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
Knight Rider
1982
as K.A.R.R.
Dragnet
1951
The Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Boris Badenov (voice)
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)
Knight Rider
1982
as K.A.R.R.
Dragnet
1951
The Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Boris Badenov (voice)
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
Top Cat
1961
The Gumby Show
1956
as (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Narrator (voice) / Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
City Detective
1953
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959
as Boris Badenov (voice)
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
1966
The Whistler
1954
Run, Joe, Run
1974
as Narrator
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Narrator
The Secret Squirrel Show
1965
as Double Q (voice) / Double-Q
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
The Beatles
1965
as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)
The Jackson 5ive
1971
as (voice)
General Electric Theater
1953
Arabian Knights
1968
as Bakaar (voice)
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968
The Fantastic Four
1967
as The Thing (voice)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Bailiff
The Impossibles
1966
The Osmonds
1972
The Beary Family
1962
as Charlie / Junior Beary
Calvin and the Colonel
1961
Krazy Kat
1962
as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
Fractured Flickers
1963
George of the Jungle
1967
as Alistair
Super Chicken
1967
as Fred
Tom Slick
1967
as Baron Otto Matic
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 War of the Worlds
1953
as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
The Time Machine
1960
as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
The Last Unicorn
1982
as Mabruk (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
as Narrator (voice)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
Operation Petticoat
1959
as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
Grand Prix
1966
as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
The Thing from Another World
1951
as Prof. Voorhees
The Harder They Fall
1956
as Priest (uncredited)
The Hobbit
1977
as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)
Force of Evil
1950
as Elevator operator
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Reverend Morrison
The Return of the King
1980
as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
Breakheart Pass
1975
as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
Pollyanna
1960
as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
Suddenly
1954
as Benny Conklin
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
as Guard Monroe
The Star
1952
as Richard Stanley
Frosty the Snowman
1969
as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey and the Beanstalk
1947
as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
The Flight of Dragons
1982
as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)
Mars and Beyond
1957
as Narrator
Taras Bulba
1962
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Comic
1969
as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
Where the Boys Are
1960
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956
as Alien (voice) (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
The Point
1971
as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
Goliath II
1960
as The Mouse
Assignment: Paris
1952
as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978
as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970
as Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964
as Crusty (voice)
Tormented
1960
as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
The Thrill of It All
1963
as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Twice Upon a Time
1983
as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
The War Lord
1965
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
The Night Walker
1964
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Donald in Mathmagic Land
1959
as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
1976
as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
The Magic Sword
1962
as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Wayfarer (voice)
The Inspector
1965
as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Corley (uncredited)
Sleepy-Time Tom
1951
as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Robinson Crusoeland
1951
as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Frost
1979
as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
as Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Gay Purr-ee
1962
as Meowrice (voice)
The Man Called Flintstone
1966
as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
The First Easter Rabbit
1976
as Zero / Santa (voice)
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
Once a Thief
1965
as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
The Ghost of Flight 401
1978
as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
1971
as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
Blue Cat Blues
1956
as Voices
Jerry and the Lion
1950
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Rodan! The Flying Monster
1957
as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
Duck Flies Coop
1959
as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
Goofy's Freeway Troubles
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Blondie's Hero
1950
as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
The Las Vegas Story
1952
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Dimension 5
1966
as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
Red Light
1949
as Bellhop (uncredited)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self / Narrator (voice)
The Little Drummer Boy
1968
as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
The Scarlet Coat
1955
as Narrator (voice)
Space Master X-7
1958
as Dr. Charles T. Pommer
Night of the Eagle
1962
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cricket on the Hearth
1967
as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
The Sword of Ali Baba
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Crazy with the Heat
1947
as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
The 27th Day
1957
as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
It's Tough to Be a Bird
1969
as Leif Erikson
Jump Into Hell
1955
as TV News Broadcaster (voice)
Wild in the Streets
1968
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Magical Maestro
1952
as Additional Voices
The Bear That Wasn't
1967
as Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
1965
as Weft / Wight / Wong (voice)
The Farm of Tomorrow
1954
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1976
as Jack Frost
Famous Ghost Stories
1961
as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
The Day After Trinity
1980
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
1982
as Narrator (voice)
A Symposium on Popular Songs
1962
as Ludwig Von Drake
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953
as Narrator (voice)
Beginning of the End
1957
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Smitten Kitten
1952
as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970
as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)
Tale of a Wolf
1960
as Barnyard Dog (voice)
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982
as Various Voices
Casey Bats Again
1954
as Narrator (voice)
Homesteader Droopy
1954
as narrator
The Puppetoon Movie
1987
as Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice)
E Flat Elephants
1965
as Charlie, Ape
Life with Tom
1953
as (voice) (uncredited)
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
1977
as Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice)
Hunt the Man Down
1950
as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
Jerky Turkey
1968
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
Noah's Ark
1959
as Noah / God
3-D Rarities
2015
as (archive footage)
Bomb Voyage
1967
as Commissioner (voice)
Mouse Trapped
1959
as Doc (voice)
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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Most Popular Paul Frees Movies
- 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 War of the Worlds (1953) — as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) — as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
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