Frank Welker
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Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor with an extensive career spanning nearly six decades. As of 2021, Welker holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third highest-grossing film voice actor of all time. Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969, and Scooby-Doo himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the CGI-animated film Scoob!, the only original voice actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and its sequel, Megatron, Galvatron and Soundwave in the Transformers franchise, Shao Kahn and Reptile in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, Curious George in the Curious George franchise, Garfield on The Garfield Show, Nibbler on Futurama, the titular character in Jabberjaw, Speed Buggy in the Scooby-Doo franchise, Astro and Orbitty on The Jetsons, Mushmouse on Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and various characters in The Smurfs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many works. In 2016, he was honored with an Emmy Award for his lifetime achievement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Welker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Overview
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor with an extensive career spanning nearly six decades. As of 2021, Welker holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third highest-grossing film voice actor of all time. Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969, and Scooby-Doo himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the CGI-animated film Scoob!, the only original voice actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and its sequel, Megatron, Galvatron and Soundwave in the Transformers franchise, Shao Kahn and Reptile in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, Curious George in the Curious George franchise, Garfield on The Garfield Show, Nibbler on Futurama, the titular character in Jabberjaw, Speed Buggy in the Scooby-Doo franchise, Astro and Orbitty on The Jetsons, Mushmouse on Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and various characters in The Smurfs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many works. In 2016, he was honored with an Emmy Award for his lifetime achievement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Welker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Supernatural
The Simpsons
The Flintstones
Amazing Stories
Batman: The Animated Series
Simon & Simon
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Superman: The Animated Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Star Trek: Voyager
Marvel's Avengers
Animaniacs
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Family Guy
Kim Possible
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teen Titans Go!
SpongeBob SquarePants
Highway to Heaven
Looney Tunes Cartoons
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Jackie Chan Adventures
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Wander Over Yonder
The Wild Thornberrys
All Hail King Julien
Ozzy & Drix
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
This Is America, Charlie Brown
Star Wars Resistance
South Park
Velma
Titan Maximum
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: Robots In Disguise
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Disney's House of Mouse
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
Totally Spies!
Timon and Pumbaa
Jellystone!
Harts of the West
Zenimation
Dexter's Laboratory
Rags to Riches
Generator Rex
The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Independence Day
Radioland Murders
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Godzilla
Cars
Once Upon a Studio
Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Mars Attacks!
Space Jam
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Toy Story 3
The Informant!
The Santa Clause
The Back-Up Plan
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Tom & Jerry
Cannonball Run II
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Scooby-Doo
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Toy Story 2
The Rugrats Movie
Species
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
Super Mario Bros.
G.I. Joe: The Movie
Shrek
Up the Creek
The Smurfs 2
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Aladdin
Hudson Hawk
Shrek Forever After
Mirror Mirror
Gremlins
G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!
The Lion King 1½
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Big Hero 6
Mortal Kombat
My Little Pony: The Movie
Zorro, The Gay Blade
SpaceCamp
Oliver & Company
Hawaiian Vacation
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Poltergeist
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Annabelle's Wish
Tarzan
Graveyard Shift
Caddyshack II
Return to Green Acres
Mulan
The Grinch
Beauty and the Beast
Little Giants
Tremors
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Deep Blue Sea
Tommy Boy
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Cats & Dogs
The Lion King
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
The Flintstone Comedy Show
The Looney Tunes Show
Stargate
The Little Mermaid
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
The Golden Child
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Belle's Tales of Friendship
The Cat in the Hat
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
The Great Mouse Detective
Leroy & Stitch
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
The Ant Bully
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Heidi's Song
Prehysteria!
Smurfs: The Lost Village
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
101 Dalmatians
A Goofy Movie
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
My Neighbor Totoro
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Mulan II
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Return to Never Land
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies
Cujo
Balto
The Indian in the Cupboard
Spawn
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
The Treasure of the Golden Suns
Frankenweenie
Futurama: Bender's Game
Sonic the Hedgehog
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Anaconda
Curious George
Josie and the Pussycats
Sonic Underground
Despicable Me 4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
seaQuest DSV
Stitch! The Movie
Bubble Guppies
The Land Before Time
The Smurfs
Hägar the Horrible
Futurama
The Rescuers Down Under
Mickey's Tale of Two Witches
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Marsupilami
Dave the Barbarian
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Belle's Magical World
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space
Pocahontas
The Jetsons
Monster Truck Mater
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
The Road to El Dorado
The Dukes
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Curious George
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Transformers: Age of Extinction
The Magic School Bus
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
Captain N: The Game Master
Aladdin
Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
The Return of Jafar
It's Punky Brewster
Trail Mix-Up
The Prince and the Pauper
Roller Coaster Rabbit
The Super Globetrotters
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
Rude Dog and the Dweebs
The Chipmunk Adventure
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
The Berenstain Bears
The Frankenstones
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Aladdin
Garfield and Friends
Doug's 1st Movie
DuckTales
Alvin and the Chipmunks
The All-New Popeye Hour
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
Kangaroo
Saturday Supercade
Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom!
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
Dungeons & Dragons
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Valley of the Dinosaurs
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
Fish Police
The Fantastic Four
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
101 Dalmatians: The Series
Frozen
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
Gravedale High
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Kissyfur
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
The Transformers: The Movie
The Transformers
Space Stars
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart
The Smurfs
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
Butch Cassidy
Transformers: Prime
The Scooby-Doo Show
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
The Adventures of Hyperman
Snorks
Clerks
Trollkins
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Scoob!
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
The Biskitts
Aloha Scooby-Doo!
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
The Robonic Stooges
The New Shmoo
The Garfield Show
Shnookums and Meat!
Transformers: Beginnings
Dinky Dog
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
Scooby-Doo! and the Cyber Chase
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Yogi's Space Race
The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda
Sport Billy
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Big Top Scooby-Doo!
Tom and Jerry Tales
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild
Buford and the Galloping Ghost
Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Pups
Pink Panther and Sons
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Curious George Swings Into Spring
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
Lazer Tag Academy
Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
Scooby-Doo! and the Robots
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
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