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Paul Frees

Acting

Born June 22, 1920 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died November 2, 1986

Also known as Solomon Hersh Frees · Solomon Frees · Paul Hersh 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

Awards & recognition

  • Disney Legends · 2006

Filmography50+ titles

Some Like It Hot

1959as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)

Get Smart

1965as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

The Puppetoon Movie

1987as Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice)

The Day After Trinity

1981as Self - Narrator (voice)

Knight Rider

1982as K.A.R.R.

Patton

1970as Voice (uncredited)

The Manchurian Candidate

1962as Narrator (voice)

The Secret Squirrel Show

as Double-Q

The Time Machine

1960as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)

The Flintstones

1960as Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice)

The Last Unicorn

1982as Mabruk (voice)

Grand Prix

1966as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)

Donald in Mathmagic Land

1959as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)

A Place in the Sun

1951as Reverend Morrison

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961as Dirty Dawson (voice)

Operation Petticoat

1959as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)

The Harder They Fall

1956as Priest (uncredited)

The Star

1952as Richard Stanley

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

1970as Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)

The Thrill of It All

1963as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954as Guard Monroe

Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles

Colossus: The Forbin Project

1970as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)

Pollyanna

1960as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)

Blondie's Hero

1950as Radio Narrator (uncredited)

Frosty the Snowman

1969as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)

The World's Greatest Sinner

1962as Narrator

The Point

1971as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)

The War of the Worlds

1953as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer

His Kind of Woman

1951as Corley (uncredited)

The Flight of Dragons

1982as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)

Night of the Eagle

1962as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Scarlet Coat

1955as Narrator (voice)

The Thing from Another World

1951as Prof. Voorhees

Lux Video Theatre

The Hobbit

1977as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)

Frosty's Winter Wonderland

1976as Jack Frost

Breakheart Pass

1975as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)

The Little Drummer Boy

1968as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)

Gay Purr-ee

1962as Meowrice (voice)

Force of Evil

1948as Elevator operator

Jack Frost

1979as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

1977as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six

Once a Thief

1965as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)

The Absent Minded Professor

1961as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters!

1956as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)

Dragnet

1951

The Man Called Flintstone

1966as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)