Paul Frees
Known for Acting · 277 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)
Get Smart
1965
as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
The Flintstones
1960
as Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice) / Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice)
Dragnet
1951
Knight Rider
1982
as K.A.R.R.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mary's Father (voice) (uncredited) / Swanson (voice) (uncredited) / Train Station Announcer (voice) (uncredited) / Radio Announcer (uncredited)
TV Shows (45)
The Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Boris Badenov (voice)
Get Smart
1965
as Greenstreet Character / Lorre Character (voice) (uncredited)
The Flintstones
1960
as Mr. Granite / TV Announcer (voice) / Mr. Rockenschpeel / Mr. Bedrock / TV Announcer (voice)
Dragnet
1951
Knight Rider
1982
as K.A.R.R.
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
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Studio 57
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 Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
City Detective
1953
Top Cat
1961
The Gumby Show
1956
as (voice)
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Narrator (voice) / Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
The Whistler
1954
Krazy Kat
1962
as Ignatz Mouse / Offissa Pupp (voice)
The Beatles
1965
as John Lennon / George Harrison (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Narrator
The Fantastic Four
1967
as The Thing (voice)
Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
1966
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
Run, Joe, Run
1974
as Narrator
Arabian Knights
1968
as Bakaar (voice)
Fractured Flickers
1963
The Pink Panther
1964
as Little Man and many incidental roles
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
The Impossibles
1966
The Beary Family
1962
as Charlie / Junior Beary
The Osmonds
1972
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Bailiff
The Jackson 5ive
1971
as (voice)
General Electric Theater
1953
Hoppity Hooper
1962
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968
Super Chicken
1967
as Fred
George of the Jungle
1967
as Alistair
Tom Slick
1967
as Baron Otto Matic
Calvin and the Colonel
1961
Aesop and Son
1960
as Additional Voices (Voice)
Super President
1967
as James Norcross (voice)
Movies (232)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
as Dirty Dawson (voice)
Some Like It Hot
1959
as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
The War of the Worlds
1953
as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
The Time Machine
1960
as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Cabaña
1947
as Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
as Ending Voiceover (uncredited) (voice)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
The Last Unicorn
1982
as Mabruk (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
as Narrator (voice)
Patton
1970
as Voice (uncredited)
The Thing from Another World
1951
as Prof. Voorhees
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Where the Boys Are
1960
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
1956
as Priest (uncredited)
The Hobbit
1977
as Bombur/Troll #1 (voice)
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
Breakheart Pass
1975
as Levi Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)
Homesteader Droopy
1954
as narrator
Operation Petticoat
1959
as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
Frosty the Snowman
1969
as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
as Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)
The Flight of Dragons
1982
as Solarius / Antiquity (voice)
Grand Prix
1966
as Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)
Force of Evil
1950
as Elevator operator
The War Lord
1965
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Corley (uncredited)
Mars and Beyond
1957
as Narrator
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
as Guard Monroe
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Joe Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Smitten Kitten
1952
as Jerry's Devil Conscience (voice) (uncredited)
Tormented
1960
as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice)
Taras Bulba
1962
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sleepy-Time Tom
1951
as Light-Brown Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Unsafe and Seine
1966
as Commissioner / Pub Waiter / Patrons (voice)
Jerry's Cousin
1951
as Cousin Muscles (voice)
Dimension 5
1966
as Big Buddha (voice) (uncredited)
Cruise Cat
1952
as Ship's Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Heir Bear
1953
as Barney Bear / Gopher / Tax Collector (voice) (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Reverend Morrison
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956
as Alien (voice) (uncredited)
Cellbound
1955
as The Prisoner / George the Warden / The Little Wife (voice) (uncredited)
The Ghost of Flight 401
1978
as Narrator / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Inside India
1951
as Professor Lightskull
His Mouse Friday
1951
as Jerry / Cannibals (voice) (uncredited)
Tin Can Concert
1961
as Doc (voice)
Pinkfinger
1965
as Narrator (voice)
The Return of the King
1980
as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
The Thrill of It All
1963
as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey and the Beanstalk
1947
as Ludwig Von Drake (voice) (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970
as Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
Jerry and the Lion
1950
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Freewayphobia
1965
as Narrator (voice)
The Hick Chick
1946
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
Casey Bats Again
1954
as Narrator (voice)
Punchy Pooch
1962
as Doc (voice)
Once a Thief
1965
as Voice of Luke (Uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Life with Tom
1953
as (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Frost
1979
as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voices)
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953
as Narrator (voice)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964
as Crusty (voice)
Cobs and Robbers
1953
as Barney Bear / Joe Scarecrow / Crows (voice) (uncredited)
The Man Called Flintstone
1966
as Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
Gay Purr-ee
1962
as Meowrice (voice)
Tale of a Wolf
1960
as Barnyard Dog (voice)
The Little Drummer Boy
1968
as Aaron's Father / Magi / Samson / Joshua / Baba / Others (voice)
Pollyanna
1960
as Barker (Voice) (Uncredited)
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mouse Trapped
1959
as Doc (voice)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)
Twice Upon a Time
1983
as Narrator / Chef of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
Night of the Eagle
1962
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mouse Blanche
1962
as Ignatz Mouse / Officer Pupp
The Night Walker
1964
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Famous Ghost Stories
1961
as Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')
Blue Cat Blues
1956
as Voices
Suddenly
1954
as Benny Conklin
Corny Concerto
1962
as Doc (voice)
Beginning of the End
1957
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Auctioneer (voice)/Pirate Skull (voice)
The Magic Sword
1962
as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice)
Blondie's Hero
1950
as Radio Narrator (uncredited)
The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Wayfarer (voice)
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982
as Various Voices
Assignment: Paris
1952
as Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)
Ape Suzette
1966
as Cockney Sailor (voice)
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
1976
as Santa Claus / Aeon / General Ticker / Seventeen Seventy Six
Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat
1966
as Captain Clamity / Crab Louie (voice)
Half-Pint Palomino
1953
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Las Vegas Story
1952
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Cricket on the Hearth
1967
as Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Scarlet Coat
1955
as Narrator (voice)
The 27th Day
1957
as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
as Francis (voice)
Down Beat Bear
1956
as 1st Radio Announcer
The Missing Mouse
1953
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
as Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
The Point
1971
as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
Wild and Woolfy
1945
as Joe Wolf / Bar Patrons (voice) (uncredited)
Take Me To Your Gen'rul
1962
The Farm of Tomorrow
1954
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
as Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Eyepatch Man / Tall Tophat Man (voice)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
as Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)
Attack of the Jungle Women
1959
as Narrator
The Day After Trinity
1980
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
as Ludwig Von Drake / Herman (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
A Case for Hypnosis
1952
as Doc Tweedle
Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991
as Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Wild in the Streets
1968
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Robinson Crusoeland
1951
as Antoine (voice) (uncredited)
3-D Rarities
2015
as (archive footage)
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978
as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Cool It, Charlie
1969
as Charlie Beary/Junior Beary (voice)
Hunt the Man Down
1950
as Packard 'Packy' Collins (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 277 credits spanning from 1942 to 2025, Paul Frees has appeared in 232 films and 45 TV shows.
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Most Popular Paul Frees Movies
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) — as Dirty Dawson (voice)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) — as Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
- The War of the Worlds (1953) — as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
- The Time Machine (1960) — as Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
- Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947) — as Uncle Tom (voice) (uncredited)
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