Paul Frees

Paul Frees
Frees in a rare onscreen appearance in The 27th Day (1957)
Born	Solomon Hersh Frees (1920-06-22)June 22, 1920 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	November 2, 1986(1986-11-02) (aged 66) Tiburon, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Heart failure
Resting place	Pacific Ocean
Nationality	American
Other names	The Man of a Thousand Voices Solomon Hersh Frees Solomon Frees Paul Hersh Frees Buddy Green
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, impressionist, comedian, screenwriter
Years active	1942–1986

Solomon Hersh Frees (June 22, 1920 – November 2, 1986), better known as Paul Frees, was an American actor, voice actor, impressionist, comedian and screenwriter known for his work on MGM, Walter Lantz, and Walt Disney theatrical cartoons during the Golden Age of Animation^[1] and for providing the voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.^[1] He became known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices."^[2]

Early life

Frees was born Solomon Hersh Frees in Chicago, Illinois, on June 22, 1920. He had an unusually wide four-octave voice range that would enable him to voice everything from the thundering basso profundo of the unseen "Ghost Host" in the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland in California^[1] and at Walt Disney World in Florida to the squeaky voice of the Little Green Sprout in the Green Giant vegetable commercials.

Career

In the 1930s, Frees first appeared on vaudeville as an impressionist, under the name Buddy Green. He began his career on radio in 1942 and remained active for more than 40 years. During that time, he was involved in more than 250 films, cartoons and TV appearances; like many voice actors of the time, his appearances were often uncredited.

Frees' early radio career was cut short when he was drafted into World War II where he fought at Normandy, France on D-Day. He was wounded in action and was returned to the United States for a year of recuperation. He attended the Chouinard Art Institute under the G.I. Bill. When his first wife's health failed, he decided to drop out and return to radio work.^[3]

He appeared frequently on Hollywood radio series, including Escape, playing lead roles and alternating with William Conrad as the opening announcer of Suspense in the late 1940s, and parts on Gunsmoke (doing an impersonation of Howard McNear as Doc Adams for at least one episode, "The Cast"), and Crime Classics. One of his few starring roles in this medium was as Jethro Dumont/Green Lama in the 1949 series The Green Lama, as well as a syndicated anthology series The Player, in which Frees narrated and played all the parts.

Frees was often called upon in the 1950s and 1960s to "re-loop" the dialogue of other actors, often to correct for foreign accents, lack of English proficiency, or poor line readings by non-professionals. These dubs extended from a few lines to entire roles. This can be noticed rather clearly in the films Grand Prix (as Izo Yamura) and Midway where Frees reads for Toshiro Mifune's performances as Admiral Yamamoto; or in the film Some Like It Hot, in which Frees provides the voice of funeral director Mozzarella as well as much of the falsetto voice for Tony Curtis' female character Josephine. Frees also dubbed the entire role of Eddie in the Disney film The Ugly Dachshund, replacing actor Dick Wessel, who had died of a sudden heart attack after completion of principal photography. Frees also dubbed Humphrey Bogart in his final film The Harder They Fall. Bogart was suffering at the time from what would be diagnosed as esophageal cancer and thus could barely be heard in some takes, hence the need for Frees to dub in his voice. He also voiced the cars in the comedy The Great Race.

Unlike many voice actors who did most of their work for one studio, Frees worked extensively with at least nine of the major animation production companies of the 20th century: Walt Disney Studios, Walter Lantz Studios, UPA, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Jay Ward Productions, and Rankin/Bass.

Disney

Some of Frees' most memorable voices were for various Disney projects. Frees voiced Disney's Professor Ludwig Von Drake in eighteen episodes of the Disney anthology television series,^[4] beginning with the first episode of the newly renamed Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on September 24, 1961. The character also appeared on many Disneyland Records. Von Drake's introductory cartoon, An Adventure in Color, featured The Spectrum Song, sung by Frees as Von Drake. A different Frees recording of this song appeared on a children's record, and was later reissued on CD.^[5]

Frees narrated a number of Disney cartoons, including the Disney educational short film Donald in Mathmagic Land. This short originally aired in the same television episode as Von Drake's first appearance.

