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Frank Welker (born February 16, 1945 in Denver, Colorado), is an American voice actor. He is responsible for a broad spectrum of character voices, noises, and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 40 years in American TV shows and movies. Welker is particularly noted for a wide range of non-verbal vocal effects, i.e., for aliens and (non-talking) animals.

Before he began his career as a voice actor, Welker was a live-action character actor, and appeared in such films as Elvis' The Trouble with Girls
. One of Welker's earliest voice-over roles, starting in 1969, was as Fred Jones, the level-headed leader of the mystery-solving team from Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo, Where are You!, a role Welker has held through most of the show's various spin-offs and versions. This includes nearly all parodies and cameos of the character in other cartoons.

In the 1980s, he voiced Megatron, Soundwave and his cassettes, and Galvatron (Season 3) in the Transformers cartoon. In this he formed a team with Chris Latta, who voiced Starscream, Megatron's second in command. In 1988, Welker did the voice of Rulon leader Krulos in the TV-series Dino-riders. In this cartoon he again formed a team with Chris Latta, who voiced Rasp, Krulos' second in command. Again in G.I.Joe he formed a team with Latta. Other actors who featured in Transformers, Dino-riders and G.I.Joe are Jack Angel, Charlie Adler and Peter Cullen.

He is often referred to as a "voice acting god" in Hollywood for the sheer number of voices he has done, over 1200, ranging from 1969 with his work on Scooby-Doo, to the present day with his many roles in cartoons (Lilo & Stitch: The Series
), films (The Cat in the Hat
), and computer games (the Baldur's Gate series). In The Transformers, he voiced nearly all of the original Decepticons. With the release of the film, 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 Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
, this marked the second time he had inherited a role from Nimoy. Welker did more live action movies during the 1990s. Among his work includes vocal effects for the character Goro in 1995's Mortal Kombat, the movie being based on Midway's popular fighting game and he voiced the Devil Malebolgia in 1997's Spawn, the movie based on the very popular Todd McFarlane comic books. He also provided the voice - both speaking and non-speaking - of Nibbler in the cartoon TV series Futurama.

As of 2002, Welker is the voice of both Fred Jones and Scooby-Doo in What's New Scooby-Doo?, the latest series-based spin-off to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! He also does the voice of King Bowser in 2003's Mario Party 5, and 2005's Super Mario 64 DS.

Partial filmography

Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch - Wheelie and Chopper
Scooby-Doo - Freddy Jones and Scooby-Doo
Inspector Gadget - Brain, Dr. Claw, and Mad Cat
Dungeons & Dragons - Uni and Tiamat
Gargoyles - Bronx and Baby Alex
Gremlins - Stripe and other Mogwai and Gremlins
Transformers - Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave and many others
G.I. Joe - Copperhead, Flash, Freedom, Junkyard, Polly, Short-Fuse, Timber, Torch, and Wild Bill
Garfield and Friends - Booker, Sheldon, Bo, and Mort
The Real Ghostbusters - Ray Stantz and Slimer
Tiny Toon Adventures
- Gogo Dodo, Little Beeper, Calamity Coyote, and Furrball
Jim Henson's Muppet Babies - Kermit, Beaker, and Skeeter
Hudson Hawk
- Bunny the dog
Pac-Man - Chomp Chomp
Homeward Bound
- Animal sounds (not the voices, but the barks and meows)
Captain N: The Game Master - Game Boy (Seasons 2 & 3)
Space-Stars - Cosmo and Blip
Heathcliff - Dingbat (1980-1982)
Aladdin - Abu the monkey, Rajah, Xerxes
Animaniacs - Runt, Flavio Hippo, Buttons, Ralph the Guard, Thaddeus Plotz, and Chicken Boo
Species - Alien Sil's vocal effects
Trouble with Girls - On screen appearance as Rutgers
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - Guest on June 5, 1979
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes - On screen appearance as Henry
The Don Knotts Show - Regular Cast Member
The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour - Regular Cast Member
The Smurfs - Azrael, Clockwork Smurf, Hefty Smurf, Peewit, Poet Smurf, Puppy
The Snorks - Occy, Tooter
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder - Dynomutt, the dog wonder
The Pagemaster
-Voice Horror
The Jetsons - Orbity (Seasons 2 & 3, 1984-1987)
Futurama - Nibbler, both talking and non-talking versions, and numerous other animal and humanoid voices
Stargate - The giant pack animal
The Simpsons - Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II and Buck McCoy
Dexter's Laboratory - Monkey, The Infraggible Krunk and Mr. Luzinsky
Jackie Chan Adventures - Tchang Zu and Dai Gui
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Tokka and Rahzar
Hercules: The Animated Series - Pegasus
Disney's House of Mouse - Gus Goose, Additional Voices
Mickey Mouse Works - Butch the Bulldog
Goof Troop - Waffles and Chainsaw
Dave the Barbarian - Faffy
101 Dalmatians: The Series - Thunderbolt, Steven, Scorch, Cynde
SeaQuest DSV - voice of Darwin the dolphin
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron - voice of Dr. Viper, Volcanus, Additional voices
My Neighbor Totoro
(2005 Disney dub) - voice of King Totoro
Clay Fighter 63 1/3 - Blob, Icky Bod Clay, Lockjaw Pooch and the Zappa Yow Yow Boyz
Bambi II
- Additional Voices
Curious George
- voice of Curious George
Quest for Camelot
- voice of Ayden

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