Solomon Hersh "Paul" Frees was an American actor, voice actor, impressionist, and screenwriter. He was best known for voicing Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Morocco Mole, Squiddly Diddly, and Yellow Pinkie in Hanna-Barbera's The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, Wally Walrus in the Woody Woodpecker series, and K.A.R.R. in the third season of the NBC action crime drama series Knight Rider. He also provided his voice for many Rankin/Bass holiday specials.
Frees also provided many narration and voice-overs for several Disney films and theme park attractions.
Additionally, he provided narration for several segments on the Disney anthology television series between 1954 and 1965. He was the voice of God and Noah in Noah's Ark, Goliath I and the Mouse in Goliath II, and Professor Ludwig Von Drake, who first appeared on that series when it moved to NBC and changed its name to Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color in 1961. In 1966, he dubbed the voice of Eddie (portrayed by the late Dick Wessel) in The Ugly Dachshund during post-production.
In 1967, he provided the voices of the Auctioneer and the Narrator in Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean and Adventure Thru Inner Space attractions (respectively). Clips of his voice from the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction can be heard in the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End when the Black Pearl goes over the World's End. In 1969, he provided the voice for what may be his most memorable role, the Ghost Host in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.
Frees also made an appearance in The Shaggy Dog as Dr. J.W. Galvin, a psychiatrist.
He was posthumously named a Disney Legend in 2006.
Roles[]
(Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color)
(Eyes in Outer Space)
(Noah's Ark)
(Noah's Ark)
(Goliath II)
(A Symposium on Popular Songs)
(The Shaggy Dog)
(Pirates of the Caribbean; original version)
(Pirates of the Caribbean)
Gallery[]
External links[]
Paul Frees on Wikipedia- Paul Frees on IMDb
