Frank Welkerborn 1946
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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.
Credits
2024
Action • Animation • Science Fiction
as Megatron / Mirage / Rumble / Skywarp / Soundwave (voice)
2023
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2023
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Abu / Joanna (voice) (archive footage)
2022
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Rudy / Fred / Nefario (voice)
2021
Adventure • Animation • Mystery • TV Movie
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Self
2021
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Horror • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2021
Action • Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy
as Additional Voices (voice)
2021
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Monster (voice)
2020
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2020
Animation • Family • TV Movie
as George / Additional Voices (voice)
2019
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Horror • Mystery
as Scooby Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2019
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2018
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2018
Action • Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2017
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2017
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Science Fiction
as Soundwave (voice)
2017
Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction
as Astro (voice)
2017
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery • Western
as Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)
2016
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2016
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2015
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2015
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2015
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby Doo (voice)
2015
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery • Science Fiction
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2014
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery • Science Fiction
as Fred / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2014
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2014
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2013
Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy
as Cat sounds (archive footage; uncredited)
2013
Action • Animation • Mystery • Science Fiction
as Mayor Stevenson / Weather Man (voice)
2013
Action • Animation • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Megatron (voice)
2013
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2013
Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie
as Coco the Coconutty Monkey (voice)
2013
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2013
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)
2013
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2013
Action • Animation • Mystery • Science Fiction
as Mayor Stevenson (voice)
2012
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Dynomutt (voice)
2012
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
2012
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2012
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2012
Action • Animation • Mystery • Science Fiction
as Mayor Stevenson / Weather Man (voice)
2012
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Freddie Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2012
Adventure • Animation • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice) (archive footage)
2012
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2012
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Motoshondu (voice) (archive footage)
2011
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Msicellaneous Bikers (voice)
2011
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
2011
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
2011
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
2011
Action • Adventure • Science Fiction
as Shockwave / Soundwave (voice)
2010
Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo (voice)
2010
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Dr. Frankenwagon's Monster (voice)
2010
Animation • Comedy • Family
as Bullseye / Buster / The Monkey / Pigeon (voice) (uncredited)
2010
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Dragon / Animals (voice) (uncredited)
2010
Adventure • Family • Fantasy
as Jabberwocky / Bandersnatch / Jubjub / Bayard (additional voice)
2010
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2009
Animation • Family • Music
as Scooby-Doo (voice)
2009
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Garfield / Garzooka / Narrator (voice)
2009
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Momma Dino (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Action • Adventure • Science Fiction
as Soundwave / Devastator / Reedman (voice)
2009
Action • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Fred / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2008
Action • Animation • Comedy • Fantasy • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Nibbler (voice)
2008
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Music
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2008
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Horror
