Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American actor who specializes in voice acting. He is one of the highest-grossing actors in Hollywood.
Welker's first notable voice role was Fred Jones in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, a role he has reprised in most subsequent spin-offs and adaptations (he is also the current voice of Scooby-Doo himself as of 2002). His range extends to such varied characters as Ralph the Guard and Runt from Animaniacs, Ray Stantz and Slimer on The Real Ghostbusters, Megatron and Soundwave from Transformers, Abu from Disney's Aladdin, Baby Kermit in the original Muppet Babies cartoon, Dr. Claw and Brain from Inspector Gadget, Garfield in The Garfield Show and CGI-animated movies, Father Time and Pule Houser on Histeria!, Santa's Little Helper (the dog) from The Simpsons, Nibbler from Futurama, Hefty Smurf in the 1980s Smurfs cartoon, Curious George in the film and TV series of the same name, and of course, Santa Claus in multiple Christmas productions.
Voice roles in Christmas specials[]
Hanna-Barbera[]
| Production | Year | Character(s) |
|---|---|---|
| The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries: "The Nutcracker Scoob" | 1981 | Fred Jones Winslow Nickelby Snowball Nickelby's lawyer |
| The Smurfs' Christmas Special | 1982 | Hefty Smurf |
| Christmas Comes to Pac-Land | Chomp-Chomp Reindeer Morris | |
| The Dukes: "A Dickens of a Christmas" | 1983 | Additional voices |
| The Smurfs: "Baby's First Christmas" | Hefty Smurf | |
| The Jetsons: "A Jetson Christmas Carol" | 1985 | The Ghost of Christmas Present Orbitty Young Mr. Spacely |
| The Greatest Adventures: Stories from The Bible: "The Nativity" | 1986 | Roman Solider |
| Pound Puppies: "Happy Howlidays" | Catgut Alley Dog 1 | |
| 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy | 1987 | Hefty Smurf Poet Smurf Wild Smurf Puppy Rat |
| The Little Troll Prince | Prag 2 | |
| The Smurfs: "The Magic Sack of Mr. Nicholas" | Hefty Smurf | |
| Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone: "Santanapped" | 1990 | Murphy Nosey Bird Rocky |
| The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda: "Don Coyote and the Christmas Bell" | 1991 | Don Coyote Dapple |
| A Flintstone Family Christmas | 1993 | Barney Rubble |
| A Flintstones' Christmas Carol | 1994 | Barney Rubble Dino |
| Cave Kids: "Cave Kid Christmas" | 1996 | Dino |
| A Scooby-Doo Christmas | 2002 | Scooby-Doo Fred Jones |
| Scooby-Doo: Haunted Holidays | 2012 | |
| Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!: "Scary Christmas" | 2015 | |
| Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!: "Scroogey Doo" | 2016 |
Warner Bros. Animation[]
| Production | Year | Character(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Tiny Toon Adventures: "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special" | 1992 | Furball Gogo Dodo |
| Animaniacs: "'Twas the Day Before Christmas" | 1993 | Ralph the Guard Thaddeus Plotz |
| Animaniacs: "A Christmas Plotz" | ||
| Pinky and the Brain: "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" | 1995 | Bill Clinton |
| The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries: "It Happened One Night Before Christmas" | Hector Freddy Totter | |
| Freakazoid!: "In Arms Way" | Mall Santa | |
| Animaniacs: "Noel" | 1996 | Captain Ahab |
| Histeria!: "The Banks of the Delaware River" | 1998 | Father Time Bill Clinton |
| The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries: "Feather Christmas" | Hector |
Other Christmas specials[]
| Production | Year | Character(s) |
|---|---|---|
| The Tiny Tree | 1975 | Father Groundhog Beaver Mole |
| A Chipmunk Christmas | 1981 | Santa Claus Doctor |
| Ziggy's Gift | 1982 | Fuzz Cat Turkeys |
| Saturday Supercade: "A Christmas Story" | 1983 | Donkey Kong Jr. |
| Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls | Baby Boo Al Kenzo Alien Astronomer | |
| Hotel: "Christmas" | Special vocal effects | |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: "Santa Harry" | Additional voices | |
| Gremlins | 1984 | Steele |
| The Glo Friends Save Christmas | 1985 | Glo Sluggerbug Christmas Elf |
| The Real Ghostbusters: "Xmas Marks the Spot" | 1986 | Ray Stantz Slimer Santa Claus |
| Rambo: The Force of Freedom: "When S.A.V.A.G.E. Stole Santa" | Mad Dog Animal Supertrooper | |
| Prancer | 1989 | special vocal effects |
| A Wish For Wings That Work | 1991 | Additional voices |
| Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas | 1992 | Brain Dr. Claw Santa Claus |
| A Goof Troop Christmas: Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas | Waffles Chainsaw The bear | |
| Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire: "Merry Christmas, Super Dave!" | ||
| Bonkers: "Miracle at the 34th Precinct" | 1993 | Fall-Apart Rabbit |
| A Hollywood Hounds Christmas | 1994 | Additional characters |
| The Santa Clause | Reindeer Voices | |
| The Itsy Bitsy Spider: "Nutcracker Cha-Cha-Cha" | Itsy Langston | |
| The Mask: "Santa Mask" | 1995 | Milo |
| The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show: "Jingle Bells, Something Smells" | Meat | |
| The Adventures of Hyperman!: "Have a Hyper Christmas!" | Entrobe | |
| Bobby's World: "Miracle on 34th Street and Rural Route 1" | ||
| Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | 1997 | Philippe the Horse Sultan the Dog |
| 101 Dalmatians: The Series: "A Christmas Cruella" | Scorch | |
| Annabelle's Wish | Special vocal effects | |
| A Christmas Carol | Debit | |
| Adventures of the Book of Virtues: "Generosity" | Sock Billy Chipmunk | |
| Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | 1999 | Turkey Figaro |
| Futurama: "Xmas Story" | Nibbler Parrot | |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | 2000 | Max |
| Futurama: "A Tale of Two Santas" | 2001 | Nibbler Walter Cronkite's Head Robo-Dogs Elves Hyperchicks |
| House of Mouse: "Clarabelle's Christmas List" | 2002 | Monstro |
| The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: "Christmas Con Carne" | Boskov | |
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: "Holly Jolly Jimmy" | 2003 | Officer Tubbs Father Goddard |
| The Garfield Show: "Caroling Capers" | 2009 | Garfield |
| Curious George: "A Very Monkey Christmas" | George | |
| The Garfield Show: "Home for the Holidays" | 2010 | Garfield Mr. Arbuckle |
| The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | 2011 | Azrael |
| Bubble Guppies: "Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!" | Bubble Puppy | |
| Minnie's Bow-Toons: "Oh, Christmas Tree!" | 2013 | Figaro |
| Mickey Mouse: Roadster Racers: "Happy Holiday Helpers" | 2017 | Butch |
| The Rocketeer: "The Christmas Star" | 2019 | Ambrose Butch Lilith |
| Prancer: A Christmas Tale | 2022 | Prancer (vocals) |
External links[]
- Frank Welker at the Internet Movie Database
- Frank Welker at the Movie Database
- Frank Welker at Behind the Voice Actors
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