On This Date in 1986: Cartoon Voice Actor Paul Frees Passed Away - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 11-01-2010, 12:42 AM

tv star collector · 11-01-2010, 08:35 AM

One of my three favorite voice actors (along with Daws Butler and Mel Blanc),
Paul Frees was Ludwig von Drake, Boris Badenov, the Pillsbury Doughboy,
Toucan Sam, two of the Beatles (John and George), Snuffy Smith, and a host of others. By himself, he was a cast of thousands! R.I.P., Mr. Frees.

howilu · 11-03-2010, 11:13 AM

Paul Frees had a very diverse resume as a cartoon voiceover artist. To me, his most challenging voice was Boris Badenov, because of the heavy Slavic accent. He never referred to Rocky and Bullwinkle by name, only by their species of "Moose and Squirrel."

TV Knowledge Fan · 11-03-2010, 12:54 PM

...Frees was involved in virtually every entertainment medium during his lifetime: stage perfomances [he started out as an impressionist, naturally], radio [his greatest body of work], motion pictures [as narrator, voice-dubber: foreign and domestic, and occcasional "character actor"], and television [you name it, he did it!]. What more can be said about a career that encompassed all that?

TV Knowledge Fan · 11-03-2010, 12:56 PM

..I forgot to mention recordings, too.

11-01-2010, 12:42 AM	#1
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11-03-2010, 12:54 PM	#4
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Paul was more than a cartoon voice actor... ...Frees was involved in virtually every entertainment medium during his lifetime: stage perfomances [he started out as an impressionist, naturally], radio [his greatest body of work], motion pictures [as narrator, voice-dubber: foreign and domestic, and occcasional "character actor"], and television [you name it, he did it!]. What more can be said about a career that encompassed all that?

11-03-2010, 12:56 PM	#5
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	What more, you ask? ..I forgot to mention recordings, too.

11-01-2010, 08:35 AM	#2
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	One of my three favorite voice actors (along with Daws Butler and Mel Blanc), Paul Frees was Ludwig von Drake, Boris Badenov, the Pillsbury Doughboy, Toucan Sam, two of the Beatles (John and George), Snuffy Smith, and a host of others. By himself, he was a cast of thousands! R.I.P., Mr. Frees.

11-03-2010, 11:13 AM	#3
howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,958	Paul Frees had a very diverse resume as a cartoon voiceover artist. To me, his most challenging voice was Boris Badenov, because of the heavy Slavic accent. He never referred to Rocky and Bullwinkle by name, only by their species of "Moose and Squirrel."