

Welker provided both the speaking voice and animal sounds for Nibbler on Matt Groening's Futurama. He also voiced various characters on The Simpsons, such as Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II, and various other animals from 1991 to his departure from the show in 2002. Jeremiah Surd on The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Bubba the Caveduck and two of the Beagle Boys (Bigtime & Baggie) on DuckTales multiple voices on The Smurfs, including Hefty Smurf, Poet Smurf, and Peewit and various characters on Captain Planet and the Planeteers. Joe heroes and villains Scooter on Challenge of the GoBots Ray Stantz and Slimer in The Real Ghostbusters the villainous Dr. Cat on Inspector Gadget Mister Mxyzptlk, Darkseid, and Kalibak on Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show Iceman & various characters on Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Baby Kermit, Baby Beaker and various other characters on Muppet Babies Wild Bill, Dreadnok Torch, and various G.I.
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In 1978, he played the title character on Fangface and later in its spin-off, Fangface and Fangpuss, and also voiced Heckle and Jeckle and Quacula on The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle, and Spike, Tyke, Droopy, Slick Wolf and Barney Bear on The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show.ĭuring the 1980s and 1990s, Welker became a very busy voice actor, providing the voice for many popular cartoon characters in multiple TV series, including Brain, Doctor Claw, and M.A.D. Frank Welker described the voice he used for the Shmoo as "a bubble voice" (one he later used for Gogo Dodo in Tiny Toon Adventures). Welker continued to provide voices for many characters for Hanna-Barbera for several years, which include Jabberjaw, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, and the Shmoo in The New Fred and Barney Show and its spin-off, The Flintstones Comedy Show.
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That same year, he played Pudge and Gabby on DePatie-Freleng Enterprises' animated series Bailey's Comets. His next major character voice was for Wonder Dog (which was inspired by Scooby-Doo) and Marvin White on the 1973 series Super Friends (also produced by Hanna-Barbera). With the death of Casey Kasem in 2014, Welker is the only original voice actor still in the Scooby-Doo franchise. Welker has voiced Fred in almost every series and incarnation of the Scooby-Doo animated franchise (with the exceptions of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Scoob!, and Velma, the latter of which he portrayed Fred’s father) and has also provided the voice of Scooby-Doo since 2002. His first major voice role came in 1969 as Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise. Welker began his career as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in 1967, before transitioning to on-screen acting and later voice acting. His parents were Merrill Welker, a mining engineer, and Lillian. Welker was born on March 12, 1946, in Denver, Colorado. In 2016, he received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award and was nominated for the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program in 2022. He has also voiced Baby Kermit in the original Muppet Babies, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and its sequel Megatron, Galvatron and Soundwave 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 Speed Buggy in the Scooby-Doo franchise Astro and Orbitty on the 1980s revival of The Jetsons and various characters in The Smurfs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many works. 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. Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969, and the title protagonist himself since 2002. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third- highest-grossing actor of all time. 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 of all time. Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor.
