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
Family Guy
Kim Possible
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teen Titans Go!
SpongeBob SquarePants
Highway to Heaven
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Looney Tunes Cartoons
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Jackie Chan Adventures
Wander Over Yonder
The Wild Thornberrys
All Hail King Julien
Ozzy & Drix
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Star Wars Resistance
South Park
Transformers: Robots In Disguise
Velma
This Is America, Charlie Brown
Titan Maximum
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Disney's House of Mouse
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
Totally Spies!
Timon and Pumbaa
Jellystone!
Harts of the West
Zenimation
Dave the Barbarian
Dexter's Laboratory
Rags to Riches
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
Generator Rex
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
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
The Back-Up Plan
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Tom & Jerry
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Cannonball Run II
Scooby-Doo
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Toy Story 2
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Species
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
Super Mario Bros.
The Rugrats Movie
G.I. Joe: The Movie
Shrek
The Smurfs 2
Up the Creek
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
SpaceCamp
My Little Pony: The Movie
Zorro, The Gay Blade
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Oliver & Company
Hawaiian Vacation
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
Poltergeist
Tarzan
Annabelle's Wish
Graveyard Shift
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Caddyshack II
Return to Green Acres
Little Giants
Beauty and the Beast
The Grinch
Mulan
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Deep Blue Sea
Tremors
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Cats & Dogs
Tommy Boy
Stargate
Belle's Tales of Friendship
The Lion King
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
The Little Mermaid
The Flintstone Comedy Show
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
The Looney Tunes Show
The Golden Child
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
The Cat in the Hat
The Ant Bully
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
Smurfs: The Lost Village
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
The Great Mouse Detective
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Prehysteria!
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Heidi's Song
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Leroy & Stitch
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
101 Dalmatians
My Neighbor Totoro
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
A Goofy Movie
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Cujo
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Return to Never Land
Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies
Mulan II
The Treasure of the Golden Suns
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
The Indian in the Cupboard
Spawn
Frankenweenie
Balto
Curious George
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Underground
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Josie and the Pussycats
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Futurama: Bender's Game
Anaconda
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Despicable Me 4
Atlantis: Milo's Return
seaQuest DSV
Futurama
The Land Before Time
Mickey's Tale of Two Witches
Hägar the Horrible
The Rescuers Down Under
Stitch! The Movie
The Smurfs
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
Bubble Guppies
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Pocahontas
Marsupilami
Belle's Magical World
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space
Monster Truck Mater
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
The Jetsons
Curious George
Aladdin
The Road to El Dorado
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Captain N: The Game Master
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion
The Magic School Bus
The Dukes
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Transformers: Age of Extinction
It's Punky Brewster
The Chipmunk Adventure
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
Trail Mix-Up
The Super Globetrotters
Roller Coaster Rabbit
The Prince and the Pauper
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
The Return of Jafar
Rude Dog and the Dweebs
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
The Berenstain Bears
The All-New Popeye Hour
Alvin and the Chipmunks
The Frankenstones
Aladdin
DuckTales
Doug's 1st Movie
Kangaroo
Garfield and Friends
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom!
Frozen
Dungeons & Dragons
Saturday Supercade
101 Dalmatians: The Series
The Fantastic Four
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
Valley of the Dinosaurs
Fish Police
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
The Adventures of Hyperman
The Transformers
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Clerks
Transformers: Prime
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
The Smurfs
Space Stars
Snorks
Kissyfur
The Transformers: The Movie
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Butch Cassidy
The Scooby-Doo Show
Gravedale High
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Shnookums and Meat!
The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Aloha Scooby-Doo!
Trollkins
Transformers: Beginnings
Dinky Dog
The Biskitts
The Garfield Show
Scoob!
Yogi's Space Race
The Robonic Stooges
The New Shmoo
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!
Tom and Jerry Tales
Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Lazer Tag Academy
Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Pups
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Pink Panther and Sons
Curious George Swings Into Spring
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Scooby-Doo! and the Robots
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
Buford and the Galloping Ghost
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild
Sport Billy
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
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