Frank Welker

1946-03-12 / 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.

Appearances

Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (1996)

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2006)

Duck Dodgers (2003)

Dungeons & Dragons (1983)

The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980)

Super Friends (1973)

Muppet Babies (1984)

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993)

Futurama (1999)

Family Guy (1999)

What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002)

Curious George (2006)

Challenge of the GoBots (1984)

Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977)

DuckTales (1987)

Static Shock (2000)

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996)

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989)

Captain N: The Game Master (1989)

Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)

Pinky and the Brain (1995)

Histeria! (1998)

Goof Troop (1992)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

The Real Ghostbusters (1986)

Mighty Max (1993)

seaQuest DSV (1993)

Gargoyles (1994)

Simon & Simon (1981)

2 Stupid Dogs (1993)

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002)

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976)

Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983)

Kim Possible (2002)

The Jetsons (1962)

Kissyfur (1988)

The Legend of Tarzan (2001)

Capitol Critters (1992)

Sonic the Hedgehog (1993)

South Park (1997)

101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997)

The Wild Thornberrys (1998)

Tarzan (2003)

Highway to Heaven (1984)

Disney's House of Mouse (2001)

Probe (1988)

Darkwing Duck (1991)

Aladdin (1994)

Grim & Evil (2001)

Dino-Riders (1988)

Rambo (1986)

Donkey Kong Country (1998)

Catscratch (2005)

Totally Spies! (2002)

Rags to Riches (1987)

Hercules (1998)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1995)

The Pirates of Dark Water (1991)

Jabberjaw (1976)

The Super Globetrotters (1979)

The Centurions (1986)

Codename: Kids Next Door (2002)

Richie Rich (1980)

Inspector Gadget (1983)

Cow and Chicken (1997)

Lloyd in Space (2001)

The Flintstone Kids (1986)

Dexter's Laboratory (1996)

Snorks (1984)

Crazylegs Crane (1978)

Evil Con Carne (2003)

The Transformers (1984)

Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990)

Superman: The Animated Series (1996)

Time Squad (2001)

Garfield and Friends (1988)

The Zeta Project (2001)

Freakazoid! (1995)

The Biskitts (1983)

Ozzy & Drix (2002)

Timon and Pumbaa (1995)

Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996)

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979)

Get a Life (1990)

Dinky Dog (1978)

It's Punky Brewster (1985)

The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show (1995)

Saturday Supercade (1983)

Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974)

Wildfire (1986)

Sport Billy (1979)

Droopy, Master Detective (1993)

Partridge Family 2200 A.D. (1974)

The Dukes (1983)

Wake, Rattle, and Roll (1990)

The Get Along Gang (1984)

Space Stars (1981)

Bionic Six (1987)

The Wizard of Oz (1990)

The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984)

Jungle Cubs (1996)

Hong Kong Phooey (1974)

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995)

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985)

Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984)

Blackstar (1981)

Turbo Teen (1984)

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968)

Yogi's Space Race (1978)

Pac-Man (1982)

The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1990)

The Berenstain Bears (1985)

The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)

Paw Paws (1985)

Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters (1985)

Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985)

Buford and the Galloping Ghost (1979)

Denver, the Last Dinosaur (1988)

Pink Panther and Sons (1984)

Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974)

Spiral Zone (1987)

Challenge of the Super Friends (1978)

The Robonic Stooges (1977)

Heathcliff (1980)

Fangface (1978)

Gravedale High (1990)

The Legend of Calamity Jane (1997)

Bailey's Comets (1973)

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (1980)

Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989)

The Paul Lynde Show (1972)

Lazer Tag Academy (1986)

Butch Cassidy (1973)

Fish Police (1992)

Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)

The Garfield Show (2009)

Zenimation (2020)

The Oddball Couple (1975)

Cave Kids (1996)

The Adventures of Hyperman (1995)

Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003)

Rude Dog and the Dweebs (1989)

The New Shmoo (1979)

The Savage Dragon (1995)

Kid vs. Kat (2008)

The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988)

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (2001)

Harts of the West (1993)

Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters (1988)

What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1977)

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010)

The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983)

Batman: The Animated Series (1992)

Sectaurs (1986)

Monchichis (1983)

Trollkins (1981)

Bonkers (1993)

Marsupilami (1993)

Generator Rex (2010)

The Looney Tunes Show (2011)

Transformers: Prime (2010)

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996)

Jackie Chan Adventures (2000)

Bubble Guppies (2011)

X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (1989)

Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)

Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006)

Amazing Stories (1985)

The Smurfs (1981)

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (2015)

The Fantastic Four (1978)

All Hail King Julien (2014)

The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too! (1980)

Animaniacs (2020)

Saturday Morning All Star Hits! (2021)

Little Wizards (1987)

Pound Puppies (2010)

The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour (1982)

Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020)

The All-New Popeye Hour (1978)

The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972)

The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986)

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985)

What a Cartoon! (1995)

Cro (1993)

I Am Weasel (1997)

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2000)

Johnny Bravo (1997)

The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015)

Teen Titans Go! (2013)

Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys (1996)

Where's Wally? (1991)

Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Pups

Bobby's World (1990)

TaleSpin (1990)

The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980)

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000)

Titan Maximum (2009)

Marvel's Avengers (2013)

Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015)

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969)

Dave the Barbarian (2004)

Animaniacs (1993)

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)

The Emperor's New School (2006)

Jellystone! (2021)

This Is America, Charlie Brown (1988)

Wander Over Yonder (2013)

3Below: Tales of Arcadia (2018)

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

JBVO (2000)

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)

The Rocketeer (2019)

Mighty Man and Yukk (1979)

Road Rovers (1996)

Velma (2023)

The Mask: Animated Series (1995)

Supernatural (2005)

The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1994)

Kangaroo (1984)

Star Wars Resistance (2018)

Scooby-Doo!: Behind the Scenes (1998)

The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980)

Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space (1972)

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1980)

The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979)

The Simpsons (1989)

Little People (1999)

The Frankenstones (1980)

Clerks (2000)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)

The Flintstones (1960)

The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985)

The Scooby-Doo Show (1976)

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Robot Chicken (2005)

The Zula Patrol (2005)

Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire (1992)

The Kwicky Koala Show (1981)