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Frank Welker
Frank Welker
Biographical Information
Full Name Franklin Wendell Welker
Born March 12, 1946
Died
Height
First Role Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969)
Link(s) IMDb, Wikipedia

Frank Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting. Welker is one of the highest grossing actors in Hollywood.

Biography

Welker was born in Denver, Colorada in 1946. He then moved to California and attended Santa Monica City College in Santa Monica, California, where he majored in theatrical arts. He performed in numerous college plays and formed his own stand-up comedy act which led to him touring in concerts with performers such as The Righteous Brothers and Sergio Mendes. He later performed in areas such as Los Vegas and Lake Tahoe as the opening act for such headliners as Sonny and Cher, Diana Ross, and Loretta Lynn.

Welker's first on camera film role was as a bar fight participant in Stan Dragoti’s 1972 film Dirty Little Billy. His next film role was in The Trouble with Girls, portraying a college kid from Rutgers University who befriends Elvis Presley. He later co-starred with Don Knotts in Universal's How to Frame a Figg. Welker also appeared in two Disney films, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, and Now You See Him, Now You Don't.

His on camera television appearances included roles in Love American Style, The Partridge Family, and The Don Knotts Show. He played a prosecutor in highly acclaimed ABC special The Trial of General Yamashita and as Captain Pace beside Richard Dreyfuss' Yossarian in Paramount television’s pilot, Catch-22. He also appeared on Laugh In, The Dean Martin Roast, The Mike Douglas Show, The Tonight Show, Merv Griffin, The Smothers Brothers Show, The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour, Laugh Trax, and as one of the cast members in the 1985 special of That Was the Year That Was with David Frost. In the latter show, he appeared alongside Jim Staahl and Howie Mandel. Frank also played an on camera role of a voice actor on an episode of Simon and Simon and in the film The Informant as Matt Damon's father.

Welker has done over 1,200 voices since the late 1960s, earning him the title of "voice acting god" from some of his fellow voice-over artists. One of Welker's most famous voice roles is that of Fred Jones in the various Scooby-Doo cartoons. He first played "Freddie" in the 1969-1972 series Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, and has continued voicing the character ever since. Since 2002 (starting with the show What's New, Scooby-Doo?), Welker has been the voice of both Freddie and Scooby-Doo.

Welker is also strongly affiliated with the Transformers series. He provided the voice for ten of the Decepticons on the 1980s show: Megatron (the Decepticon leader), Soundwave, Skywarp, Mixmaster, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Ratbat. He also voiced a few Autobots; Mirage, Trailbreaker, Blades, Chromedome, Groove, and Sludge. In addition, he voiced Megatron, Soundwave, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Laserbeak, as well as Wheelie and Junkion, in 1986's The Transformers: The Movie.

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