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}}'''Frank Welker''' is an American voice actor. He is best known for portraying Fred (and later Scooby) from ''Scooby-Doo'', Dr. Claw, Mad Cat, and Brain from ''Inspector Gadget'', Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Mirage, Trailbreaker and others from ''The Transformers'' and Nibbler from ''Futurama''.
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}}'''Frank Welker''' is an American voice actor. He is best known for portraying Fred Jones (and later Scooby) from ''Scooby-Doo'', Dr. Claw, Mad Cat and Brain from ''Inspector Gadget'', Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Mirage, Trailbreaker and others from ''The Transformers'', and Nibbler from ''Futurama''.
   
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Welker's other credentials include ''Super Friends'', ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''Jabberjaw'', ''Fangface'', ''The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest'', ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle'', ''Ducktales'', ''Bonkers'', ''Talespin'', ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', ''Animaniacs'', ''Histeria!'', ''Saturday Supercade'', ''The Smurfs'', the original ''My Little Pony'', ''Cap'n O.G. Readmore'', ''Muppet Babies'', ''The Jetsons'', ''House of Mouse'', ''Johnny Bravo'', ''The Pirates of the Dark Water'', ''The Real Ghostbusters'', ''My Neighbor Tortoro'', ''Gargoyles'', ''Transformers Prime'' and ''Dynomutt, Dog Wonder''. He has also performed modern portrayals of characters such as Barney Rubble and Dino from ''The Flintstones'' and Hector the Bulldog from ''Looney Tunes''. In the 1980s, he was the voice of Dagwood from ''Blondie''.
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Welker's other credentials include ''Super Friends'', ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''Jabberjaw'', ''Fangface'', ''The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest'', ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle'', ''Ducktales'', ''Bonkers'', ''Talespin'', ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', ''Animaniacs'', ''Histeria!'', ''Saturday Supercade'', ''The Smurfs'', the original ''My Little Pony'', ''Cap'n O.G. Readmore'', ''Muppet Babies'', ''The Jetsons'', ''House of Mouse'', ''Johnny Bravo'', ''The Pirates of the Dark Water'', ''The Real Ghostbusters'', ''My Neighbor Tortoro'', ''Gargoyles'', ''Transformers Prime'' and ''Dynomutt, Dog Wonder''. He has also performed modern portrayals of characters such as Barney Rubble and Dino from ''The Flintstones'' and Hector the Bulldog from ''Looney Tunes''. In the 1980s, he was the voice of Dagwood from ''Blondie''. He has voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the ''Epic Mickey'' video games.
   
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Welker is well known for providing sound effects for animal characters, including Abu from Disney's ''Aladdin'', Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II from ''The Simpsons'' and the title character of ''Curious George''.
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Welker is well known for providing sound effects for animal characters, including Abu the Monkey and Rajah the Tiger from Disney's ''Aladdin'', Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II from ''The Simpsons'' and the title character of ''Curious George''.
   
 
Welker has also made live action appearances, notably in ''The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes'' (which also featured [[Pat Harrington, Jr.]]), the Elvis Presley film ''The Trouble With Girls'', ''The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast'' to George Burns, and ''The Trial of General Yamashita''. He also made guest appearances in ''The [[Don Knotts]] Show'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'', ''Love, American Style'' and ''The Duck Factory''.
  
Welker has also made live action appearances, notably in ''The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes'' (which also featured [[Pat Harrington, Jr.]]), the Elvis Presley film ''The Trouble With Girls'', ''The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast'' to George Burns, and ''The Trial of General Yamashita''. He also made guest appearances in ''The [[Don Knotts]] Show'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'', ''Love, American Style'' and ''The Duck Factory''.
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==Voiceover==
  
==Voiceover==
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Welker has been the main voice of [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]] since 2007. In ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', he was the voice of [[Bo Sheep]], [[Booker]], [[Sheldon]], [[Mort]] and others. He would also substitute as Garfield when [[Lorenzo Music]] was ill, although it is unknown if any of Welker's recordings made it to the final cut.[https://www.newsfromme.com/2010/09/21/make-your-own-kind-of-music/] In ''[[The Garfield Show]]'', besides Garfield, he also voiced many minor and incidental characters. He appeared as himself in a few of the special features of ''[[Garfield Gets Real]]''.
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Welker has been the main voice of [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]] since 2007. In ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', he was the voice of [[Bo Sheep]], [[Booker]], [[Sheldon]], [[Mort]] and others. He substituted as Garfield on one occasion when [[Lorenzo Music]] was ill, although it is unknown if any of Welker's recordings made it to the final cut. <ref>https://www.newsfromme.com/2010/09/21/make-your-own-kind-of-music/</ref> In ''[[The Garfield Show]]'', besides Garfield, he also voiced many minor and incidental characters. He appeared as himself in a few of the special features of ''[[Garfield Gets Real]]''.
   
