Frank Welker

Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American voice actor and former stand-up comedian. His most prolific roles for Hanna-Barbera (H-B) are Fred Jones and Scooby-Doo since 1969 and 2002, respectively. He has also been Wonder Dog, Marvin White, Dynomutt, Jabberjaw, the Shmoo, Orbitty, Barney Rubble, Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse, and McWolf. He was also Fangface on Ruby-Spears' Fangface.

History with Hanna-Barbera
Welker was doing a Friskies dog food commercial when he was informed by the casting agent's fiancé that she was casting for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! He initially went into read for Scooby-Doo, but was told not to worry, as that went to H-B veteran Don Messick. He also wanted to audition for Shaggy Rogers, who he found more appealing than the "guy in an ascot." Casey Kasem also came into audition for Fred, but Hanna-Barbera preferred the actors in the opposite roles.

He was also one of many to audition for Scrappy-Doo, and although he didn't get the part, his ad-libs of the catchphrase, "Puppy power," were approved by Joseph Barbera and added to the script.

20th century

 * Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1970)
 * Fred Jones
 * Pink dog ("Decoy for a Dognapper", 1969)
 * Charlie ("Decoy for a Dognapper", 1969)
 * Dolphin ("Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright", 1970)
 * Seals ("Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright", 1970)
 * Hermit of the Hills ("Jeepers, It's the Creeper", 1970)
 * Sheep rustler ("Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf", 1970)
 * The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-1973)
 * Fred Jones
 * Cleopatra the plant ("Wednesday is Missing", 1972)
 * Male housekeeper ("Wednesday is Missing", 1972)
 * Super Friends (1973)
 * Wonder Dog
 * Marvin White
 * The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-1978)
 * Fred Jones
 * Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976-1978)
 * Dynomutt
 * Jabberjaw (1976)
 * Jabberjaw
 * Fangface (1978-1980)
 * Fangface
 * Tom & Jerry Kids (1990-1994)
 * Tom Cat
 * Jerry Mouse
 * Johnny Bravo (1997)
 * Fred Jones ("Bravo Dooby-Doo", 1997)
 * Speed Buggy ("Bravo Dooby-Doo", 1997)
 * Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) - Fred Jones
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999) - Fred Jones
 * Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)

21st century

 * Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001) - Fred Jones
 * Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002) - Jerry Mouse
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003) - Fred Jones, Scooby-Doo
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (2003) - Fred Jones, Scooby-Doo
 * What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002-2006)
 * Fred Jones
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006-2008)
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Fred Jones
 * Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010-2013)
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Fred Jones
 * Barty Blake
 * Freak of Crystal Cove
 * Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (2015-2018)
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Fred Jones
 * Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Fred Jones
 * Pete ("Attack of the Weird Al-Osaurus!", 2019)
 * SCOOB! (2020)
 * Scooby-Doo

Other roles
Welker has done a multitude of voice roles for cult Saturday morning cartoons (or just any day of the week) of the '80s and '90s, which include Megatron/Galvatron and Soundwave on The Transformers, Doctor Claw on Inspector Gadget, Slimer on The Real Ghostbusters, Fall Apart Rabbit on Bonkers, and Abu on Aladdin, and Mr. Plotz, Runt, Ralph the Guard, Buttons on Animaniacs. Tom Ruegger, the creator of Animaniacs, influenced the casting of Welker for Ralph, in particular, because of Welker playing Dimwittie in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. He also acted as Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II and Nibbler in prime-time animated sitcoms, The Simpsons and Futurama, respectively. He is also the voice of Garfield the Cat and Curious George in TV shows and movies since the 2000s.

He has also had on-camera roles largely from the '60s to the '80s, playing opposite Elvis Presley in The Trouble with Girls, and Don Knotts in How to Frame a Figg, and played Don Messick's rival in an episode of The Duck Factory.

He also did the voice of Megatron in the live-action films Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight.

Tributes

 * The culprit of "Who's Who in Scooby-Doo" in DC Comics' Scooby-Doo #74 was named Frank Welker.
 * The fake Fred in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "A Scooby-Doo Valentine" turns out to be a middle-aged man resembling Welker.
 * In Capstone's Scooby-Doo! Encyclopedia, they refer to the sheep rustler from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf", as Frank Welker.
 * "My Life with Scooby-Doo! Frank Welker's Animated Journey", a featurette included on the Blu-ray release of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series.