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| Born | Franklin Wendell Welker March 12, 1946 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Santa Monica College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Works | Full list |
| Website | frankwelker |
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946)[1] is an American actor.[2] 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[a] as of 2024.[3]
Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones from the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969 and later the titular character himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the animated film Scoob!, the only original voice actor from the series in the film's cast. 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's Mortal Kombat film adaptation; the titular protagonist of the Curious George franchise; Garfield on The Garfield Show; Nibbler on Futurama; the titular character of Jabberjaw; Speed Buggy for the Scooby-Doo franchise; 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.
In 2016, he received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award. He was nominated for the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program in 2022.
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- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (August 9, 2011). "Frank Welker: the most successful Hollywood actor you've never heard of". The Guardian. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
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