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Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor and comedian. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2023, making him one of the most prolific voice actors in history. With his films earning a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the fourth-highest-grossing actor as of 2024.
Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969, and the titular character himself since 2002. He has also voiced Baby Kermit in the original Muppet Babies, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and its sequel, Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave, and various characters in the Transformers franchise, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II on The Simpsons, 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, Astro and Orbitty on the 1980s revival of The Jetsons, and various characters in The Smurfs. Much of his work includes animal and monster vocalizations.
Voices in Idea Wiki[]
- Mickey Mouse: The Movie (2021 film) - Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
- Heathcliff (2025) - Heathcliff
- Balto: The Series - Nikki
- Balto IV: Wolf Dreams - Nikki
- Balto V: World’s End - Nikki
- The Little Blue Brontosaurus (1983) - Additional voices
- Marvel Tails (1985-1987) - Peter Porker/Spider-Ham, Thrr Dog of Thunder
- Oliver (1988 film) (1988) - The Crocodiles, Doctor, Reptilian #8, Additional voices
- Oliver the Giant Kitten (1988) - Dokarian #8, Robber #6, Additional voices
- Oliver's Love (1988) - Horde Trooper #5, Additional voices
- I Wanted a Black Cat (1988) - Presto Change-O, The Lesser Wambini, Dr. Noodleman, Dr. Void, Additional voices
- Oliver Likes a Snow (1988) - Additional voices
- Oliver's Christmas Carol (1988) - Doctor and Additional voices
- KangarooMouseHunt]] (1991) - Joanna, Fred Jones, G1 Megatron
- Flik the Blue Ant (1998) - Bee #7, Pollen Jock #17, Additional voices
- House of Mouse (2000 film) (2000) - Gus Goose, Abu, Aracuan Bird, Cri-Kee, Dodger, Einstein, Figaro, Pegasus, Tantor, Flit, Dumbo, Hen-Wen, Ivan the Cat, Evinrude, Elliott, Bulk and Rajah
- Inspector Gadget (2014 film) - Dr. Claw in Mech Suit
- Balto IV: Northern Howl - Nuk
- Jak 6 - Zikun
- Carmen Sandiego - The Chief
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Animal Vocal Effects: Lion
- Peanuts (reboot) - Snoopy and Woodstock
- Tom & Jerry (2022) - Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse, Tyke Bulldog, additional voices
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2016 episode The Return of Parasprites) - George the Explorer and Bill the Parasprite
- Garfield and Friends (2016) - Garfield
- Scooby-Doo: The Next Mystery (2016) - Scooby-Doo, Kappa, Ueno Zoo animals, Keiko the Whale, Tengus, Akkorokamui
- How the Grinch Stole Beetlejuice's Spotlight (2016) - Sandclown
- Muppet Babies (2017) - Baby Kermit, Baby Skeeter, Baby Beaker
- Ed, Edd 'N' Eddy: The Kankers Movie (2017) - Marie Kanker (duck noises)
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (2018) - Scooby-Doo, miscellaneous monsters and ghosts, additional voices
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies - Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones, and additional voices
- Scooby-Doo! Meets the Sailor Guardians - Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones
- Scooby-Doo! & Krypto the Superdog - Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? (season 4) - Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones, 14-Carat
- CN City (revival) - Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones
- Cartoon Cartoon Fridays (2021) - Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones
- Donnick the Daddy (2018) - Baby Goose, Baby Duck
- The Future (2018) - Malcom Olson Lan
- Horror Theater (2018) - Cujo (vocal effects only)
- Toy Story Beginnings (2019) - Gonks
- Life in the Future (2020) - Malcom Lan
- NCU's Jimmy Neutron (2029) - Goddard
- Gumball's Amazing World - Richard Watterson
- The Lion King Reborn (2018) - The baby baboon, Ned the Elephant
- The Lion King Returns (2019) - Ned the Elephant
- Shinzo (2015 Anime) - Raijin
- Humongous: The Television Series - Pep the dog
- The Adventures of Putt-Putt and Friends - Pep the dog
- Turrican: Ambush - The Machine
- Turrican: Conquest - The Machine
- Teenagers - Plaqueo the Dog
- Pete & His Gigantic Feet (TV Series) - the skunk
- Pete & His Gigantic Feet (2020 Film) - the Mighty Bear
- Tadashi Tofuu: Discoveries From New Sanfranyorkyo - Dimen
- K.O.'s Wild West Adventures - the Seeker Owl
- Tournament Doofus - Roger Rabbit
- Wham! (TV Series) - George Michael, MorrisMarinatron
- Mrs Wood's Cabin - Bob
- TASSVerse's Transformers - Megatron
- Around the World in 80 Mechas - Phil "Phileglass" Fogg/Purple Mecha/Kiwi
- DuckTales: The Return of F.O.W.L. - Red Predator
- Modeste and Pompon (2017 TV Series) - Felix/Jules
- Jet (2019 TV Series) - Airskunk
- Sonic The Hedgehog - Ice Cap Guardian
- Hi-Tech (2025 film) - Anguirus, Xenomorph, and Zombie
- WarioWare: Adventures in Diamond City - Little Hammy, Barkington, Hen
- Mystic Island - Vinny
- Kaiden and Friends Crossover Show - Claiden's Minions (voice)
- Kaiden and Friends Movie: Toons in Madagascar - Edvard
- Murder Drones: Back in Action (A Looney Tunes Movie) - Scooby-Doo
- Transformers & the Little Mermaid - Soundwave & Megatron
Known for:[]
- Fred Jones and Scooby-Doo in Scooby-Doo!
- Megatron/Galvatron and Soundwave in the Transformers franchise
- Garfield - The Garfield Show
- Garfield Boom - Garfield
- Doctor Claw in Inspector Gadget
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey
- Abu the Monkey and The Cave of Wonders in Disney's Aladdin
