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Frank Welker

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.

Filmography

2014
Big Hero 6

as Mochi (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction

as Galvatron (voice)

Movie
2012
Frankenweenie

as Sparky (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

as Mayor Stevenson / Weather Man (voice)

Movie
2012
Movie
2011
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

as Azrael (voice)

Movie
2010
Alice in Wonderland

as Jabberwocky / Bandersnatch / Jubjub / Bayard (additional voice)

Movie
2008
Movie
2004
Mulan II

as Cri-Kee (voice)

Movie
2004
The Lion King 1½

as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
2003
The Cat in the Hat

as Nevins (voice)

Movie
2002
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

as Lucifer / Bruno / Pom Pom (voice)

Movie
Movie
2000
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

as Woof / Ace (voice)

Movie
2000
The Road to El Dorado

as Altivo (voice)

Movie
1999
Tarzan

as Sabor (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1998
Mulan

as Khan / Additional Voices (voice)

Movie
1997
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

as Phillippe / Sultan (voice)

Movie
1997
Anaconda

as Anaconda (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Baby Bird (voice)

Movie
1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves

as Abu / Rajah / Fazahl (voice)

Movie
1995
Mortal Kombat

as Shao Kahn / Reptile (voice)

Movie
1995
Pocahontas

as Flit (voice)

Movie
1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h

as Special Vocal Effects (voice)

Movie
1994
The Pagemaster

as Horror (voice)

Movie
1994
Stargate

as Mastadge (voice)

Movie
1994
The Lion King

as Additional Voices (voice)

Movie
1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

as Special Vocal Effects (voice)

Movie
1992
Aladdin

as Abu / Cave of Wonders / Rajah (voice)

Movie
1991
Beauty and the Beast

as Footstool (voice)

Movie
Movie
1990
Tremors

as Graboids (uncredited)

Movie
1989
The Little Mermaid

as Max (voice)

Movie
1988
The Land Before Time

as Sharptooth (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
Movie
1982
Poltergeist

as Additional Dialogue Replacement (voice)

Movie
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants

as Gorilla (voice)

TV Show
1999
Futurama

as Nibbler (voice)

TV Show
1998
Hercules

as Pegasus (voice)

TV Show
1997
TV Show
1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Isis (voice)

TV Show
TV Show
1980
The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show

as Spike (voice) / Slick (voice)

TV Show