What is Boris Badenov?
{{Infobox character | name = Boris Badenov | image = | caption = | creator = [[Jay Ward]]<br />[[Alex Anderson (cartoonist)|Alex Anderson]]<br />[[Bill Scott (voice actor)|Bill Scott]] | portrayer = [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]] ([[Boris and Natasha: The Movie|1992 film]])<br />[[Jason Alexander]] ([[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|2000 film]]) | voice = {{hlist|[[Paul Frees]] ([[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|TV Series]])|[[Bill Scott (voice actor)|Bill Scott]] ([[Bullwinkle's Restaurant]])|[[Joe Alaskey]] (1992-1993)|[[Keith Scott (voice actor)|Keith Scott]] (1992-2000, 2008)|[[Fred Frees]] ([[Cartoon Network]] [[commercial]])|[[Patrick Stewart]]/[[Seth Green]] ([[Robot Chicken]])|[[Robert Cait]] ([[Rocky & Bullwinkle (2014 film)|2014 short]])|[[Benjamin Diskin|Ben Diskin]] (2018-present)}} | species= [[Human]] | gender = [[male]] | occupation = {{hlist|[[Spy]]|[[Criminal]]}} | significantother = [[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|Natasha Fatale]] | nationality = [[Pottsylvania|Pottsylvanian]] }} '''Boris Badenov''' is an [[antagonist]] of the 1959-1964 [[United States|American]] [[animated]] [[television series]] ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''. He was voiced by [[Paul Frees]] in that series. Badenov's name is based on that of [[16th century]] [[tsar]] [[Boris Godunov]]. His [[accent]] and [[explosive]] [[temper]] are a homage to [[Americans|American]] [[actor]] [[Akim Tamiroff]], especially to Tamiroff's role in ''[[The Great McGinty]]'' a 1940 [[movie]] [[director|directed]] by [[Preston Sturges]]. Badenov was created by [[Bill Scott (voice actor)|Bill Scott]], who based the [[character]]'s [[appearance]] on that of [[Gomez Addams]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Badenov, Boris}} [[Category:Animated characters]] [[Category:Fictional characters introduced in the 1950s]] [[Category:The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show characters]] {{tv-stub}}