Who is Frank Welker?
Frank Welker followed his dream to California, and started a voice acting career which has spanned over five decades and hundreds of credits. Frank has worked with fellow voice actors Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Heather North, and Stefanianna Christopherson on Hanna-Barbera's iconic Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969), voicing Fred Jones, among other Scooby credits over the years. He has also worked with Kurt Russell, Peter Cullen, and Michael Bay.
Overview
- Nicknames
- Jack Beanstalk, Dr. Frankenwelker, Frank W. Welker, Franklin Welker, Tom Welker
Trivia
- His broad spectrum of character voices, noises and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 40 years in motion pictures, have vaulted him to number one on the "All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box office" list. The revenue of films he has participated in have generated over 12 billion dollars worldwide. His work in over 90 films has put him ahead of Harrison Ford, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks and Eddie Murphy.
- Has done every voicing of Fred Jones for most of the Scooby-Doo animated series with the sole exception of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988). Even in parodies and cameos on dissimilar television series, he has always done this voice.
- Has played the same character (Fred Jones) on 15 dissimilar series: Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969), The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972), The Scooby-Doo Show (1976), Dynomutt Dog Wonder (1976), Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979), The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Puppy Hour (1982), The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984), Scooby's Mystery Funhouse (1982), Family Guy (1999), Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2000), What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002), Robot Chicken (2005), Supernatural (2005), Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008) and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010).
- Referred to in Hollywood as a voice god.
- Has worked with Robin Williams in five films: A Wish for Wings That Work (1991), Aladdin (1992), In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994), Jumanji (1995) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996).