He also provided voices for numerous characters at Disney parks, including the unseen "Ghost Host" in the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, and several audio-animatronic pirates, including the Auctioneer, in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and recorded the iconic "Dead Men Tell No Tales" used in the ride.^[6] Disney eventually issued limited edition compact discs commemorating the two rides, featuring outtakes and unused audio tracks by Frees and others. Frees also provided narration for the Tomorrowland attraction Adventure Thru Inner Space (1967–1985) and was the first narrator for the Hall of Presidents (1971-1993). Audio clips from the attractions in Frees' distinctive voice have even appeared in fireworks shows at Disneyland.

A computer-animated singing bust in Frees' likeness appeared in the 2003 film The Haunted Mansion as an homage. Similarly, audio recordings of Frees from the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction can be heard in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End in an homage to the ride.

Frees also had a small live-action role for Disney in the 1959 film The Shaggy Dog, playing Dr. Galvin, a military psychiatrist who attempts to understand why Mr. Daniels believes a shaggy dog can uncover a spy ring. He also did the film's opening narration.

His other Disney credits, most of them narration for segments of the Disney anthology television series, include the following:

The "Man in Space" series of shows (TV, 1954)
From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen (TV, 1955)
The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (TV miniseries, 1958)
Tales of Texas John Slaughter (TV miniseries, 1958)
The Shaggy Dog (film, 1959)
The Absent-Minded Professor (film, 1961)
Moochie of Pop Warner Football (TV, 1960)
The Monkey's Uncle (film, 1965)

For his contributions to the Disney legacy, Frees was honored posthumously as a Disney Legend on October 9, 2006.^[7]

Jay Ward Productions

Frees was a regular presence in Jay Ward cartoons, providing the voices of Boris Badenov (from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), Inspector Fenwick (from Dudley Do-Right, impersonating Eric Blore), Ape (impersonating Ronald Colman), District Commissioner Alistair and Weevil Plumtree in George of the Jungle, Baron Otto Matic in Tom Slick, Fred in Super Chicken, and the Hoppity Hooper narrator, among numerous others.

Rankin/Bass

Frees is well-remembered for many characters in Rankin/Bass cartoons and stop-motion animated TV specials, including the central villain Burgermeister Meisterburger and his assistant Grimsley in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970). He was also the traffic cop, ticket-taker, and Santa Claus in Frosty the Snowman in 1969. He was several voices, including Eon the Terrible, in Rudolph's Shiny New Year in 1976. In 1968, he appeared as Captain Jones in the Thanksgiving special The Mouse on the Mayflower, and that Christmas he appeared as the father of the Drummer Boy, Ali, and as the three Wise Men in The Little Drummer Boy. He provided the voices for several J. R. R. Tolkien characters (most notably the dwarf Bombur) in Rankin/Bass animated versions of The Hobbit and The Return of the King. He also voiced King Haggard's wizard Mabruk in The Last Unicorn and provided several voices for the Jackson Five cartoon series between 1971 and 1973.

The following Rankin Bass TV specials or films played by Paul Frees including:

