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Paul Frees
Age: 66 (passed away Nov. 2nd, 1986)
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Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Jun. 22nd, 1920
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BIOGRAPHY: Actor, composer, songwriter, voiceover artist and author. He joined ASCAP in 1956, and his chief musical collaborators included Tony Romano, Ruby Raksin, Walter Gross (II), and Ed Brandt. His popular-song compositions include "Hollywood Soliloquy", "The Clown", "Drowning My Sorrow", and "Voice in the Wind".
TRIVIA:
- He was one of the narrators for CBS Radio's "Escape" (1947-1954). He also starred in many of the show's episodes.
- Is heard as at least four different voices in _Spartacus (1960)_ (qv), including the guard that 'Kirk Douglas (I)' (qv) hamstrung in the opening sequence.
- His early radio career was cut short when he was drafted into World War II. He was at Normandy on D-Day. He was wounded in action and was returned to the United States for a year of recuperation.
- He provided the voices for numerous animatronic figures at Walt Disney's parks.
- In the early 1970s, he was reportedly making $50,000 a year just for doing the voice work for the Pillsbury Doughboy.
- Got his start in radio, doing voice work for dramas and comedies. He was known for doing an incredible impersonation of 'Orson Welles' (qv). Reportedly, he played all of the roles in a 15-minute show called "The Speaker". His work included animation, for which he provided the voices for innumerable cartoons, but notably for such characters as Fox ('Frank Tashlin' (qv)'s "Fox & Crow" series), Ludwig Von Drake (numerous educational shorts by Walt Disney Productions), Boris Badenov ('Jay Ward (I)' (qv)'s _"Rocky and His Friends" (1959)_ (qv)), Inspector Fenwick (Ward's _"The Dudley Do-Right Show" (1969)_ (qv)), Morocco Mole (Hanna-Barbera's _"The Secret Squirrel Show" (1965)_ (qv)), Barney Bear (title character from an MGM series of shorts), and was the original voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy.
- It was common for voice artists to do multiple roles when dubbing foreign language films into English. There are a number of examples where he also did multiple roles when replacing the dialog in Hollywood films.
- Was one of 'Stan Freberg' (qv)'s cast of performers, most notably as the narrator on "Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, Vol. 1".
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