Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 12, 1946
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Credits
738 titles
Frank Welker
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
Not Just a Goof
Self (archive footage)
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)
Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog
Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
Jellystone!
Fred Jones / Cheese of the Future Narrator (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)
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)