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Frank Welker

Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2023, making him one of the most prolific voice actors in history. With his films earning a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third-highest-grossing actor as of 2011.

Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise since its inception in 1969, and the title protagonist himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the animated film ''Scoob!'', the only original voice actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced Baby Kermit in the original Muppet Babies, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in ''Epic Mickey'' and its sequel; Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave, and various characters in the ''Transformers'' franchise; Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II on ''The Simpsons''; Shao Kahn and Reptile in the 1995 ''Mortal Kombat'' film; Curious George in the ''Curious George'' franchise; Garfield on ''The Garfield Show''; Nibbler on ''Futurama''; the titular character in ''Jabberjaw''; Speed Buggy in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise; Astro and Orbitty on the 1980s revival of ''The Jetsons''; and various characters in ''The Smurfs''. Much of his work includes animal and monster vocalizations.

In 2016, he received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award. He was nominated for the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program in 2022. Provided by Wikipedia