Frank Welker(I)
- Actor
- Sound Department
- Music Department
Frank Welker was born in Colorado. He followed his dream to California, and started a voice acting career which has spanned over five decades and hundreds of credits. Frank has worked with fellow voice actors Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Heather North, and Stefanianna Christopherson on Hanna-Barbera's iconic Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969), voicing Fred Jones, among other Scooby credits over the years. He has also worked with Kurt Russell, Peter Cullen, and Michael Bay.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 26 nominations
Known for
Credits
Actor
- 2024
- 2020–2023
- 2023
- Prancer: A Christmas Tale
- Prancer (voice)
- 2022
- 2022
- Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!
- Scooby Doo
- Rudy
- Fred (voice) ...
- 2022
- 2011–2022
- 2022
- 2006–2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021
- 2021
- 2019–2021
- Curious George: Cape Ahoy
- Curious George (voice)
- 2021
- 2021
Sound Department
- Kangaroo Jack
- advisor: vocal effects
- 2003
- Mr. Magoo
- special vocal sound effects
- 1997
- George of the Jungle
- digital vocal effects
- 1997
- Tommy Boy
- animal vocal effects
- 1995
- Tank Girl
- special vocal effects by
- 1995
- Top Dog
- vocal effects: animals
- 1995
- Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
- adr: animals
- 1995
- 1994
- Radioland Murders
- special vocal effects
- 1994
- Andre
- special vocal sound effects: additional seal sounds
- 1994
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
- Special Vocal Effects by
- 1994
- Monkey Trouble
- special vocal effects
- 1994
- Prehysteria!
- Special Vocal Effects by
- 1993
- Bingo
- special vocal effects
- 1991
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
- special vocal effects
- 1989
Music Department
- Eight Legged Freaks
- special vocal effects
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 101 Dalmatians
- special vocal effects
- 1996
- The Indian in the Cupboard
- special vocal effects
- 1995
- 1995
- Richie Rich
- special vocal effects
- 1994
- The Next Karate Kid
- special vocal effects
- 1994
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
- special vocal effects
- 1994
- Love Potion No. 9
- special vocal effects
- 1992
- Once Upon a Crime...
- special vocal effects
- 1992
- Kuffs
- special vocal effects
- 1992
- Beauty and the Beast
- special vocal effects
- 1991
- City Slickers
- special vocal effects
- 1991
- Prancer
- special vocal effects
- 1989
Personal details
- Official site
- Alternative names
- Jack Beanstalk
- Height
- 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Born
- ParentsMerrill Welker
- Other worksAlso did voice for the Blob in 1997 for Clayfighter 63 1/3 and in 1998 for Clayfighter's Sculptor Cut.
Did you know
- TriviaHas done every voicing of Fred Jones for all of the Scooby-Doo animated series with the sole exception of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988). Even in parodies and cameos on different television series, he has always done this voice.
- QuotesI've been doing voices as long as I can remember. When I was little, I could pick up on sounds and then I discovered you could distort what you hear and make people laugh or disrupt a class.
- TrademarksOften works in animated productions as the voice of animal characters
- Nicknames
- Dr. Frankenwelker
- Frankie
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