Frees Watch

A lot of folks who read this blog seem to be fascinated with the career of the late, great voice actor Paul Frees. They probably know that on the 1955 to 1960 TV series The Millionaire, Mr. Frees anonymously supplied the voice of the never-seen-on-camera character, John Beresford Tipton. What they might not know is that Frees occasionally did on-camera roles on that series playing someone else. Here's an example of that. He speaks for Mr. Tipton in the beginning, then plays the role of Clyde Monroe later in the episode.

Among the other familiar faces in it are Lurene Tuttle, Bill Baldwin (for a change, not playing a newscaster) and Howard McNear, who would later gain TV immortality as Floyd the Barber on The Andy Griffith Show.