Editing Paul Frees (section)

{{short description|American actor (1920–1986)}}
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| image         = Paul Frees in Suddenly (1954).jpg
| alt           = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption       = Frees in a rare onscreen appearance in ''[[Suddenly (1954 film)|Suddenly]]'' (1954)
| birth_name    = Solomon Hersh Frees
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1920|6|22}}
| birth_place   = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1986|11|2|1920|6|22}}
| death_place   = [[Tiburon, California]], U.S.
| other_names   = {{ubl|The Man of a Thousand Voices|Solomon Hersh Frees|Solomon Frees|Paul Hersh Frees|Buddy Green}}
| occupation    = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|impressionist|vaudevillian}}
| years_active  = 1942–1986
| spouse        = {{ubl|{{marriage|Anelle McCloud|1943|1945|reason=died}}|{{marriage|Kleda June Hansen|1947|1950|end=divorced}}|{{Marriage|Joyce Schultz|1951|end=div}}|{{marriage|Jeri J. Cole |1967|1969|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Beverly T. Marlow|1971}}}}
| children      = 2
}}

'''Solomon Hersh Frees''' (June 22, 1920{{snd}}November 2, 1986), better known as '''Paul Frees''', was an American actor, comedian, impressionist, and vaudevillian. He is known for his work on [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], [[Walter Lantz Productions|Walter Lantz]], [[Rankin/Bass]] and [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]] theatrical cartoons during the [[Golden age of American animation|Golden Age of Animation]], and for providing the voice of [[Boris Badenov]] in ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends|The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/05/obituaries/paul-frees.html|title=Paul Frees|date=November 5, 1986|agency=[[Associated Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116153853/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/05/obituaries/paul-frees.html |archive-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref> Frees was sometimes known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", an appellation more commonly bestowed on [[Mel Blanc]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reinehr| first1=Robert C. |year=2008 |title=The A to Z of Old Time Radio |last2=Swartz |first2=John D. |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-0-8108-7616-3 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AP_vpj40jC8C&q=%22The+Man+of+a+Thousand+Voices%22}}</ref>