Paul Frees

Solomon Hersh "Paul" Frees (22 June 1920 – 2 November 1986) was a prolific American actor, composer, songwriter, screenwriter, comedian, impressionist, author, and voice actor. His roles for Hanna-Barbera include:
* Huckleberry Hound - Huckleberry Hound Tells Stories of Uncle Remus
* Morocco Mole, Double Q, Squiddly Diddly and Yellow Pinkie - The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
* Big D and Fluid Man - Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles
* Ben Grimm aka the Thing and Uatu the Watcher - The Fantastic Four
* Vangore - Arabian Knights
In The Man Called Flintstone, Frees portrayed Bobo, the Green Goose, Mario, Triple X, and Rock Slag, the agent who resembles Fred Flintstone. 
== Biography ==
Frees got his start in radio, doing character voices for dramas and comedies. He was often summoned in the 1950s and '60s to re-record the dialogue of other actors, often to correct for foreign accents, complete lack of English proficiency or poor line readings by non-professionals. These dubs extended from a single line to entire roles. It was common for voice artists, such as Frees, to do multiple roles when dubbing foreign-language films into English. Frees also often did multiple roles when replacing the dialogue (looping) in Hollywood films.
As a songwriter, Frees joined ASCAP in 1956, and his chief musical collaborators included Tony Romano, Ruby Raksin, Walter Gross and Ed Brandt. His popular song compositions include "Hollywood Soliloquy", "The Clown", "Drowning My Sorrow" and "Voice in the Wind". 
He is known for his work in 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. A contemporary of voice actor Mel Blanc, Frees was also known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices."
== External Links ==
* Paul Frees at the Internet Movie Database
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