as Animals' vocal effects (voice) (uncredited)
2008
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Garfield / Delivery Gnome / Prop Boy / Leonard / Jeff (voice)
2008
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Garfield / Keith / Prop Boy / Additional Voices (voice)
2008
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Mr. Uno (uncredited) (Voice)
2007
Animation • Comedy • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Nibbler / Fleb / Seymour (voice)
2007
Animation • Family • Fantasy
as Rajah / Abu (voice)
2007
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2007
Animation • Comedy • Family
as (voice)
2007
Animation • Comedy • Family
as (voice)
2006
Animation • Comedy • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
2006
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
2006
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Monty Uno (voice)
2006
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Spindle / Frog / Caterpillar (voice)
2006
Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie
as Sparky / Sprout / Mr. Stenchy / Kixx / Hoilo / Slugger (voice)
2006
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo / The Centaur (voice)
2006
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2006
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Fantasy • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Goddard (voice)
2006
Adventure • Animation • Family
as Spinosaurus (voice)
2005
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Abu (voice)
2005
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2005
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2005
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction
as Professor Otto Allenford (voice)
2005
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Wiki-Tiki / Interviewer (voice)
2005
Animation • Comedy • Family
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo / Interviewer
2005
Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy
as Velociraptor (voice)
2004
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Music • TV Movie
as Goddard / Twonkies (voice)
2004
Action • Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2004
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2004
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Additional Voices (voice)
2004
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Lachlan Haggart (voice)
2004
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Goddard (voice)
2003
Action • Adventure • Animation • Family • TV Movie
as Animal Vocal Effects (uncredited) (voice)
2003
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2003
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
2003
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
2003
Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Goddard / Poultra (voice)
2003
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Science Fiction
as Goddard/Poultra (voice)
2003
Animation • Family
as Archbishop / Dying King (voice) (archive footage)
2003
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Music • Mystery
as Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)
2003
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Additional Voices (voice)
2003
Action • Animation • Family • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Obby / Mantell (voice)
2002
Animation • Family • TV Movie
as Circus Baboon / Security Guard (voice)
2002
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred / Scooby-Doo / Headless Snowman (voice)
2002
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
2002
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
2002
Animation • Comedy • Family
as Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Animation • Family • Fantasy • Romance
as Lucifer / Bruno / Pom Pom (voice)
2001
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction
as Goddard / Poultra (voice)
2001
Animation • Comedy • Family
as Abominable Snowman (voice)
2001
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Horror • Mystery • TV Movie
as Fred Jones / Jabberjaw (voice)
2001
Adventure • Animation • Family • Romance
as Reggie (voice)
2000
Action • Animation • Science Fiction • Thriller
as Woof / Ace (voice)
2000
Adventure • Animation • Comedy
as Bessie the Sea Monster (voice)
2000
Animation • Comedy • Family • Horror • TV Movie
as Fred Jones (voice)
2000
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery • Science Fiction
as Fred Jones (voice)
2000
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Hector the Bulldog / Hugo the Abominable Snowman / Mugsy / Penelope Pussycat (voice)
2000
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie
as The Mayor (voice)
2000
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Music
as Werewolf Vocal Effects (voice)
2000
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction
as Grubs / Self Destruct / Ranger #1 / Cadet Flam (voice)
1999
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Drama • Family • Fantasy • Music
as Various (voice)
1999
Animation • Comedy • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Additional Voices (voice)
1998
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Spike / Monkeys / Scar Snout (voice) (uncredited)
1998
Animation
as Professor XXXL / Chimpy (voice)
1998
Adventure • Family
as Bad Baboon / Deer / Porcupine / Mandrill (voice)
1998
Adventure • Animation • Family • Romance
as Flit (voice) (uncredited)
1997
