Frank Welker's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Futurama Nibbler Batman Beyond Ace the Bat… Pinky and the Brain The President The Smurfs Poet Smurf Animaniacs Buttons Flavio Hippo Thaddeus Pl… Ralph the G… Chicken Boo The Jetsons Orbity Transformers Megatron Soundwave Skywarp Rumble Ravage Laserbeak Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Fred 'Fredd… The Scooby-Doo Show Fred Jones Dynomutt Garfield & Friends Sheldon Booker Gargoyles Bronx Aladdin Abu Xerxes Tiny Toon Adventures Gogo Dodo Little Beeper Calamity Co… What's New Scooby-Doo? Scoobert 'S… Fred 'Fredd… The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Goddard Goof Troop Waffles the… Chainsaw th… Muppet Babies Kermit Beaker The Real Ghostbusters Ray Stantz Slimer Transformers Prime Megatron The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo Fred 'Fredd… Freakazoid! Mr. Chubbik… Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Freddy Jones The Looney Tunes Show (2011) Road Runner Dave the Barbarian Faffy Dungeons & Dragons Tiamat Uni Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Iceman Bobby Drake Flash Thomp… Ms. Lion Scooby-Doo! Mystery, Inc. Scooby-Doo Fred Jones The New Scooby-Doo Movies Fred 'Fredd… The Pirates of Dark Water Niddler Curious George George The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Bandit Bonkers Fall-Apart … Sonic Underground Sir Charles… Devil May Cry (JP) Additional … Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron Dr. Viper The Mask Milo Baby Forthw… Pound Puppies Catgut The Garfield Show Garfield The New Fantastic Four H.E.R.B.I.E. The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour Dynomutt Fred Jones Mighty Ducks Chameleon Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! Scooby-Doo Jabberjaw Jabberjaw Histeria! Father Time Jonny Quest Additional … Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters Ray Stantz Slimer Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Hector Pac-Man Chomp Chomp The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle Heckle Jeckle The Wizard of Oz Toto Evil Con Carne Boskov Shakugan no Shana (JP) Additional … Captain N: The Game Master Game Boy Droopy: Master Detective McWolf Blackstar Rif Gossamear Dynomutt, Dog Wonder Dynomutt th… Mighty Max Lava Lord Warmonger Turbo Teen Dark Rider Rusty Flip Bionic Six Glove Mechanic Chopper Dink the Little Dinosaur Scar Crusty Fangface Sherman Fan… FANGFACE Baby Fangs FANGPUSS The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians The Penguin Darkseid Ace Kaliba The Joker Mr. Mxyzptlk Waynehead Tripod Heathcliff (1980) Dingbat It's Punky Brewster Glomer Rambo Mad Dog Sport Billy Willy Sipe Challenge of the GoBots Blaster Zeemon Rest-Q Dino-Riders Krulos Glyde Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo Shmoo Gravedale High J.P. Ghastly Frankentyke Road Rovers Shag Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kids Elvis Curious George (CA) George Monchhichis Patchitt Shakugan no Shana Second (JP) Additional … The Pink Panther and Sons Rocko What a Cartoon Dino Adventures from the Book of Virtues Socrates Challenge of the Go-Bots Scooter Zeemon Rest-Q Blaster Lazer Tag Academy Skuggs Ralphie Rude Dog and the Dweebs Caboose Seymour Rot Saturday Supercade Donkey Kong… The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley Sheldon Wake, Rattle & Roll Peter Potamus Fonz and the Happy Days Gang Mr. Cool Galtar and the Golden Lance Thork The Adventures of Hyperman Entrobe The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour Mr. Cool The Super Globetrotters Crime Globe Fish Police Mussels Mar… Doc Croaker Foofur Foofur Spiral Zone Razorback Dr. Lawrence Rawmeat The Don Knotts Show Regular (4) The Robonic Stooges Curly Meatballs and Spaghetti Woofer Sectaurs Skulk The Legend of Calamity Jane Joe Presto The Skatebirds Jerome "Cur… Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch Wheelie Chopper

