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The Pillsbury Doughboy

Although you may know this character as an adorable lump of dough, the real mastermind behind this little guy was Paul Frees. Frees voiced the Pillsbury Doughboy during the 1960s, but he did a ton more voice acting work prior. 

The Little Dough Dude

Frees voice-acted as a ton of different legendary characters. He voiced both Rudolph and Frosty in Rudolph & Frosty, he voiced Santa in Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and he was even Jack Frost in Jack Frost. But, his most legendary achievement sticks with the Pillsbury Dough Boy. For a salary of one million big ones, Paul Frees brought his talent as a man of many voices to Pillsbury, appearing in plenty of ads as the little white creature in the 1960s.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.