Cricket on the Hearth (TV special) (1967) Voice of the Sea Captain and others
The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968) Voice of Captain Jones
The Little Drummer Boy (1968) Ali, Aaron's father, three Wise Men
Frosty the Snowman (1969) Traffic cop, ticket taker, Santa Claus
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970) Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, and W.C Fields (uncredited)
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (1970) Burgermeister Meisterburger, Grimsley, Kringle Bros. Sombertown civilian, Burgermeister's soldiers
Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971) Colonel Bunny's assistant, Fireman, Man at Thanksgiving Table, Santa Claus
The First Easter Rabbit (1976) Voices of Santa, Zero, and Spats
Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) Voice of Jack Frost
Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976) Santa Claus, General Ticker, Aeon the Terrible, Humpty Dumpty
The Hobbit (1977) Voice of Bombur and Troll #1
Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977) Voice of Olaf and Donkey Dealer
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) Jack Frost, Policeman, Winterbolt
Jack Frost (1979) Father Winter, Kubla Kraus
The Return of the King (1980) Orc, Uruk-hai, Elrond (replacing the deceased Cyril Ritchard who voiced Elrond in The Hobbit)
The Last Unicorn (1982) Voice of Mabruk
The Flight of Dragons (1982) Voice of Antiquity

George Pal

Frees portrayed the Orson Welles sound-alike radio reporter in George Pal's film The War of the Worlds (1953), where he is seen dictating into a tape recorder as the military prepares the atomic bomb for use against the invading Martians. Memorably, his character says that the recording is being made "for future history... if any". Frees also provided the film's dramatic opening narration, prior to Sir Cedric Hardwicke's voice-over tour of the solar system.

Frees subsequently provided the apocalyptic voice for the 'talking rings'" in Pal's later film The Time Machine (1960), in which he explains the ultimate fate of humanity from which the time traveler realizes the origin of the Morlocks and Eloi.

Producer Pal later put Frees to work again in the fantasy film Atlantis, the Lost Continent (also 1960) and doing the opening voice-over narration for Pal's Doc Savage (1975) film.

Frees did the narration for the George Pal documentary The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985), wriiten, produced, and directed by Arnold Leibovit. Two years later, Frees provided the voice for Arnie the Dinosaur and the Pillsbury Doughboy in The Puppetoon Movie (1987), also produced and directed by Leibovit.

Other voice work

The talented actor voiced several characters, including three of the main characters, in the US versions of Belvision's The Adventures of Tintin cartoons, based on the books by Hergé.

He had also done work for Hanna-Barbera in their Tom and Jerry shorts at MGM. In the 1956 Cinemascope Tom and Jerry cartoon, Blue Cat Blues, he was Jerry's voice who narrated the short; he had also voiced Jerry's cousin Muscles in Jerry's Cousin five years earlier. His most famous role(s) were the cannibals in the banned Tom and Jerry episode His Mouse Friday where he said the lines "Mmmmm, barbecued cat!" and "Mmmmm, barbecued mouse!"

At the MGM Animation studio, he also did multiple voice roles for the legendary Tex Avery's films. His most prominent work was playing every single role in Cellbound in 1955.

From October 1961 through September 1962, Paul Frees provided the voice for the shady lawyer named Judge Oliver Wendell Clutch, a weasel on the animated program Calvin and the Colonel starring the voices of Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the series was an animated television remake of their radio series Amos 'n Andy.

For the 1962 Christmas special Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, produced by UPA, Paul Frees voiced several characters, including Fezziwig, the Charity Man, two of the opportunists who steal from the dead man (Eyepatch Man and Tall Tophat Man)^[8] and Mister Magoo's Broadway theatre director. He subsequently provided numerous voices for further cartoons in the series that followed, The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo.

Frees provided the voices of both John Lennon and George Harrison in the 1965 The Beatles cartoon series, the narrator, Big D and Fluid Man in the 1966 cartoon series, Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles and of The Thing in the 1967 series Fantastic Four, as well as President James Norcross in the 1967 cartoon series Super President. He played several roles—narrator, Chief of State, the judges and the bailiff—in the George Lucas / John Korty animated film, Twice Upon a Time.

Frees provided the voice-over for the trailer to the 1971 Clint Eastwood thriller, Play Misty for Me.

In television commercials, he was the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, the 7-Up bird Fresh-Up Freddie, Froot Loops spokesbird Toucan Sam (previously voiced by Mel Blanc, later voiced by Maurice LaMarche), Boo-Berry in the series of monster cereal commercials, and The Farmer And Little Green Sprout, who called out to the Jolly Green Giant, "So what's new besides ho-ho-ho, Green Giant?"