Animation • Family • Fantasy
as Phillippe / Sultan (voice)
1997
Action • Adventure • Fantasy • Horror • Science Fiction • Thriller
as The Devil Malebolgia (voice)
1996
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Tickles (voice)
1996
Adventure • Animation • Family • TV Movie
as (voice)
1996
Animation
as President / General / Guy / Man #2 / Einstein (voice)
1995
Animation • Comedy • Family • Horror • TV Movie
as Furrball / Gogo Dodo / Byron Basset / Calamity Coyote / Little Beeper / Gremlin / Additional Voices (voice)
1995
Adventure • Animation • Family
as Velociraptor (voice)
1994
Animation • Comedy • Family • Music
as Muttski / Additional Voices (voice)
1994
Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie
as Barney Rubble / Dino (voice)
1994
Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy • Music • Mystery • TV Movie
as Additional Voices (voice)
1994
Animation • Comedy
as Thaddeus Plotz / Bob Hope / Chicken Boo / George Bailey / Prof. Kingsfield
1994
Animation • Comedy • TV Movie
as Gogo Dodo / Furrball / Bill Clinton / Ross Perot / Additional Voices (voice)
1993
Animation • Family
as Barney Rubble / Dino / J. Rocko (voice)
1993
Action • Fantasy • Horror • Science Fiction
as Special vocal effects (voice)
1993
Adventure • Comedy • Family
as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
1992
Animation • Comedy • Family
as Brain / Dr. Claw / M.A.D. Cat / Santa Claus (voice)
1992
Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy • Romance
as Abu / Cave of Wonders / Rajah (voice)
1992
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Horror • TV Movie
as Big Ed / Swamp Beast / Projectionist (voice)
1992
Animation • Comedy • Family
as Uncle Stinky Pig / Byron Basset / Furrball / Little Beeper / Gogo Dodo / Vinnie / Mac Duff / Additional Voices (voice)
1991
Action • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction
as Alien Gen. Suitor (voice) (uncredited)
1991
Adventure • Comedy • Science Fiction
as The Devil/Station/Evil Easter Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
1991
Action • Adventure • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Sharak / Kodo / Podo / Ruh (voice)
1991
Action • Adventure • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction
as Rahzar / Tokka (voice)
1991
Adventure • Animation • Family
as Farnsworth/ Jebediah/ Rollo/ Perky/ Eagle/ Jeepers/ Big Wolf
1990
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Additional Voices (voice)
1990
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie
as Fat Guy - Rameet (voice)
1990
Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie
as Slimer / Hefty Smurf / Baby Kermit (voice)
1989
Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie
as Principal / Al / Snert / Kvaak / Narrator
1989
Animation • Comedy
as Dagwood Bumstead / Mr. Ferguson (voice)
1989
Animation • Comedy • Family • Music • TV Movie
as Additional Voices (voice)
1989
Animation
as Big Time Beagle / Megabyte Beagle / M.E.L / Country Twanging Toast Timer (voice)
1988
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Drama • Fantasy • Music • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Commander Mendelson (voice)
1988
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery • TV Movie
as Crunch (voice)
1988
Animation • Family • Fantasy • Mystery • TV Movie
as Matches / Papa Werewolf / Well Dweller (voice)
1988
Animation • Family
as Bones / Hairball / Reporter / Additional Voices (voice)
1988
Adventure • Family • Fantasy
as Alfonso / Mr. Nilsson (voice)
1987
Animation • Comedy
as Hefty Smurf / Poet Smurf / Wild Smurf / Puppy / Rat (voice)
1987
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • TV Movie
as Merkin (voice)
1987
Action • Animation • Science Fiction
as Galvatron / Mixmaster / Rumble / Skywarp / Soundwave / Superion / Wheelie
1987
Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Dan Rathmoon / Johnny / Mr. Goldbrick (voice)
1987
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Bigtime Beagle / Penguin Leader (voice)
1987
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Music
as Sophie / Native Chief / Baby Penguin / Additional Voices (voice)
1986
Adventure • Animation • Family • Science Fiction
as Galvatron
1986
Action • Adventure • Animation • Family • Science Fiction
as Soundwave / Megatron / Rumble / Frenzy / Wheelie (voice)
1986
Adventure • Animation • Family • Mystery
as Toby the Dog / Felicia the Cat (voice) (uncredited)
1984
Action • Adventure • Animation
as Short-Fuse / Torch / Wild Bill / Junkyard (voice)
1984
Action • Adventure • Science Fiction • Thriller
as Spock's Screams
1983
Action • Adventure • Animation • Fantasy • Science Fiction • War
as Rock 'n Roll / Short-Fuse / Wild Bill / Timber (voice)
1982
Animation • Family • Music
as Max / Waiter / Additional voices
1981
Animation • Comedy • Crime • Family • Music • Western
as Reporter Dog / Lawyer (voice)
1980
Animation • Comedy • Family • Horror • TV Movie
as Creepy / Mother Pterodactyl
1978
Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie
as Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice)
1976
Animation • Comedy • Fantasy
as Jack, Fairy Godmother, Prince (Voice) / Additional Voices
1975
Adventure • Animation • Family • History • TV Movie
as Magua / Soldier (voice)
1973
Animation • Comedy • Family • Mystery
as Fred Jones (voice)
1972
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
as Fred Jones / Housekeeping man / Vulture / Cleopatra (Voice)