Main Movie Roles 2010 - The Back-up Plan 2010 - Alice in Wonderland 2009 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 - The Informant! 2009 - Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! 2006 - The Ant Bully 2006 - Curious George 2003 - Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003 - The Cat in the Hat 2002 - Scooby-Doo 2002 - Return to Never Land 2001 - Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 2000 - The Grinch 2000 - The Road to El Dorado 2000 - The Tigger Movie 1999 - Deep Blue Sea 1999 - Doug's 1st Movie 1998 - Jane Austen's Mafia! 1998 - Mulan 1998 - Quest for Camelot 1998 - Godzilla 1997 - Spawn 1997 - Mr. Magoo 1997 - Buddy 1997 - A Christmas Carol 1997 - Anaconda 1997 - Cats Don't Dance 1996 - Dunston Checks In 1996 - 101 Dalmatians 1996 - Independence Day 1996 - Space Jam 1996 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1995 - Virtuosity 1995 - Species 1995 - A Goofy Movie 1995 - Mortal Kombat 1995 - The Tale of Tillie's Dragon 1995 - Pocahontas 1995 - The Indian in the Cupboard 1995 - Gordy 1995 - Tank Girl 1995 - Jumanji 1994 - The Santa Clause 1994 - Trading Mom 1994 - The Pagemaster 1994 - Ri¢hie Ri¢h 1994 - The Lion King 1994 - Stargate 1994 - The Shadow 1994 - Little Giants 1994 - Monkey Trouble 1993 - Warlock: The Armageddon 1993 - Super Mario Bros. 1993 - Man's Best Friend 1993 - Happily Ever After 1992 - Aladdin 1991 - Bingo 1991 - Hudson Hawk 1991 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze 1991 - Suburban Commando 1991 - Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time 1991 - Beauty and the Beast 1991 - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 1990 - DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp 1990 - Jetsons: The Movie 1990 - The Rescuers Down Under 1990 - Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990 - The Prince and the Pauper 1989 - The Little Mermaid 1989 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 1989 - Arena 1988 - Caddyshack II 1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 - Oliver & Company 1988 - The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking 1987 - Munchies 1987 - The Chipmunk Adventure 1987 - Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 1986 - My Little Pony: The Movie 1986 - The Golden Child 1986 - Transformers: The Movie 1986 - Space Camp 1985 - Cat's Eye 1985 - My Science Project 1985 - Explorers 1984 - Cannonball Run II 1984 - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984 - Gremlins 1984 - Up the Creek 1981 - Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 - Zorro, The Gay Blade 1972 - Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1969 - The Trouble with Girls 1969 - The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

BIOGRAPHY:

Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker (born March 12, 1946) is a veteran American actor, who specializes in voice acting. He is responsible for a broad spectrum of character voices and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 40 years in American television and motion pictures.

Welker is listed as number one on the "All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office" list by the film website The Numbers, not as a box office draw, but in terms of the total revenue generated by the films he has participated in.

Acting career

Welker's first on camera film role was as a bar fight participant in Stan Dragoti’s Dirty Little Billy. However, his first film role was in The Trouble with Girls, portraying a college kid from Rutgers University who befriends Elvis Presley. He later co-starred with Don Knotts in Universal's How to Frame a Figg. Welker also appeared in three Disney films, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes , Now You See Him, Now You Don't, and he also voiced Abu in the animated film Aladdin.

His on camera television appearances included Love American Style, The Partridge Family and The Don Knotts Show. He played a prosecutor in highly acclaimed ABC special The Trial of General Yamashita and as Captain Pace beside Richard Dreyfuss' Yossarian in Paramount television’s pilot, Catch-22. He appeared on Laugh In, The Dean Martin Roast, The Mike Douglas Show, The Tonight Show, Merv Griffin, The Smothers Brothers Show, The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour and Laugh Trax. In the latter show, he was a cast member alongside Jim Staahl and Howie Mandel. Frank also played an on camera role of a voice actor on an episode of Simon and Simon. He returned to an on-camera role in the film The Informant, playing Matt Damon's character's father.
[edit] Voice acting career

During the 1990s, Welker voiced more roles than he acted. His work includes vocal effects for the character of Sil in Species, Goro in 1995's Mortal Kombat, the Devil in 1986's The Golden Child, and Malebolgia in 1997's Spawn. Welker also provided the voice (both speaking and non-speaking) of Nibbler in the cartoon TV series Futurama. He's also the voice of the monkey Abu in Aladdin, its two sequels and the TV series adaptation.

