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Seven Deadly Sins Nanatsu no Taizai est lanime le plus regard sur Netflix Animation Les chefs Les inscriptions sont ouvertes pour la prochaine saison. Movies released and planned for release in 2017. Heart failure. Resting place. Pacific Ocean. Nationality. American. Other names. The Man of a Thousand Voices. Solomon Hersh Frees. Solomon Frees. Paul Hersh Frees. Buddy Green. Occupation. Actor, voice actor, impressionist, comedian, screenwriter. Years active. 19. Solomon Hersh Frees June 2. November 2, 1. 98. Paul Frees, was an American actor, voice actor, impressionist, comedian and screenwriter known for his work on MGM, Walter Lantz, and Walt Disney theatrical cartoons during the Golden Age of Animation1 and for providing the voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. As with contemporary, Mel Blanc, he became known as The Man of a Thousand Voices. Early lifeeditFrees was born Solomon Hersh Frees in Chicago, Illinois, on June 2. Albany Park neighborhood and attended Von Steuben Junior High School3 in Peoria. He had an unusually wide four octave voice range that would enable him to voice everything from the thundering basso profundo of the unseen Ghost Host in the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland in California1 and at Walt Disney World in Florida to the voice of the farmer who helps the Little Green Sprout voiced by Ike Eisenmann in the Green Giant vegetable commercials. In the 1. 93. 0s, Frees first appeared on vaudeville as an impressionist, under the name Buddy Green. He began his career on radio in 1. During that time, he was involved in more than 2. TV appearances like many voice actors of the time, his appearances were often uncredited. Frees early radio career was cut short when he was drafted into World War II where he fought at Normandy, France on D Day. He was wounded in action and was returned to the United States for a year of recuperation. He attended the Chouinard Art Institute under the G. I. Bill. When his first wifes health failed, he decided to drop out and return to radio work. He appeared frequently on Hollywood radio series, including Escape, playing lead roles and alternating with William Conrad as the opening announcer of Suspense in the late 1. Gunsmoke doing an impersonation of Howard Mc. Near as Doc Adams for at least one episode, The Cast, and Crime Classics. One of his few starring roles in this medium was as Jethro DumontGreen Lama in the 1. The Green Lama, as well as a syndicated anthology series The Player, in which Frees narrated and played all the parts. Frees was often called upon in the 1. English proficiency, or poor line readings by non professionals. These dubs extended from a few lines to entire roles. This can be noticed rather clearly in the films Grand Prix as Izo Yamura and Midway where Frees reads for Toshiro Mifunes performances as Admiral Yamamoto or in the film Some Like It Hot, in which Frees provides the voice of funeral director Mozzarella as well as much of the falsetto voice for Tony Curtis female character Josephine. Frees also dubbed the entire role of Eddie in the Disney film The Ugly Dachshund, replacing actor Dick Wessel, who had died of a sudden heart attack after completion of principal photography. Frees also dubbed Humphrey Bogart in his final film The Harder They Fall. Bogart was suffering at the time from what would be diagnosed as esophageal cancer and thus could barely be heard in some takes, hence the need for Frees to dub in his voice. He also voiced the cars in the comedy The Great Race. Unlike many voice actors who did most of their work for one studio, Frees worked extensively with at least nine of the major animation production companies of the 2. Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Walter Lantz Studios, UPA, Hanna Barbera, Filmation, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, De. Patie Freleng Enterprises, Jay Ward Productions, RankinBass, and Ruby Spears. Some of Frees most memorable voices were for various Disney projects. Frees voiced Disneys Professor Ludwig Von Drake in eighteen episodes of the Disney anthology television series,6 beginning with the first episode of the newly renamed Walt Disneys Wonderful World of Color on September 2. The character also appeared on many Disneyland Records. Von Drakes introductory cartoon, An Adventure in Color, featured The Spectrum Song, sung by Frees as Von Drake. A different Frees recording of this song appeared on a childrens record, and was later reissued on CD. Frees narrated a number of Disney cartoons, including the Disney educational short film Donald in Mathmagic Land. This short originally aired in the same television episode as Von Drakes first appearance. He also provided voices for numerous characters at Disney parks, including the unseen Ghost Host in the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, and several audio animatronic pirates, including the Auctioneer, in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and recorded the iconic Dead Men Tell No Tales used in the ride. Disney eventually issued limited edition compact discs commemorating the two rides, featuring outtakes and unused audio tracks by Frees and others. Frees also provided narration for the Tomorrowland attraction Adventure Thru Inner Space 1. Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. Audio clips from the attractions in Frees distinctive voice have even appeared in fireworks shows at Disneyland. A computer animated singing bust in Frees likeness appeared in the 2. The Haunted Mansion as a tribute. Similarly, audio recordings of Frees from the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction can be heard in Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End in an homage to the ride. Frees also had a small live action role for Disney in the 1. The Shaggy Dog, playing Dr. Galvin, a military psychiatrist who attempts to understand why Mr. Daniels believes a shaggy dog can uncover a spy ring. He also did the films opening narration. His other Disney credits, most of them narration for segments of the Disney anthology television series, include the following For his contributions to the Disney legacy, Frees was honored posthumously as a Disney Legend on October 9, 2. Jay Ward ProductionseditFrees was a regular presence in Jay Ward cartoons, providing the voices of Boris Badenov from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Inspector Fenwick from Dudley Do Right, impersonating Eric Blore, Ape impersonating Ronald Colman, District Commissioner Alistair and Weevil Plumtree in George of the Jungle, Baron Otto Matic in Tom Slick, Fred in Super Chicken, and the Hoppity Hooper narrator, among numerous others. RankinBasseditFrees is well remembered for many characters in RankinBass cartoons and stop motion animated TV specials, including the central villain Burgermeister Meisterburger and his assistant Grimsley in Santa Claus Is Comin to Town 1. He was also the traffic cop, ticket taker, and Santa Claus in Frosty the Snowman in 1. He was several voices, including Eon the Terrible, in Rudolphs Shiny New Year in 1. In 1. 96. 8, 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. He provided the voices for several J. R. R. Tolkien characters most notably the dwarf Bombur in RankinBass animated versions of The Hobbit and The Return of the King. He also voiced King Haggards wizard Mabruk in The Last Unicorn and provided several voices for the Jackson Five cartoon series between 1. The following Rankin Bass TV specials or films played by Paul Frees including Cricket on the Hearth TV special 1. Voice of the Sea Captain and others. The Mouse on the Mayflower 1. Voice of Captain Jones. The Little Drummer Boy 1. Ali, Aarons father, three Wise Men. Frosty the Snowman 1. Traffic cop, ticket taker, Santa Claus. The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians 1. Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, and W. C Fields uncreditedSanta Claus is Comin to Town 1. Entertainment News Los Angeles Times. Chris Barton. Imagine youre starting a sketch comedy show, one that will debut on network TV in prime time. Of course, such a bold, probably misguided, idea requires a big star, maybe one who became the centerpiece of Saturday Night Live and starred in a summer blockbuster. Fine, done. But such a series needs.