Paul Frees
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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
Knight Rider
K.A.R.R.
Get Smart
Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
The Flintstones
Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice)
The Flintstones
Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice)
The Bullwinkle Show
Boris Badenov (voice)
Dragnet
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Swanson (voice) (uncredited)
Filmography
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Auctioneer (voice) / Pirate Skull (voice)
3-D Rarities
2015
as (archive footage)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
as Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
2003
as True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator / Creature (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown
1992
as Narrator
Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991
as Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Puppetoon Movie
1987
as Arnie the Dinosaur / Pillsbury Doughboy (voice)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Disney's DTV Valentine
1986
as Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Wayfarer (voice)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983
as Trailer Announcer
Twice Upon a Time
1983
as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
The Last Unicorn
1982
as Mabruk (voice)
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982
as Various Voices
Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey
1982
as Narrator (voice)
The Flight of Dragons
1982
as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Knight Rider
1982
as K.A.R.R.
The Return of the King
1980
as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
The Day After Trinity
1980
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jack Frost
1979
as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
The Ghost of Flight 401
1978
as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978
as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Hardware Wars
1978
as Narrator
The Hobbit
1977
as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)
Fantastic Animation Festival
1977
as Opening Narration
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
1977
as Santa Claus / Olaf / Donkey Dealer (voice)
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
1976
as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1976
as Jack Frost
The First Easter Rabbit
1976
as Zero / Santa (voice)
Casey at the Bat
1976
as Narrator
The Milpitas Monster
1976
as Narrator (voice)
Breakheart Pass
1975
as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
Run, Joe, Run
1974
as Narrator
Let Charlie Do It
1972
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Rain Rain, Go Away
1972
as Charlie Beary / Junior (voice)
Unlucky Potluck
1972
as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary / Boss (voice)
A Fish Story
1972
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
1972
as Iguana (voice)
The Osmonds
1972
The Point
1971
as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
1971
as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
Pillsbury's Magic Circus
1971
as The Pillsbury Doughboy
Charlie the Rainmaker
1971
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Bungling Builder
1971
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Moochin' Pooch
1971
as Charlie Beary (voice)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
The Jackson 5ive
1971
as (voice)
Patton
1970
as Voice (uncredited)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970
as Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
Charlie's Golf Classic
1970
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Charlie in Hot Water
1970
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970
as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
Frosty the Snowman
1969
as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
It's Tough to Be a Bird
1969
as Leif Erikson
Gopher Broke
1969
as Charlie Beary (voice)
Charlie's Campout
1969
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Cool It, Charlie
1969
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Comic
1969
as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
The Little Drummer Boy
1968
as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)
The Magic Pear Tree
1968
as Jean Navarro
The Mouse on the Mayflower
1968
as (voice)
Jerky Turkey
1968
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice) (uncredited)
Bugged in a Rug
1968
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Wild in the Streets
1968
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pacifically Peeking
1968
as Moby Duck
Arabian Knights
1968
as Bakaar (voice)
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968
The Bear That Wasn't
1967
as Narrator / Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
Le Escape Goat
1967
as Commissioner (voice)
Sacré Bleu Cross
1967
as Hassan the Assassin (voice)
Le Quiet Squad
1967
as Commissioner / Doctor (voice)
Bomb Voyage
1967
as Commissioner (voice)
Mouse in the House
1967
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Window Pains
1967
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Cricket on the Hearth
1967
as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Salute to Alaska
1967
as Narrator
Super Chicken
1967
as Fred
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Narrator
Super President
1967
as James Norcross (voice)
The Fantastic Four
1967
as The Thing (voice)
Tom Slick
1967
as Baron Otto Matic
George of the Jungle
1967
as Alistair
The Man Called Flintstone
1966
as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
Dimension 5
1966
as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
Grand Prix
1966
as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
Plastered in Paris
1966
as Commissioner (voice)
Cirrhosis of the Louvre
1966
as Commissioner (voice)
Unsafe and Seine
1966
as Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice)
Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux
1966
as Commissioner (voice)
That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame
1966
as Commissioner (voice)
The Pique Poquette of Paris
1966
as Spider Pierre (voice)
Ape Suzette
1966
as Cockney Sailor (voice)
Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat
1966
as Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice)
Foot Brawl
1966
as Charlie Beary / Junior Beary (voice)
Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
1966
The Impossibles
1966
The Sword of Ali Baba
1965
as Narrator (voice)
The War Lord
1965
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
1965
as Weft / Wight / Wong (voice)
Pink Panzer
1965
as Neighbor / Devil (voice)
Sink Pink
1965
as Hunter / Native Bearer (voice)
Pinkfinger
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Guest Who?