Welker's first voice role came in 1969, as Fred Jones in Scooby Doo, Where Are You!. As of 2002, Welker is the voice of both Fred Jones and Scooby-Doo. This includes the most recent What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and the series-based spinoff, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! and most recently, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Welker is so closely connected with Fred that anytime Fred appears (with the exception of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), it is Welker providing the voice. Also, Welker starred in most of the 2000s Scooby-Doo projects as Fred Jones and Scooby-Doo.

He also was Sasquatch in The Legend of Sasquatch. Welker's talent was also recognized in Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626, voicing the jealous and maniacal Experiment 6-2-1. For the cartoon SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Welker provided the voice of the villainous Dr. Viper. Welker is also (as of 2005-present) the new voice of Garfield, succeeding the original voice Lorenzo Music, who died in 2001. He has voiced him in Garfield Gets Real, Garfield's Fun Fest, and Garfield's Pet Force. He also portrays Garfield in the new cartoon series The Garfield Show. His voice can also be heard on multiple other animated television series, live-action films and video games.
[edit] Transformers

In the 1980s, Welker voiced many recurring characters in the Transformers animated series. He voiced several Decepticons, including Megatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Mixmaster, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Ratbat. He also did voicework as the Autobots Mirage, Trailbreaker, and Sludge. With the release of the Transformers animated film in 1986, he took on the role of the Autobot Wheelie and afterwards, took over the role of Galvatron from Leonard Nimoy. Having already provided the screams for Nimoy's character Mr. Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, this marked the second time he had inherited a role from Nimoy.

Welker also returned to two of his most famous Transformers roles when he portrayed Megatron and Soundwave as part of a spoof in the third season episode of Robot Chicken, aired shortly after the release of the live action film. In Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen, he reprises the roles of Soundwave and Ravage, and also provides voices for Grindor, Devastator, and Reedman.



TRIVIA:

• Provided the voice for 8 of the original 14 Decepticons in the _"Transformers" (1984)_ (qv) cartoon: Megatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Lazerbeak, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Buzzsaw. He voiced two of the original Autobots as well: Trailbreaker and Mirage, as well as one of the Dinobots (Sludge) that also appeared in the first season.
• He also did the animal voice effects including Dumbo in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)_ (qv).
• Has done voices for both the original Star Trek film series and the television series _"Star Trek: Voyager" (1995)_ (qv).
• Although he never met with the producers or the director Mike Bay, Bay felt his Welker's G1 Megatron voice did not fit the film and Bay's new interpretation. Ironically, he recreated the G1 voice for the "Transformer Game" based on the movie, and was once again reunited with his old nemesis Optimus Prime played by Peter Cullen.
• He has done every voicing of Freddy "Fred" Jones for all of the Scooby-Doo series with the sole exception of _"A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" (1988)_ (qv). Even in parodies and cameos on different TV shows, he has always done this voice.
• In _"Tiny Toon Adventures" (1990)_ (qv), he voiced Furrball, Gogo Dodo, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper, Byron Basset, Uncle Stinky Pig, Henry Bear, and Ralph the Guard who later appeared in _"Animaniacs" (1993)_ (qv), where Frank not only voiced Ralph, but also voiced Thaddeus Plotz, Buttons, Runt, Flavio Hippo, and Chicken Boo.
• Has shared two roles with 'Leonard Nimoy' (qv). When the third season of _"Transformers" (1984)_ (qv) came around, Frank took the role of Galvatron that 'Leonard Nimoy' (qv) had taken in _The Transformers: The Movie (1986)_ (qv). And in _Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)_ (qv), Frank provided the screams of 'Leonard Nimoy' (qv)'s most famous character, Spock.
• One of the most prolific voice actors of all time, he has been involved with some of the most popular and important animated programs of all time as well, beginning with his role as level headed leader Fred Jones in Scooby-Doo, the evil Decepticon leader Megatron in Transformers (among others), Dr. Ray Stantz in The Real Ghostbusters, and a variety of supporting roles in GI Joe, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, and The Smurfs.