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Actor, composer, songwriter, voiceover artist and author. He joined ASCAP in 1956, and his chief musical collaborators included Tony Romano, Ruby Raksin, Walter Gross, and Ed Brandt. His popular-song compositions include "Hollywood Soliloquy", "The Clown", "Drowning My Sorrow", and "Voice in the Wind".

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The ability to change his voice to a wide variety of different characteristics, ranging from deep and threatening to high and dainty.



Trivia (15)



According to author Peter Guralnick (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.

Was often called upon in the 1950s and '60s to re-loop the dialogue of other actors, often to correct for foreign accents, complete lack of English proficiency, or poor line readings by non-professionals. These dubs extended from a line to entire roles.





Was one of Stan Freberg 's cast of performers, most notably as the narrator of "Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, Vol. 1.".

In the early 1970, he was reportedly making $50,000 a year just for doing the voice work of the Pillsbury Doughboy.



His early radio career was cut short when he was drafted into the US Army in World War II. He was at Normandy on D-Day, was wounded in action and returned to the US for a year of recuperation.



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.



It was common for voice artists to do multiple roles when dubbing foreign-language films into English. There are a number of examples in which he also did multiple roles when replacing the dialogue (looping) in Hollywood films.





Provides multiple voices in Wir warten in Ashiya (1964), getting into three- and four-way conversations with himself.



Is heard as at least four different voices in Spartacus (1960), including the guard whom Kirk Douglas hamstrung in the opening sequence.

He is the Ghost Host or narrator at the Haunted Mansion Attraction & Adventure Thru Innerspace (now Star Tours) at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.



He became so experienced at doing multiple characters on radio shows that in 1948 he was given his own show, "The Player" in which he would do all of the characters.



As one of Hollywood's leading voice artists, a significant part of his income came from doing uncredited voice work on a multitude of movie trailers.





Was also the unseen voice of never-seen TV billionaire character "John Beresford Tipton" on the very popular TV series Wenn man Millionär wär (1955) starring Marvin Miller

Personal Quotes (1)

[asked if he ever had reason to resent his choice of profession] Sometimes, yes. But it's nothing I can't overcome when I look at the bank balance.

