uncredited)
The Time Machine
1960
as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
The War of the Worlds
1953
as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
as Narrator (voice)
Grand Prix
1966
as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
Operation Petticoat
1959
as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
The Last Unicorn
1982
as Mabruk (voice)
The Comic
1969
as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
The Hobbit
1977
as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)
Breakheart Pass
1975
as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
Assignment: Paris
1952
as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
The Thing from Another World
1951
as Prof. Voorhees
The Harder They Fall
1956
as Priest (uncredited)
The Star
1952
as Richard Stanley
Suddenly
1954
as Benny Conklin
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Reverend Morrison
Pollyanna
1960
as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Goliath II
1960
as The Mouse
The Point
1971
as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
Taras Bulba
1962
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Return of the King
1980
as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
Frosty the Snowman
1969
as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Force of Evil
1950
as Elevator operator
Mickey and the Beanstalk
1947
as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956
as Alien (voice) (uncredited)
Twice Upon a Time
1983
as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
The Flight of Dragons
1982
as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
as Guard Monroe
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970
as Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
The Thrill of It All
1963
as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Corley (uncredited)
Where the Boys Are
1960
as Narrator (uncredited)
Rodan! The Flying Monster
1957
as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
The Man Called Flintstone
1966
as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978
as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Tormented
1960
as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
as Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The War Lord
1965
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mars and Beyond
1957
as Narrator
The Magic Sword
1962
as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964
as Crusty (voice)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
1971
as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
Sleepy-Time Tom
1951
as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
The Las Vegas Story
1952
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Gay Purr-ee
1962
as Meowrice (voice)
The Ghost of Flight 401
1978
as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
The Scarlet Coat
1955
as Narrator (voice)
Donald in Mathmagic Land
1959
as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
Wild in the Streets
1968
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Night Walker
1964
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Inspector
1965
as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
1976
as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
The Little Drummer Boy
1968
as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)
Robinson Crusoeland
1951
as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983
as Trailer Announcer
Once a Thief
1965
as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
Famous Ghost Stories
1961
as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
Jerry and the Lion
1950
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Frost
1979
as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
Blondie's Hero
1950
as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
The Sword of Ali Baba
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Mouse Trapped
1959
as Doc (voice)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
The World's Greatest Sinner
1962
as Narrator
Dimension 5
1966
as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
It's Tough to Be a Bird
1969
as Leif Erikson
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
2003
as True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator / Creature (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Beginning of the End
1957
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Night of the Eagle
1962
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
as Francis (voice)
Cricket on the Hearth
1967
as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
Jerky Turkey
1968
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
Blue Cat Blues
1956
as Voices
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
1977
as Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice)
Jump Into Hell
1955
as TV News Broadcaster (voice)
Pinkfinger
1965
as Narrator (voice)
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1976
as Jack Frost
Homesteader Droopy
1954
as narrator
Tale of a Wolf
1960
as Barnyard Dog (voice)
The 27th Day
1957
as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
Hunt the Man Down
1950
as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
Smitten Kitten
1952
as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
Sink Pink
1965
as Hunter / Native Bearer (voice)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970
as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953
as Narrator (voice)
Red Light
1949
as Bellhop (uncredited)
The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Wayfarer (voice)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Cruise Cat
1952
as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Rendezvous in Space
1964
as Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice)
E Flat Elephants
1965
as Charlie, Ape
3-D Rarities
2015
as (archive footage)
Duck Flies Coop
1959
as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
Space Master X-7
1958
as Dr. Charles T. Pommer
The Goose Is Wild
1963
as Charlie Beary (voice)
Crazy with the Heat
1947
as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
The Day After Trinity
1981
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Missing Mouse
1953
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Bats in the Belfry
1960
as (voice)
Bomb Voyage
1967
as Commissioner (voice)
Life with Tom
1953
as (voice) (uncredited)
About Paul Frees
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 With 276 credits spanning from 1942 to 2025, Paul Frees has appeared in 232 films and 44 TV shows.
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- Some Like It Hot (1959) — as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) — as Dirty Dawson (voice)
- Patton (1970) — as Voice (uncredited)
- The Time Machine (1960) — as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
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