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− | |alternate names = Frank W. Welker<br>Frankie Welker}}'''Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker''' is an American voice actor, actor, former stand-up comedian, and impressionist, who has done almost over 800 different character voice roles in animated films, television shows, video games, and commercials. |
+ | |alternate names = Frank W. Welker<br>Frankie Welker}}'''Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker''' is an American voice actor, actor, former stand-up comedian, and former impressionist, who has done almost over 800 different character voice roles in animated films, television shows, video games, and commercials. |
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. He is best known for performing the voice of [[wikipedia:Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)|Fred Jones]] since [[1969]] as well as [[wikipedia:Megatron|Megatron]] and [[wikipedia:Soundwave (Transformers)|Soundwave]] in various incarnations of the ''[[wikipedia:Transformers|Transformers]]'' franchise, and has become the current voice of [[wikipedia:Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]] since [[2002]]. He is most notable for providing voices for different animal, monster, and creature sounds as well. |
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. He is best known for performing the voice of [[wikipedia:Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)|Fred Jones]] since [[1969]] as well as [[wikipedia:Megatron|Megatron]] and [[wikipedia:Soundwave (Transformers)|Soundwave]] in various incarnations of the ''[[wikipedia:Transformers|Transformers]]'' franchise, and has become the current voice of [[wikipedia:Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]] since [[2002]]. He is most notable for providing voices for different animal, monster, and creature sounds as well. |
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Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American voice actor, actor, former stand-up comedian, and former impressionist, who has done almost over 800 different character voice roles in animated films, television shows, video games, and commercials.
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. He is best known for performing the voice of Fred Jones since 1969 as well as Megatron and Soundwave in various incarnations of the Transformers franchise, and has become the current voice of Scooby-Doo since 2002. He is most notable for providing voices for different animal, monster, and creature sounds as well.
He has done numerous voice roles in many Disney films, television shows, and video games, most notably Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Brother Bear, Epic Mickey, and more.
Disney Roles
Gallery
Trivia
- Welker is listed as the number one "All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office", not as a box office draw, but in terms of the total revenue generated by the films he has participated in.
- He is real life good friends with voice actor Peter Cullen.
- His role as Henry in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes is one of the select few live action roles he's had.
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