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===Other Roles===
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====TV Specials====
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====TV specials====
 
=====[[Garfield Goes Hollywood]]=====
  
=====[[Garfield Goes Hollywood]]=====
 
*Bert (The M.C.)
  
*Bert (The M.C.)
   
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=====[[Garfield: His 9 Lives]]=====
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=====[[Garfield: His 9 Lives (TV Special)|Garfield: His 9 Lives]]=====
 
*[[Commander Mendelsen]]
  
*[[Commander Mendelsen]]
   
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*[[The Raccoon|Raccoon]]
 
*[[Dance-O-Matic Robot]]
  
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*The Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs ([[Jack II - The Rest of the Story]])
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*The Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs ("[[Jack II - The Rest of the Story]]")
 
*[[The Incredibly Stupid Swamp Monster (character)|The Incredibly Stupid Swamp Monster]] (aka Swampy)
  
*[[The Incredibly Stupid Swamp Monster (character)|The Incredibly Stupid Swamp Monster]] (aka Swampy)
 
*[[Michael Crabbe]]
  
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*[[Melvin]]
  
*[[Melvin]]
 
*[[Big Cock-A-Doodle]]
  
*[[Big Cock-A-Doodle]]
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*Stewardess ([[If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Alpha Centauri]])
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*Stewardess ("[[If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Alpha Centauri]]")
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*Phils (If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Alpha Centauri)
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*Phils ("If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Alpha Centauri")
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*Host ([[Newsworthy Wade]])
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*Host ("[[Newsworthy Wade]]")
 
*[[Readem and Weep|Weep]]
  
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*[[Leonard]]
  
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*[[Eddie Gourmand]]
  
*[[Eddie Gourmand]]
 
*[[Percy]]
  
*[[Percy]]
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*[[Dad Arbuckle]]
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*[[Mr. Arbuckle]]
 
*[[Paddy]]
  
*[[Paddy]]
 
*[[Lucky]]
  
*[[Lucky]]
 
*[[Ricotta]]
  
*[[Ricotta]]
 
*[[Catzilla]]
  
*[[Catzilla]]
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*[[Animal Scale]] ("[[High Scale]]")
 
*[[Cleaning Robot]]
  
*[[Cleaning Robot]]
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*[[Nimbus]] ([[Freaky Monday]])
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*[[Nimbus]] ("[[Freaky Monday]]")
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*Scale ([[High Scale]])
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*Scale ("[[High Scale]]")
 
*[[Dr. Somnambulo]]
  
*[[Dr. Somnambulo]]
 
*[[Mr. Sellers]]
  
*[[Mr. Sellers]]
 
*[[Freddy Applegate]]
  
*[[Freddy Applegate]]
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*Nick/Petey 2 ([[Home for the Holidays]])
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*Nick/Petey 2 ("[[Home for the Holidays]]")
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*Man #1 ([[Super Me]])
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*Man #1 ("[[Super Me]]")
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*Blue Alien ([[Mastermind]])
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*Blue Alien ("[[Mastermind]]")
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*Green Alien (Mastermind)
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*Green Alien ("Mastermind")
 
*[[Emperor Kaal’Zone]]
  
*[[Emperor Kaal’Zone]]
 
*[[T3000 (character)|T3000]]
  
*[[T3000 (character)|T3000]]
 
*[[Teno and Geno|Geno]]
  
*[[Teno and Geno|Geno]]
 
*[[Spumoni]]
  
*[[Spumoni]]
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*Chucky Ducky ("[[Penny Henny]]")
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*Pablo ([[Full of Beans]])
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*Pablo ("[[Full of Beans]]")
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*Mr. Schnitzel ("Full of Beans")
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*Monster Rubber Duck ([[Bath Day]])
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*Monster Rubber Duck ("[[Bath Day]]")
 
*[[Boris the Snowman]]
  
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*Sam ([[Long Lost Lyman]])
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*Sam ("[[Long Lost Lyman]]")
 
*[[Caveman]]
  
*[[Caveman]]
 
*[[Siam and Tyham|Siam]]
  
*[[Siam and Tyham|Siam]]
 
*[[Voldo]]
  
*[[Voldo]]
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*Secret Agent ("[[The Great Trade-Off]]")
   