Frees narrated many live action films and television series, including Naked City (1958–1963). Paul Frees also provided the voice of the eccentric billionaire John Beresford Tipton, always seated in his chair with his back to the viewer while talking to his employee Michael Anthony (fellow voice-artist Marvin Miller), on the dramatic series The Millionaire.

He was the narrator at the beginning of the film The Disorderly Orderly starring Jerry Lewis. He also "looped" an actor's voice in the film The Ladies Man also starring Jerry Lewis.

Frees had a wide range of other roles, usually heard but not seen, and frequently without screen credit. The resonance of his natural voice was similar to that of Orson Welles, and he performed a Welles impression several times. Some highlights of his voice work are as follows:

Narrator for The Manchurian Candidate.
Narrated 16 episodes of the NBC science fiction television series Steve Canyon, starring Dean Fredericks (1958–1959)
Narrated the documentary about J. Robert Oppenheimer, The Day After Trinity
The Peter Lorre voice in the Spike Jones RCA Victor recording of the song My Old Flame. When talking softly, the voice sounds much like Lorre. When the character segués into a manic rant for a few lines, the voice anticipates the Ludwig von Drake characterization. Frees appeared on several other Spike Jones recordings including Too Young and Pop Corn Sack.
Dialog looping for French actor Jacques Roux, among other uncredited voice work, in the 1963 film The List of Adrian Messenger.
The Orson Welles sound-alike narrator in Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America Vol. 1. When Vol. 2 came out after his death, he was replaced by Corey Burton.
Another Orson Welles sound-alike as the voice of the aliens in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Yet again, as an Orson Welles sound-alike narrator in the 1967 film The St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
The narrator for the record Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One: The Early Years
The uncredited voice of a reporter trying to get a quote from General George S. Patton in the 1970 film Patton
The uncredited voice of the sentient supercomputer Colossus in the film Colossus: The Forbin Project.
Narrator of the pre-show for Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln at the Illinois Pavilion of the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. The exhibit was produced by Disney, and later moved to Disneyland.
The shrouded figure of "Death" (another near-Welles characterization) in the Woody Allen film Love and Death.
The narration for the spoof short film Hardware Wars (1977), which was styled as a mock film trailer, specifically parodying Orson Welles' narration of the original Star Wars trailer.
Voice of KARR in "K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R." - a 3rd season episode of Knight Rider.
Voice of "Josephine" (the female persona of Tony Curtis's character Joe) in the Billy Wilder film Some Like It Hot.^[9]
The voice of Dr. Hu in the English-language version of King Kong Escapes.
The voices of "Antoine" and "Alecto" in the English-language version of Atoll K (aka Utopia).
The voice of the hermit crab "Crusty" in The Incredible Mr. Limpet, a Warner Bros. feature that mixed live action with animation.
Intro voice for Mister Terrific, a sitcom of 17 episodes in 1967 with Stephen Strimpell.
Intro voice for Bradbury 13, a series of thirteen radio dramas featuring Ray Bradbury short stories, originally produced for National Public Radio by Michael McDonough at Brigham Young University, 1984.
Credited with singing "Darktown Strutters' Ball" in the 1971 film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (as heard on the film's soundtrack album, along with several other songs performed in character but not used in the film).^[10]
Voice of the title character in the 1957 film The Cyclops.
Narrator of extended "recap" title sequence in early first season episodes of I Dream of Jeannie in 1965 (and the show's "sponsor I.D." announcer during season one).
Featured on the 1959 Spike Jones album Spike Jones in Hi-Fi, A Spooktacular in Screaming Sound in recordings "Poisen to Poisen," "My Old Flame," "Everything Happens to Me" and "This is your Death," doing the vocal and voices. "Tammy": vocal by Paul Frees, "Two Heads are Better than One": vocal by George Rock and Paul Frees.
The uncredited voice of the radio news announcer in the 1964 musical film Robin and the 7 Hoods.
Narrator of the documentary The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal in 1985.
Narrator and Voice of Satan (visualized in the film as a snake) in the 1962 film The World's Greatest Sinner.

