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* ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (film)|Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (film)|Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase]]'' ([[2001]])
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
** Lion
** Lion
** Cyber Fred
** Cyber Fred
* ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring]]'' ([[2002]])
** Jerry Mouse
** Jerry Mouse
* ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'' (2002)
** Creatures
** Creatures
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire]]'' ([[2003]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
** Skunk
** Skunk
* ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' (2002-2006)
* ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' (2002-[[2006]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
** Doctor ("[[There's No Creature Like Snow Creature]]", 2002, uncredited)
** Doctor ("[[There's No Creature Like Snow Creature]]", 2002, uncredited)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster]]'' ([[2004]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
** [[Lachlan Haggart]]
** [[Lachlan Haggart]]
* ''[[Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars]]'' ([[2005]])
** [[Spike (Tom and Jerry)|Spike]]
** [[Spike (Tom and Jerry)|Spike]]
** [[Ubu]]
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** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!]]'' (2006-2008)
* ''[[Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!]]'' (2006-[[2008]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!]]'' ([[2007]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword]]'' ([[2009]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins]]'' (2009)
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo]]'' ([[2010]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster]]'' (2010)
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'' (2010-2013)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'' (2010-[[2013]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur]]'' ([[2011]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
** [[Rebels|Misc. bikers]]
** [[Rebels|Misc. bikers]]
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire]]'' ([[2012]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
** Presenter
** Presenter
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery]]'' ([[2014]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
** [[Fred Jones|Train conductor]]
** [[Fred Jones|Train conductor]]
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness]]'' ([[2015]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!]]'' (2015-2018)
* ''[[Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!]]'' (2015-[[2018]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood]]'' ([[2016]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown]]'' ([[2017]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost]]'' ([[2019]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?]]'' (2019-2020)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?]]'' (2019-[[2020]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob]]'' ([[2021]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
** Fred Jones
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** Jabberjaw
** Jabberjaw
** [[Great Gazoo]]
** [[Great Gazoo]]
* ''[[Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!]]'' ([[2022]])
** Scooby-Doo
** Fred Jones
* ''[[Velma]]'' ([[2023]])
* ''[[Velma]]'' ([[2023]])
** [[William Jones]] (announced)
** [[William Jones]] (announced)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Pups]]'' (2024)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Pups]]'' ([[2024]])
** Scooby-Doo (announced)
** Scooby-Doo (announced)


Revision as of 14:40, 28 October 2022

For the actor's animated namesake, see Frank Welker (character).
Frank Welker (actor)
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Years active at Hanna-Barbera 1969-2001
Years active at Warner Bros. 2002-present
Characters played Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones
Dynomutt
Jabberjaw
Tom Cat
Jerry Mouse
Barney Rubble
Bogg
Flooky
Top Troll
Orbitty
Don Coyote
McWolf
Astro
Magilla Gorilla
Frank Welker
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Welker lookalike on What's New, Scooby-Doo?
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Welker guesting on Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

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.

He was interviewed in 2021 for The CW's Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!

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![1] He initially went in to read for Scooby-Doo, but was told not to worry,[1] 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 an audition for Fred, but Hanna-Barbera preferred the actors in the opposite roles.[1]

He was also one of many to audition for Scrappy-Doo, and although he didn't get the part, his ad-lib of the catchphrase, "Puppy power," was approved by Joseph Barbera and added to the script.[2]

Roles

20th century

21st century

Other roles

Welker has done a multitude of voice roles for 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.[3] 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.

For his role in the live-action Transformers films, he once again voiced Soundwave and Ravage in the second movie, Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen. He would reprise as Soundwave again in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, as well taking on the roles of Shockwave and Barricade. He returned as Galvatron and Megatron, in Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight, respectively.

Tributes

References

  1. ^ a b c Alter, Ethan (September 13, 2019). "'Scooby-Doo' at 50: Original cartoon voice talks spinoffs, pot jokes and who's the gang's stealth MVP". Yahoo. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Evanier, Mark Scrappy Days: The Birth of Scrappy Doo and What I Had to Do with It: Chapter Four. News From ME. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Ruegger, Tom (October 29, 2017). "63a Animanicast #63a with Animaniacs Creator Tom Ruegger". Animanicast. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
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