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Paul Frees
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Age
66 (passed away Nov. 2nd, 1986)
Birthday
Jun. 22nd, 1920
Born in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height
Guest TV Roles
[none found]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:
- 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.
- He attended the Chouinard Art Institute under the G.I. Bill. His first wife's failing health forced him to drop out and return to radio work.
- 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.
- The voice of the "Ghost Host" in the Haunted Mansions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
- He provided the voices for numerous animatronic figures at Walt Disney's parks.
- 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".
- In the early 1970s, he was reportedly making $50,000 a year just for doing the voice work for the Pillsbury Doughboy.
- According to author 'Peter Guralnick' (qv) (in "Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley"), Frees was an undercover narcotics agent for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in the 1960s.
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