Other credits

Although Frees was primarily known for his voice work (like Mel Blanc, he was known in the industry as "The Man of a Thousand Voices"), he was also a songwriter and screenwriter. His most notable screenwriting work was the little-seen 1960 film The Beatniks, a screed against the then-rising Beat counterculture in the vein of Reefer Madness. In 1992, the film was "riffed" on an episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

On rare occasions, Frees appeared on-camera, usually in minor roles. In 1954, he appeared in the film noir classic Suddenly starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden. He played a scientist in The Thing from Another World, a death-row priest in A Place in the Sun, and French fur trader McMasters in The Big Sky. In 1955, he appeared as an irate husband suing his wife (played by Ann Doran) for alimony in an episode of CBS's sitcom The Ray Milland Show.

In Jet Pilot, Frees plays a menacing Soviet officer whose job is to watchdog pilot Janet Leigh, but instead manages to eject himself from a parked jet, enabling Leigh to rescue John Wayne and fly back to the West. In the 1970 film Patton, Frees provided the voices of a war correspondent interviewing Patton while Patton rides his horse, and of a member of Patton's staff, as well as voice-overs for several other actors, including the sheik hosting a troop review for Patton. Frees is also heard in Tora! Tora! Tora! as the English-language voice of the Japanese ambassador to the United States. He also does the final narration after the Earth's destruction in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, the first sequel to Planet of the Apes.

Legacy

Since Frees' death, voice actor Corey Burton has provided voices for some of Frees characters. Burton, who met Frees in the late 1970s, has re-recorded introductions for some Disneyland attractions that were originally recorded by Frees. In some cases, Frees' original, pre-digital recordings had simply deteriorated over time. Other introductions were slightly rewritten to reflect newer safety standards.

Death

Frees was professionally active until his death from heart failure on November 2, 1986. He was living in Tiburon, California.^[11] His body was cremated and his ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean.

Filmography

Radio
Original Air Date	Program	Role	Episode
1945	The Lux Radio Theatre	Multiple Characters
1945–47	A Man Named Jordan	Digger Slade
1946	Rogue's Gallery
1946	The Whistler
1946	The Alan Young Show
1946–52	Suspense	Announcer / Passerby / Earl White / Frankenstein's Monster / Hubbard
1947	Ellery Queen
1947–48	Escape	Doctor Dubosk / /Finnie Morner /John Woolfolk /Sanger Rainsford	"The Fourth Man" "Snake Doctor" "Wild Oranges" "The Most Dangerous Game"
1948	Your Movietown Radio Theatre	Multiple Characters
1948	The First Nighter Program	Additional voices
1949	The Green Lama	Jethro Dumont / Green Lama
1949	Rocky Jordan
1949	Four Star Playhouse
1951	The Silent Men
1951	Mr. Aladdin	Robert Aladdin
1951	Broadway Is My Beat
1951	The Thing from Another World	Dr. Voorhees
1952–53	Gunsmoke	Sut Grider / Gallagher / Doc Charles Adams (1 episode)	"Heat Spell" "The Soldier" "The Cast"
1953	Crime Classics	Charles McManus / Charley Ford / Charles Drew, Sr. / Pub Man	"The Axe and the Droot Family- How They Fared" "The Death of a Picture Hanger" "The Shrapnelled Body of Charles Drew, Sr."
1953	Mr. President	Additional Voices
1953	On Stage	Chauffeur	"Skin Deep"
1954	Fibber McGee and Molly
1956	Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar	Bert Parker	"The Jolly Roger Fraud" (Part 1)
1957	The CBS Radio Workshop	Captain Vesey / Ogden the Messenger	"Sweet Cherries in Charleston"
1984	Bradbury 13	Narrator