1965
as Charlie Beary (voice)
Davey Cricket
1965
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Eggs Benedict
1965
as Eggs Benedict, Fred, Cop
E Flat Elephants
1965
as Charlie, Ape
The Inspector
1965
as The Commissioner (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Once a Thief
1965
as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
Goofy's Freeway Troubles
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Peur de l'Autoroute
1965
as Narrator (voice)
The Secret Squirrel Show
1965
as Double Q (voice)
The Beatles
1965
as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)
The Secret Squirrel Show
1965
as Double-Q
Get Smart
1965
as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves It
1964
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Night Walker
1964
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves It
1964
as Narrator
Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle
1964
as Charlie Beary (voice)
Rah Rah Ruckus
1964
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964
as Crusty (voice)
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rendezvous in Space
1964
as Mr. Space / Astronaut (voice)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Blood and Black Lace
1964
as Various character voices (uncredited, English version)
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
The Secret Weapon
1963
as Voices
Goose in the Rough
1963
as Charlie Beary (voice)
Charlie's Mother-in-Law
1963
as Charlie Beary / Pete / Police Officer (voice)
The Goose Is Wild
1963
as Charlie Beary (voice)
Fly With Von Drake
1963
as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
The Thrill of It All
1963
as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Fractured Flickers
1963
The Hat
1962
Take Me To Your Gen'rul
1962
Mouse Blanche
1962
as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp
Gay Purr-ee
1962
as Meowrice (voice)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
A Symposium on Popular Songs
1962
as Ludwig Von Drake
The Hunting Instinct
1962
as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
Night of the Eagle
1962
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Public Affair
1962
as Narrator (voice)
Corny Concerto
1962
as Doc (voice)
Punchy Pooch
1962
as Doc (voice)
Pest of Show
1962
as Doc (voice)
Mother's Little Helper
1962
as Charlie Beary (voice)
Fowled-Up Birthday
1962
as Charlie Beary (voice)
The Magic Sword
1962
as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
as Narrator (voice)
Taras Bulba
1962
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Sinner
1962
as Narrator
Keeping Up with Krazy
1962
as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp (voice) (uncredited)
Hoppity Hooper
1962
The Beary Family
1962
as Charlie / Junior Beary
Krazy Kat
1962
as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
as Dirty Dawson (voice)
Tin Can Concert
1961
as Doc (voice)
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Tricky Trout
1961
as Wally Walrus (voice)
Doc's Last Stand
1961
as Doc / Indians / Narrator (voice)
Clash and Carry
1961
as Wally Walrus (voice)
Kids Is Kids
1961
as Ludwig Von Drake (voice)
Famous Ghost Stories
1961
as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
Calvin and the Colonel
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Top Cat
1961
Goliath II
1960
as The Mouse
The Adventures of Sam Space
1960
as Voice
The Time Machine
1960
as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
Fowled Up Falcon
1960
as (voice)
Ballyhooey
1960
as (voice)
Bats in the Belfry
1960
as (voice)
Freeloading Feline
1960
as (voices)
Pollyanna
1960
as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
Where the Boys Are
1960
as Narrator (uncredited)
Tormented
1960
as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
Tale of a Wolf
1960
as Barnyard Dog (voice)
The Flintstones
1960
as Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice)
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
The Flintstones
1960
as Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice)
Aesop and Son
1960
as Additional Voices (Voice)
Donald in Mathmagic Land
1959
as The True Spirit of Adventure / Narrator (voice)
Noah's Ark
1959
as Noah / God
Attack of the Jungle Women
1959
as Narrator
Eyes in Outer Space
1959
as Narrator (voice)
Some Like It Hot
1959
as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
Mouse Trapped
1959
as Doc (voice)
Witty Kitty
1959
as Doc / Cat (voice)
Space Mouse
1959
as Doc (voice)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
Operation Petticoat
1959
as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
The Beatniks
1959
