The Voice of Paul Frees

THE MASTER CARTOON AND VOICE DUBBER DIED ON NOVEMBER 2ND IN 1986 AT AGE 66.



MOST OF YOU KNOW HIM BEST AS BORIS BADENOV FROMROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS, THE BURGERMEISTER MEISTERBURGER IN SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN, DISNEY'S LUDWIG VAN DRAKE,SANTA CLAUS IN FROSTY THE SNOWMAN. OR THE VOICE OF THE MILLIONAIRE, THE POPULAR 1950'S DRAMA.




'' I HATE TOYS..AND TOYS HATE ME!''



FREES WAS OFTEN CALLED UPON IN THE 1950'S & 60S TO "RE-LOOP" THE DIALOGUE OF OTHER ACTORS, OFTEN TO CORRECT FOR FOREIGN ACCENTS, COMPLETE LACK OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, OR POOR LINE READINGS BY UNPROFESSIONAL'S. THESE DUBS EXTENDED FROM A LINES TO ENTIRE ROLES.

HE VOICED MANY A JAPANESE ACTOR: THE MOST FAMOUS--TOSHIRO MIFUNE IN MIDWAY AND GRAND PRIX.

WHY DID HE DUB FOR MIFUNE? I HAVE NO CLUE--BUT IT'S WEIRD HEARING FREES VOICE COMING OUT OF TOSHIRO'S MOUTH. ATOTAL MISMATCH.



MIFUNE IN MIDWAY



GRAND PRIX



HE'S THE VOICE OF THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR IN SOME LIKE IT HOT,JAPANESE AMBASSADOR NOMURA IN TORA! TORA! TORA!, THE TITLE SUPERCOMPUTER COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT, SEVERAL MEXICANS IN GUNS FOR SAN SEBASTIAN,DU RAMIN IN LORD JIM, A HORSE IN MARY POPPINS, SEVERAL CHARACTERS IN THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER, THE POLICE CHIEF IN RODAN, AND THE TALKING RINGS IN THE TIME MACHINE.

IN FLIGHT FROM ASHIYA,HE GOT INTO THREE- AND FOUR-WAY CONVERSATIONS WITH HIMSELF!



FREES VOICE IS ALSO HEARD IN SUCH MOVIES AND TELE-FILMS AS SPARTACUS,IN COLD BLOOD, THE HOBBIT, THE LAST UNICORN, THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES, BELLS ARE RINGING, THE POINT, BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES, PATTON, THE COMIC, GOOD TIMES WITH SONNY & CHER, ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS, THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET, IRMA LA DOUCE, A GATHERING OF EAGLES, GAY PURR-EE, THE MAGIC SWORD, 101 DALMATIANS, LIL ABNER, AND MANY, MANY MORE.



HE USED TO BE SEEN ON CAMERA BACK IN THE 1950'S IN SUCH FILMS AS SUDDENLY WITH FRANK SINATRA, THE THING (FROM ANOTHER WORLD), THE SHAGGY DOG, THE 27TH DAY, PRINCE OF PLAYERS, RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE STAR, THE LAS VEGAS STORY, THE BIG SKY, JET PILOT, THE HARDER THEY FALL, A PLACE IN THE SUN, AND MANY MORE.



THAT'S FREES ON THE RIGHT IN SUDDENLY



WITH GEORGE YOU BET YOUR LIFE FENNEMAN IN THE THING



JET PILOT



THE WAR OF THE WORLDS



FREES NARRATED SUCH FILMS AS THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE WORLDS GREATEST SINNER, WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, THE DEADLY MANTIS, THE MONOLITH MONSTERS, THE SHAGGY DOG, JACK THE RIPPER, WHERE THE BOYS ARE, ATLANTIS THE LOST CONTINENT, THE ERRAND BOY, BURN WITCH BURN, TOWER OF LONDON, TARAS BULBA, FREUD, THE CARPETBAGGERS, THE DISORDERLY ORDERLY, THE NIGHT WALKER, THE WAR LORD, THE ST. VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE, WILD IN THE STREETS, THE GREAT NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID, DOC SAVAGE: THE MAN OF BRONZE, THE SWORD OF ALI BABA, AND MANY MORE.

HIS VOICE WAS ALSO HEARD ON SUCH TV SHOWS AND CARTOONS AS NAKED CITY, THE BULLWINKLE SHOW, THE WIND AND THE WILLOWS, KNIGHT RIDER, RUDOLPH AND FROSTY'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY, STEVE CANYON, RUDOLPH'S SHINY NEW YEAR, THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, THE STINGIEST MAN IN TOWN, ALIAS SMITH AND JONES, JACKSON 5IVE, THE PINK PANTHER SHOW, THE DUDLEY DO-RIGHT SHOW (AS INSPECTOR FENWICK), THE BANANA SPLITS ADVENTURE HOUR, FANTASTIC 4 (AS THE THING), GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE, GET SMART, SPACE GHOST, THE FAMOUS ADVENTURES OF MR. MAGOO, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, THE DICK TRACY SHOW, THE SECRET SQUIRREL SHOW,THE UNTOUCHABLES, BOZO THE CLOWN, THE FLINTSTONES, TOP CAT, CALVIN AND THE COLONEL, KRAZY KAT, SNUFFY SMITH AND BARNEY GOOGLE, FRACTURED FLICKERS, THE NEW 3 STOOGES, TOM AND JERRY AND MANY, MANY MORE.



THAT'S FREES WITH THE GLASSES. IN THE MIDDLE IS SUPERB CHARACTER MAN ROYAL DANO.



WITH FRED MACMURRAY IN THE SHAGGY DOG



DID YOU KNOW...?



FREES WAS THE VOICE OF THE AUCTIONEER IN DISNEY'S ORIGINAL PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN AND THE GHOST HOST AT THE HAUNTED MANSION.HE DUBBED THE ''JOSEPHINE'' VOICE FOR TONY CURTIS IN SOME LIKE IT HOT.

IN THE EARLY 1970S, HE WAS REPORTEDLY MAKING $50,000 A YEAR JUST FOR DOING THE VOICE WORK FOR THE PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY.

HE WAS MARRIED 5 TIMES.

FREESWAS AT NORMANDY ON D-DAY. HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AND WAS RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES FOR A YEAR OF RECUPERATION.

HE WAS BORN SOLOMON HERSH FREES.



FREES AT WORK:



The voices of Paul Frees



Burgermeister Meisterburger 1



B M 2



FREES FOR A GOODYEAR TIRE COMMERCIAL



MIDWAYFREES DUBS TOSHIRO MIFUNE--LUDICROUS! A JAPANESE BORIS BADENOV
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