Editing Paul Frees (section)

===Rankin/Bass===
Frees is well-remembered for providing the voices for many characters in Rankin/Bass cartoons and stop-motion animated TV specials, most notably for a number of holiday-themed specials. In 1968, he appeared as Captain Jones in the Thanksgiving special ''[[The Mouse on the Mayflower]]'', and that Christmas he appeared as the father of the Drummer Boy, Ali, and as the three Wise Men in ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (TV special)|The Little Drummer Boy]]''. He was also Hocus Pocus, the traffic cop, the ticket-taker, and [[Santa Claus]] in ''[[Frosty the Snowman (TV special)|Frosty the Snowman]]'' in 1969 and played the central villain, Burgermeister Meisterburger, and his assistant Grimsley in ''[[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special)|Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' in 1970. He provided several voices, including Aeon the Terrible, for ''[[Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'' in 1976.

Frees also voiced King Haggard's wizard Mabruk and the Cat in ''[[The Last Unicorn (film)|The Last Unicorn]]'' and provided several voices for the [[The Jackson 5ive (TV series)|Jackson Five cartoon series]] between 1971 and 1973. He provided the voices for several [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] characters (most notably the dwarf [[List of Middle-earth Dwarves|Bombur]]) in Rankin/Bass animated versions of ''[[The Hobbit (1977 film)|The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Return of the King (1980 film)|The Return of the King]]''.

Rankin/Bass TV specials or films featuring Paul Frees:

* ''[[Cricket on the Hearth#Adaptations|Cricket on the Hearth]]'' (TV special) (1967) Voice of the Sea Captain and others
* ''[[The Mouse on the Mayflower]]'' (1968) Voice of Captain Jones
* ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (TV special)|The Little Drummer Boy]]'' (1968) Voices of Ali, Aaron's Father, Three Wise Men
* ''[[Frosty the Snowman (TV special)|Frosty the Snowman]]'' (1969) Voices of Hocus Pocus, Traffic Cop, Ticket Taker, Santa Claus
* ''[[The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians]]'' (1970) Voices of Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, and W.C Fields (uncredited)
* ''[[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special)|Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' (1970) Voices of Burgermeister Meisterburger, Grimsley, Topper, Kringle brothers, Sombertown Civilian, Burgermeister's soldiers, Physician
* ''[[Here Comes Peter Cottontail]]'' (1971) Voices of Colonel Bunny's assistant, Fireman, Man at Thanksgiving Table, Santa Claus
* ''[[The First Easter Rabbit]]'' (1976) Voices of Santa, Zero, and Spats
* ''[[Frosty's Winter Wonderland]]'' (1976) Voices of Jack Frost and Traffic Cop
* ''[[Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'' (1976) Voices of Santa Claus, General Ticker, Aeon the Terrible, Humpty Dumpty, 1776 (aka Sev)
* ''[[The Hobbit (1977 film)|The Hobbit]]'' (1977) Voices of Bombur and Troll #1
* ''[[Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey]]'' (1977) Voices of Santa Claus, Olaf and Donkey Dealer
* ''[[Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July]]'' (1979) Voices of Jack Frost, Policeman, Winterbolt
* ''[[Jack Frost (1979 film)|Jack Frost]]'' (1979) Voices of Father Winter, Kubla Kraus
* ''[[The Return of the King (1980 film)|The Return of the King]]'' (1980) Voices of Orc, [[Uruk-hai]], Elrond (replacing the deceased [[Cyril Ritchard]] who voiced Elrond in ''The Hobbit'')
* ''[[The Last Unicorn (film)|The Last Unicorn]]'' (1982) Voices of Mabruk and the Cat
* ''[[The Flight of Dragons]]'' (1982) Voice of Antiquity
* ''[[The Legend of Frosty the Snowman]]'' (2005) Voice of Hocus Pocus (Archive Recordings)