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1947	Crazy with the Heat	Oasis Soda Fountain Proprietor	Uncredited
1949	The Adventures of Sir Galahad	The Black Knight	Voice Uncredited
1950	Jerry and the Lion	Radio Announcer
1950	Primitive Pluto	Primo	Pluto Short
1951	A Place in the Sun	Rev. Morrison	Live-Action
1951	Jerry's Cousin	Cousin Muscles
1951	His Mouse Friday	Jerry / Cannibals	Uncredited
1951	The Thing From Another World	Dr. Voorhees	Live-Action
1951	His Kind of Woman	Corley	Live-Action
1952	The Star	Richard Stanley	Live-Action
1952	Cruise Cat	Ship's Captain
1952	Busybody Bear	Bear
1953	Life with Tom	Radio Announcer
1953	The Missing Mouse	Radio Announcer
1953	Wee Willy Wildcat	Barney Bear
1953	The War of the Worlds	Radio Reporter	Live-Action
1953	Buccaneer Woodpecker	Wally Walrus
1953	T.V. of Tomorrow	Narrator
1954	Homesteader Droopy	Narrator
1954	Baby Butch	Butch
1954	The Farm of Tomorrow	Narrator
1954	Suddenly	Benny	Live-Action
1955	Cellbound	Prisoner / Warden / Little Wife
1956	Down Beat Bear	First Radio Announcer
1956	Blue Cat Blues	Jerry Mouse
1956	Francis in the Haunted House	Francis
1956	The Harder They Fall	Priest	Live-action
1957	The 27th Day	Ward Mason / Newscaster	Live-Action Uncredited
1957	Jet Pilot	Lt. Tiompkin	Uncredited
1957	The Cyclops	Cyclops
1957	The Snow Queen	Ol Dreamy / the Raven	English Voice Only Uncredited
1958	Space Master X-7	Dr. Charles T. Pommer
1959	Some Like It Hot	Tony Curtis as Josephine
1959	The Shaggy Dog	Narrator / J. W. Galvin
1960	Loopy De Loop	Watchdog	"Tale of a Wolf"
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Dirty Dawson	Uncredited
1961	The Absent-Minded Professor	Loudspeaker Voice / Air Force Dispatcher	Voice Uncredited
1961	Clash and Carry	Wally Walrus	Wally Walrus Short
1962-72	The Beary Family	Charlie Beary /Junior Beary
1962	A Symposium on Popular Songs	Ludwig Von Drake / Al Jolson
1962	Gay Purr-ee	Meowrice
1963	Stowaway Woody	Unknown	Woody Woodpecker Short
1964	Robin and the 7 Hoods	Radio News Announcer
1964	The Disorderly Orderly	Narrator
1964	The Carpetbaggers	Narrator	Uncredited
1964	The Brass Bottle	Lawyer Jennings	Voice Uncredited
1964	Mary Poppins	Barnyard Horse	Voice Uncredited
1965	The Great Race	Automobiles
1965	Goofy's Freeway Troubles	Narrator	Voice Uncredited Goofy Short
1965	The Outlaws Is Coming	Narrator / The Magic Talking Mirror	Voice Uncredited
1965	Sink Pink	Hunter / Native Bearer	Pink Panther Short
1965	Pink Panzer	Neighbor / Devil	Pink Panther Short
1966	The Man Called Flintstone	Green Goose / Agent Triple X / Mario / Rock Slag / Ali / Bobo
1967	King Kong Escapes	Dr. Hu	Voice Uncredited English Voice Only
1967	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre	Narrator	Voice Uncredited
1970	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura	Uncredited
1970	Beneath the Planet of the Apes	Ending Voiceover	Voice Uncredited
1970	Patton	War Correspondent / Member of the Staff of Patton / Sheik
1975	Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze	Narrator	Uncredited
1976	Midway	Adm. Yamamoto	Voice Uncredited
1976	The Twelve Tasks of Asterix	Julius Caesar / Cacofonix	Voice
1982	The Flight of Dragons	Antiquity	Uncredited
1982	The Last Unicorn	Mabruk
1983	Twice Upon a Time	Narrator / Chief of State / Judges in The Pantry of Pomp / Bailiff
1985	The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal	Narrator	Documentary about George Pal
1987	The Puppetoon Movie	Voice of Arnie the Dinosaur and Pillsbury Doughboy	Released posthumously; 7 months after his death. This movie was dedicated to Paul Frees.

