Paul Frees

Paul Frees is one of those names most people don't know but everyone has heard. As the voice behind Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, and a fixture of the golden age of animation at MGM, Disney, Walter Lantz and Rankin/Bass, he was a true chameleon of the recording booth. I'm always drawn to performers who built whole careers without ever showing their faces, and his 2006 Disney Legends honour, two decades after his death in 1986, feels like overdue justice. There's something deeply respectable about an artist whose work outlived him precisely because he never needed the spotlight.

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Name (English)

Paul Frees

Name (Japanese)

ポール・フリーズ

Reading

ぽーる・ふりーず

Born

June 22, 1920 – November 2, 1986

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

comedian / screenwriter / dub actor / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Disney Legends

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Frees
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3090544

Tags

• Illinois
• comedian
• screenwriter
• dub actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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