 
====[[Professor Garfield]]====
  
====[[Professor Garfield]]====
 
*Garfield/Professor Garfield
  
*Garfield/Professor Garfield
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=====''[[Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl]]''=====
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*Garfield
   
 
====Commercials====
  
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*AAA PSA
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=====AAA PSA=====
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*The Shelter Pet Project - Garfield
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*Garfield
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=====The Shelter Pet Project - Garfield====
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*Garfield
   
 
==Trivia==
  
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**"The Hip-Hop Hobbit/The Monday Project" (the latter segment)
  
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==References==
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*[http://mkbmemorial.com/FWHp/ The Frank Welker Homepage by Doreen Mulman]
  
*[http://mkbmemorial.com/FWHp/ The Frank Welker Homepage by Doreen Mulman]
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Latest revision as of 19:22, 27 March 2024

Frank Welker is an American voice actor. He is best known for portraying Fred Jones (and later Scooby) from Scooby-Doo, Dr. Claw, Mad Cat and Brain from Inspector Gadget, Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Mirage, Trailbreaker and others from The Transformers, and Nibbler from Futurama.

Welker's other credentials include Super Friends, Tiny Toon Adventures, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Jabberjaw, Fangface, The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest, Dexter's Laboratory, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle, Ducktales, Bonkers, Talespin, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Animaniacs, Histeria!, Saturday Supercade, The Smurfs, the original My Little Pony, Cap'n O.G. Readmore, Muppet Babies, The Jetsons, House of Mouse, Johnny Bravo, The Pirates of the Dark Water, The Real Ghostbusters, My Neighbor Tortoro, Gargoyles, Transformers Prime and Dynomutt, Dog Wonder. He has also performed modern portrayals of characters such as Barney Rubble and Dino from The Flintstones and Hector the Bulldog from Looney Tunes. In the 1980s, he was the voice of Dagwood from Blondie. He has voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the Epic Mickey video games.

Welker is well known for providing sound effects for animal characters, including Abu the Monkey and Rajah the Tiger from Disney's Aladdin, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II from The Simpsons and the title character of Curious George.

Welker has also made live action appearances, notably in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (which also featured Pat Harrington, Jr.), the Elvis Presley film The Trouble With Girls, The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast to George Burns, and The Trial of General Yamashita. He also made guest appearances in The Don Knotts Show, The Partridge Family, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Love, American Style and The Duck Factory.

Welker has done stand-up comedy. The 1988 album "Almost Sold Out" features him performing at The Ice House, plus some of his impressions from "Robin Leach's 'Answering Machines of the Rich and Famous'". He and Jack Riley were among the performers on the 1973 comedy album "The Watergate Comedy Hour".

Welker was one of the continuity announcers for Cartoon Network.

Voiceover

Main roles

Welker has been the main voice of Garfield since 2007. In Garfield and Friends, he was the voice of Bo Sheep, Booker, Sheldon, Mort and others. He substituted as Garfield on one occasion when Lorenzo Music was ill, although it is unknown if any of Welker's recordings made it to the final cut. [1] In The Garfield Show, besides Garfield, he also voiced many minor and incidental characters. He appeared as himself in a few of the special features of Garfield Gets Real.

Other roles

TV specials

Garfield Goes Hollywood
  • Bert (The M.C.)
Garfield: His 9 Lives
  • Commander Mendelsen
Garfield's Feline Fantasies
Garfield Gets a Life

Garfield and Friends

Garfield
U.S. Acres

DTV Movies

Garfield Gets Real
  • Nerd
  • Two Headed Guy
  • Goth Kid
  • Hardy
Garfield's Fun Fest
Garfield's Pet Force
  • Garzooka
  • Computer Voice
  • Monster
  • Spike Guard
  • Kung Fu Guard
  • Dog
  • Lawyer
  • Narrator

The Garfield Show

Professor Garfield

  • Garfield/Professor Garfield
  • Lorenzo

Video games

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
  • Garfield

Commercials

AAA PSA
  • Garfield

=The Shelter Pet Project - Garfield

  • Garfield

Trivia

  • Welker has also voiced Garfield in three episodes of the 2010 Mad series:
    • "Garfield of Dreams/I Hate My Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (the former segment)
    • "The Adventures of TaunTaun/Everybody Loves Rayman" (the "Garfield No Monday Calendar" skit)
    • "The Hip-Hop Hobbit/The Monday Project" (the latter segment)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.newsfromme.com/2010/09/21/make-your-own-kind-of-music/

External links

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