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	The Jack Benny Program	Narrator	"The Honolulu Trip"
1955	Meet Mr. McNutley	Husband	Live-Action "Jury Duty"
1955–56	The Bob Cummings Show	Television announcer
1955–60	The Millionaire	John Beresford Tipton	Voice
1956	Jane Wyman Presents	Emcee	Live-Action "Ten Percent"
1956–58	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Announcer / Swanson / Mary's Father	Voice
1957	The Adventures of Jim Bowie	Etienne	Live-Action "German George"
1957–68, 1976	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Ludwig Von Drake (16 episodes) / Narrator / Donald Duck (1 episode)/ Moby Duck (1 episode)	Voice
1957–1961	The Woody Woodpecker Show	Wally Walrus / Charlie / Doc / Various
1958–59	Steve Canyon	Narrator
1959–64	The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show	Boris / Inspector Fenwick / Captain Peter "Wrong Way" Peachfuzz / Additional Voices	163 Episodes / 326 Segments
1960	Mister Magoo	Various	13 Episodes
1960–62	The Flintstones	Mr. Granite / Rockenschpeel / TV Announcer / Ed Bedrock	"The Babysitters" "The Happy Household"
1961	Top Cat	Tony / Additional Voices	"The Maharajah of Pookajee" "All That Jazz" "The $1,000,000 Derby" "The Con Men" "Dibble's Double"
1961	The Dick Tracy Show	Go-Go Gomez	Uncredited
1961–62	Calvin and the Colonel	Judge Oliver Wendell Clutch
1962	Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol	Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Old Joe / Undertaker	TV Special
1963	Krazy Kat	Ignatz Mouse
1962–64	Fractured Flickers	Narrator / Various	26 episodes
1964–65	The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo	Sherlock Holmes / Various	5 episodes
1961–66	Hoppity Hooper	Narrator / Additional Voices	52 Episodes / 104 Segments
1965	The New Three Stooges	Sarge / Von Vonce / Bomb Maker	Voice "That Little Old Bomb Maker"
1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Narrator	Voice "My Hero?" "Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon?"
1965–66	The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show	Squiddly Diddly / Morocco Mole / Double-Q / Yellow Pinkie /Claude Hopper	26 episodes
1965–69	The Beatles	John Lennon / George Harrison
1966	The Impossibles	Fluid-Man / Professor Stretch / Captain Kid / Puzzler / Infamous Mr. Instant / Artful Archer / Dr. Futuro	26 episodes
1966	Laurel and Hardy	Additional Characters
1966	Get Smart	Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character	"Casablanca"
1966–67	The Super 6	Dispatcher "Super Chief" / Brother Matzoriley #1 and #3 / Captain Whammo
1966–68	Space Ghost	Brago / Zeron	20 Episodes
1967	Cricket on the Hearth	Sea Captain / Caw / Others	TV special
1967–70	George of the Jungle	Ape / Weevil / Baron Otto Matic / Various	17 episodes
1967	Shazzan	Various	6 episodes
1967	The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure	Kobarah / Evil Star	Voice "Hawkman: Peril from Pluto" "Green Lantern: Evil Is as Evil Does"
1967–68	Super President	James Norcross / Narrator
1967–68	The Fantastic 4	Ben Grimm / The Thing	20 episodes
1968	The Mouse on the Mayflower	Captain Christopher Jones	TV Special
1968	Arabian Knights	Vangore	18 episodes
1968	The Little Drummer Boy	Ali / Aaron's Father/ The Three Wise Men / Meshaw / Jamilie / Various other Male roles	TV Special
1969	The Pink Panther Show	Man Talking to the Pink Panther / Texan Hunter / The Pink Panther (1 episode)
