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Paul H. Frees
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Actor Born: June 22, 1920 Death: November 2, 1986 Biography:In his prime--which lasted a good 40 years--voice artist "Paul Frees" was not so much ubiquitous as inescapable. It was literally impossible during the 1960s and most of the 1970s to turn on the TV on any given night and not hear the ineluctable Mr. Frees. Blessed with a versatile voicebox from an early age, Frees first came to public attention as "Buddy Green," the name he was using when he won a radio impersonation contest. He toured in vaudeville, then returned to radio as star of The Player, a syndicated anthology series in which he played all the roles. He went to work as actor, announcer and narrator for such series as "Suspense" and Escape; he also made a number of appearances on comedy programs, usually playing a hammy Orson Wellesian actor (one such character was actually named "Lawson Bells"). In bandleader "Spike Jones"' memorable rendition of the old torch song "My Old Flame," Frees... Full Biography
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