Paul Frees - wikipedia Paul Frees This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2014 ) Paul Frees Frees in a rare onscreen appearance in The 27th Day ( 1957 ) Solomon Hersh Frees ( 1920 - 06 - 22 ) June 22, 1920 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 2, 1986 ( 1986 - 11 - 02 ) ( aged 66 ) Tiburon, California, U.S. Cause of death Suicide 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 Spouse ( s ) Anelle McCloud ( m. 1943 ; d. 1945 ) Kleda June Hansen ( m. 1947 ; div. 1950 ) Joyce Schultz ( m. 1951 ; div. 19 ? ? ) Jeri J. Cole ( m. 1967 ; div. 1969 ) Beverly T Marlow ( m. 1971 ) Children 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 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. '' Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Disney 2.2 Jay Ward Productions 2.3 Rankin / Bass 2.4 George Pal 2.5 Other voice work 2.6 Other credits 3 Legacy 4 Death 5 Filmography 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Early Life Frees was born Solomon Hersh Frees in Chicago, Illinois, on June 22, 1920 ; he grew up in the Albany Park neighborhood and attended Von Steuben Junior High School in Peoria. He had an unusually wide four - octave voice range that would enable him to voice everything from the thundering basso profondo of the unseen `` Ghost Host '' in the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland in California and at Walt Disney World in Florida to the voice of the farmer who helps the Little Green Sprout ( voiced by Ike Eisenmann ) 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 ; as was the case for 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. 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, Warner Bros., Walter Lantz Studios, UPA, Hanna - Barbera, Filmation, Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, DePatie - Freleng Enterprises, Jay Ward Productions, Rankin / Bass, and Ruby - Spears. 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, 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. Frees narrated a number of Disney cartoons, including the Disney educational short film Donald Duck 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. 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 the original Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. 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 a tribute. 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. 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, Physician 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 Hergé 's 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 and the cannibals in the 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, notably playing every 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 ) 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 who helps The Little Green Sprout, ( Voiced by Ike Eisenmann ) 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 Screen credit for multiple voices in the 1971 animated television film The Point !, based on the album by Harry Nilsson 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. 2nd 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. 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 ). 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 mocked on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 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 's 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. Those that were slightly rewritten to reflect newer safety standards are performed by actors Joe Leahy ( English ) and Fabio Rodriguez ( Spanish ). Death Frees died on November 2, 1986 at his home from a self - administered overdose of pain medication. The cause of death on his death certificate is listed as suicide. The statement released to the press by his agent said that he died from heart failure. He was living in Tiburon, California, and was survived by his son and his daughter. 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 Voice, 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, Leader of gang cats thugs 1951 Sleepy - Time Tom 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 Barney 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 '' 1960 Spartacus Various voices, uncredited 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 The World 's Greatest Sinner Narrator ( The Snake ) Voice 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 Doc Savage : The Man of Bronze Narrator Uncredited 1976 Midway Adm. Yamamoto Voice Uncredited 1982 The Flight of Dragons Antiquity Uncredited 1982 The Last Unicorn Mabruk 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 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 The Point ! Oblio 's Father / Pointed Man 's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers TV animated feature ; based on the Harry Nilsson album 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 '' 1972 - 73 The Osmonds Additional Voices 1974 -- 76 Run, Joe, Run Narrator 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 The Wind in the Willows Wayfarer Released 8 months after Frees ' death References ^ Jump up to : `` Paul Frees ''. The New York Times. November 5, 1986. Jump up ^ Reinehr, Robert C. ; Swartz, John D. ( 2008 ), The A to Z of Old Time Radio, Rowman & Littlefield, p. 104, ISBN 978 - 0 - 8108 - 7616 - 3 Jump up ^ Scott, Keith ( 2002 ). The Moose That Roared. Macmillan. pp. 84 -- 85. ISBN 9781466867437. Jump up ^ `` Our School / History ''. www.peoriapublicschools.org. Von Steuben Middle School. Retrieved 20 July 2017. Jump up ^ Perimutter, David ( 2014 ), America Toons In : A History of Television Animation, McFarland & Company, p. 78, ISBN 978 - 0 - 7864 - 7650 - 3 Jump up ^ Smith, Dave ( 1998 ). The Updated Official Encyclopedia : Disney A to Z. New York : Hyperion Books. p. 337. ISBN 0 - 7868 - 6391 - 9. Jump up ^ Fisher, David J. ( 1992 ). The Music of Disney : A Legacy in Song Collector 's Book. Walt Disney Records. pp. 28, 48. ISBN 0 - 7868 - 6359 - 5. Jump up ^ 365 Days of Magic blog Archived 2013 - 09 - 27 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Sir Elton John, Joe Ranft Headline Disney Legends Award ''. AWN Headline News. 2006 - 10 - 09. Archived from the original on 2007 - 09 - 20. Retrieved 2007 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ Howe, Tom ( 2002 ). `` Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol and Scrooge ''. Featured CED VideoDisc No. 26 - Fall 2002. CED Magic. Retrieved 2006 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ Erickson, Glenn ( 1999 ). `` Some Like It Hot and the Legendary Paul Frees ''. DVD Savant. Kleinman.com Inc. Retrieved 2006 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ Lampley, Jonathan. Women in the Horror Films of Vincent Price. McFarland, 2010. p. 160. eBook. Jump up ^ Ohmart, Ben. Welcome, Foolish Mortals - The Life & Voices of Paul Frees. Revised 2nd edition ( 2017 ) ( Albany : BearManor Media ) ISBN 159393842X Jump up ^ 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. Further reading Frees, Paul, The Writings of Paul Frees. ( 2004 ) ( Albany : BearManor Media ) ISBN 1 - 59393 - 011 - 9 Frees, Paul, You 'd Be So Nice To Come Home To : The Letters of Paul `` Buddy '' Frees and Annelle Frees. ( 2011 ) ( Albany : BearManor Media ) ISBN 1 - 59393 - 646 - X Ohmart, Ben. Welcome... Foolish Mortals - The Life & Voices of Paul Frees. ( 2004 ) ( Albany : BearManor Media ) ISBN 1 - 59393 - 004 - 6. Filled with rare photos & interviews. Young, Jordan R. ( 2005 ). Spike Jones Off the Record : The Man Who Murdered Music. ( 3rd edition ) Albany : BearManor Media ISBN 1 - 59393 - 012 - 7. 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Question: who does the voice in the haunted mansion at disneyland
Answer: Solomon Hersh Frees