1969	The Banana Splits Adventure Hour	Evil Vangore / Sazoom	8 episodes
1969	Frosty the Snowman	Santa Claus \ Traffic Cop	TV Special
1970	The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians	W. C. Fields / Zeppo Marx / Harpo Marx / Traffic Cop	TV Special
1970	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Burgermeister Meisterburger / Newsreel Announcer / Grimsby / Topper / Additional Voices / Ebenezer Scrooge / Ringle, Dingle, Zingle, Tingle, & Wingle Kringle	TV Special
1971	Hawaii Five O	Goro Shibata	Voice "Odd Man In"
1971	Here Comes Peter Cottontail	Santa Claus / Man at Thanksgiving Table / Colonel Bunny's assistant / Fireman / Ben the Rooster	TV special
1971–72	The Jackson 5ive	Additional Voices
1972	Alias Smith and Jones	Hannibal Heyes	Voice "The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg"
1972	Hawaii Five O	Steve McGarrett Imposter	Voice "The Ninety-Second War: Part I"
1972	The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie	Iguana	Voice "Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid"
1974–76	Run, Joe, Run	Narrator
1975	Wonder Woman	Prologue Narrator / Franklin D. Roosevelt	Voice "The New Original Wonder Woman"
1976	The First Easter Rabbit	Santa Claus / Zero / Spats	TV Special
1976	Frosty's Winter Wonderland	Jack Frost / Traffic Cop	TV Special
1976	Rudolph's Shiny New Year	Aeon the Terrible / Santa Claus / General Ticker / Humpty Dumpty	TV Special
1976	The Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show	Additional Voices
1977	The Hobbit	Bombur / Troll #1	TV Movie
1977	Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey	Olaf / Donkey Dealer	TV Special
1977	Fantastic Animation Festival	Opening Narrator	TV special, uncredited
1978	The Stingiest Man in Town	Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present	TV Special
1979	Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July	Jack Frost / Officer Kelly / Winterbolt / Genie of the Ice Scepter / Keeper of the Cave of Lost Rejections	TV Movie
1979	Jack Frost	Father Winter / Kubla Klaus	TV Special
1980	The Return of the King	Elrond / Orc / Uruk-hai / Goblin	TV movie
1982	Woody Woodpecker and His Friends	Himself / Various	Video Documentary
1984	Knight Rider	KARR	Voice "K.I.T.T. vs K.A.R.R."
1986	DTV Valentine	Ludwig Von Drake / Announcer	TV movie
1987	The Wind in the Willows	Wayfarer	Released 8 months after Frees' death

References

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↑ 365 Days of Magic blog
↑ "Sir Elton John, Joe Ranft Headline Disney Legends Award". AWN Headline News. 2006-10-09. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
↑ Howe, Tom (2002). "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Scrooge". Featured CED VideoDisc No. 26 - Fall 2002. CED Magic. Retrieved 2006-12-25.
↑ Erickson, Glenn (1999). "Some Like It Hot and the Legendary Paul Frees". DVD Savant. Kleinman.com Inc. Retrieved 2006-12-25.
↑ Lampley, Jonathan. Women in the Horror Films of Vincent Price. McFarland, 2010. p. 160. eBook.
↑ Folkart, Burt A. (November 6, 1986). "From 'The Millionaire' to 'Bullwinkle' : Paul Frees, Man of Many Voices, Dies". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

External links

Paul Frees at the Internet Movie Database
Paul Frees at AllMovie

Paul Frees at Find a Grave

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