as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Flies Coop
1959
as Narrator / Newsreader (voice)
The Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Boris Badenov (voice)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959
as Boris Badenov (voice)
Space Master X-7
1958
as Dr. Charles T. Pommer
Mars and Beyond
1957
as Narrator
Beginning of the End
1957
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
The 27th Day
1957
as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
Rodan! The Flying Monster
1957
as Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force officer / Kitahara (voice)
Jet Pilot
1957
Blue Cat Blues
1956
as Voices
Down Beat Bear
1956
as 1st Radio Announcer
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956
as Alien (voice) (uncredited)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956
as Alien (voice)
The Harder They Fall
1956
as Priest (uncredited)
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
as Francis (voice)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Gumby Show
1956
as (voice)
Jump Into Hell
1955
as TV News Broadcaster (voice)
The Scarlet Coat
1955
as Narrator (voice)
Cellbound
1955
as The Prisoner / George the Warden / The Little Wife (voice) (uncredited)
The Millionaire
1955
as Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton
The Millionaire
1955
as John Beresford Tipton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Swanson (voice) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Train Station Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
as Guard Monroe
Suddenly
1954
as Benny Conklin
Lion Social
1954
as Various Voices
Sleepy-Time Squirrel
1954
as Barney Bear / Jimmy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
Casey Bats Again
1954
as Narrator (voice)
Homesteader Droopy
1954
as narrator
The Farm of Tomorrow
1954
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Impossible Possum
1954
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Narrator (voice)
The Whistler
1954
Studio 57
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
Life with Tom
1953
as (voice) (uncredited)
The Missing Mouse
1953
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953
as Narrator (voice)
Wee-Willie Wildcat
1953
as Barney Bear / William Wildcat (voice) (uncredited)
Heir Bear
1953
as Barney Bear / Gopher / Tax Collector (voice) (uncredited)
Barney's Hungry Cousin
1953
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The War of the Worlds
1953
as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
Cobs and Robbers
1953
as Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited)
Half-Pint Palomino
1953
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
1953
City Detective
1953
Smitten Kitten
1952
as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
Cruise Cat
1952
as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Star
1952
as Richard Stanley
A Case for Hypnosis
1952
as Doc Tweedle
Assignment: Paris
1952
as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
Busybody Bear
1952
as Barney Bear / Buck Beaver (voice) (uncredited)
Magical Maestro
1952
as Additional Voices
The Las Vegas Story
1952
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Dangerous Assignment
1952
His Mouse Friday
1951
as Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)
Jerry's Cousin
1951
as Cousin Muscles (voice)
Robinson Crusoeland
1951
as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
Sleepy-Time Tom
1951
as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Inside India
1951
as Professor Lightskull
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Reverend Morrison
The Thing from Another World
1951
as Prof. Voorhees
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Corley (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
Dragnet
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Bailiff
Blondie's Hero
1950
as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
Jerry and the Lion
1950
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Force of Evil
1950
as Elevator operator
Hunt the Man Down
1950
as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Red Light
1949
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Crazy with the Heat
1947
as Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Should Husbands Marry?
1947
as Radio announcer
Uncle Tom's Cabaña
1947
as Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey and the Beanstalk
1947
as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
The Hick Chick
1946
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
Wild and Woolfy
1945
as Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A-Hunting We Won't Go
1943
as Crow (voice) (uncredited)