Frank Welker
- Acting
- March 12, 1946 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
- Optimus Prime Awakening · Megatron / Soundwave (Voice)
- Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Not Just a Goof · Self
- Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event · Megatron / Mirage / Rumble / Skywarp / Soundwave (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Once Upon a Studio · Abu / Joanna (voice) (archive sound)
- Velma · William (Voice)
- Prancer: A Christmas Tale · Prancer Vocal Effects (Voice)
- Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! · Scooby-Doo / Rudy / Fred / Nefario (Voice)
- Saturday Morning All Star Hits! · Ronnie $elfish (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Self
- Mickey's Tale of Two Witches · Figaro / Butch (Voice)
- Curious George: Cape Ahoy · Curious George (Voice)
- Jellystone! · Fred Jones / Cheese of the Future Narrator (Voice), Dexter's Computer / Monkey (Voice)
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans · Additional Voices (Voice)
- INVINCIBLE · Emperor Argall / Viltrumites (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Monster (Voice)
- Tom & Jerry · Tom / Jerry (voice) (uncredited)
- Animaniacs · Male Gallery Member / Ralphus (Voice), Ralphicus (Voice)
- Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Curious George: Go West, Go Wild · George / Additional Voices (Voice)
- Scoob! · Scooby-Doo / Pterodactyl (Voice)
- Looney Tunes Cartoons · Announcer (Voice)
- Zenimation · Abu (voice) (archive footage)
- The Rocketeer · Ambrose / Butch (Voice)
- The Little Mermaid Live! · Max (archive footage) (Voice)
- Curious George: Royal Monkey · George / Philippe (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island · Scooby Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? · Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (Voice)
- Aladdin · Cave of Wonders (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- 3Below: Tales of Arcadia · Luug (Voice)
- Star Wars Resistance · Chelidae (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · Councilor 2 (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- LEGO Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Transformers: The Last Knight · Megatron (Voice)
- Smurfs: The Lost Village · Azrael (Voice)
- The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania · Astro (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown · Scooby-Doo / Fred (Voice)
- LEGO Frozen Northern Lights · Sven (Voice)
- LEGO Frozen Northern Lights · Sven (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon · Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (Voice)
- Curious George: Garden Discoveries · (voices)
- LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Open Season: Scared Silly · Animals' Vocal Effects (voice, uncredited)
- LEGO Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! · Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery · Fred / Scooby-Doo (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie · Fred Jones / Scooby Doo (Voice)
- Transformers: Robots In Disguise · Soundwave (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle · Curious George (Voice)
- The Adventures of Puss in Boots · Baby Dragon (Voice)
- All Hail King Julien · Grandpa Mort (Voice)
- Big Hero 6 · Mochi (voice) (uncredited)
- Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy · Fred / Scooby-Doo (Voice)
- Transformers: Age of Extinction · Galvatron (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Field of Screams · Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice) (archive footage)
- Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery · Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (Voice)
- Bubble Guppies: Animals Everywhere
- Stan Lee's Mighty 7 · General (Voice)
- I Know That Voice · Self
- Bubble Guppies: The Puppy & The Ring · Bubble Puppy (Voice)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns · Mayor Stevenson / Weather Man (Voice)
- Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising · Megatron / Terrorcon (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Ruh-Roh Robot! · Fred Jones
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's The Wizard of Dizz · Coco the Coconutty Monkey (Voice)
- Wander Over Yonder · Announcer (Voice)
- The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow · Azrael (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (Voice)
- Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest · Curious George (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright · Scooby-Doo / Fred (Voice)
- The Smurfs 2 · Azrael (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map · Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (Voice)
- Marvel's Avengers · Odin (Voice)
- The Garfield Show: Out On A Limb · Garfield (Voice)