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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.

His 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 Slimer from The Real Ghostbusters, Megatron from Transformers, Abu the Monkey from Disney's Aladdin, Hefty Smurf from The Smurfs, Curious George in the film and TV series of the same name, Dr. Claw and Brain on Inspector Gadget, Santa's Little Helper (the dog) on The Simpsons, and of course, Santa Claus in multiple Christmas productions.

Voice roles in Christmas specials

Hanna-Barbera

Production	Year	Character(s)
"The Nutcracker Scoob"	1981	Fred Jones Winslow Nickelby Snowball Nickelby's lawyer
The Smurfs' Christmas Special	1982	Hefty Smurf
Christmas Comes to Pac-Land	1982	Chomp-Chomp Reindeer Morris
"A Jetson Christmas Carol"	1985	The Ghost of Christmas Present Orbitty Young Mr. Spacely
'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy	1987	Hefty Smurf Poet Smurf Wild Smurf Puppy Rat
A Flintstone Family Christmas	1993	Barney Rubble
A Flintstones' Christmas Carol	1994	Barney Rubble Dino

Warner Bros.

Production	Year	Character(s)
"It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special"	1992	Furball
"'Twas the Day Before Christmas"	1993	Ralph the Guard Thaddeus Plotz
"A Christmas Plotz"	1993	Ralph the Guard Thaddeus Plotz
A Pinky and the Brain Christmas	1995	Bill Clinton
"In Arms Way"	1995	Santa
"The American Revolution - Part I"	1998	Father Time Bill Clinton
A Scooby-Doo Christmas	2002	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones
Scooby-Doo: Haunted Holidays	2012	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones

Other Christmas specials

Production	Year	Character(s)
A Chipmunk Christmas	1981	Santa Claus Doctor
Ziggy's Gift	1982	Ziggy's dog Cat Turkeys
"Xmas Marks the Spot"	1986	Dr. Raymond Stantz Slimer Santa Claus
A Wish For Wings That Work	1991	Santa Claus
Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas	1992	Brain Dr. Claw Santa Claus
A Goof Troop Christmas: Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas	1992	Waffles Chainsaw The bear
"Miracle at the 34th Precinct"	1993	Fall-Apart Rabbit
A Hollywood Hounds Christmas	1994	Muttski Additional voices
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	1997	Phillipe the Horse Sultan the Dog
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas	1999	Turkey Figaro
"The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights"	1999	Krusha
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	2000	Max
"Holly Jolly Jimmy"	2003	Goddard
"Caroling Capers"	2009	Garfield
"Home for the Holidays"	2010	Garfield Jon's Dad
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol	2011	Azrael

External links

Frank Welker at the Internet Movie Database

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 '''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.
-His 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 Slimer from ''The Real Ghostbusters'', Megatron from ''Transformers'', Abu the Monkey from Disney's ''Aladdin'', [[Hefty Smurf]] from ''The Smurfs'', Curious George in the film and TV series of the same name, [[Dr. Claw]] and Brain on ''Inspector Gadget'', and Santa's Little Helper (the dog) on ''The Simpsons''.
+His 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 Slimer from ''The Real Ghostbusters'', Megatron from ''Transformers'', Abu the Monkey from Disney's ''Aladdin'', [[Hefty Smurf]] from ''The Smurfs'', Curious George in the film and TV series of the same name, [[Dr. Claw]] and Brain on ''Inspector Gadget'', Santa's Little Helper (the dog) on ''The Simpsons'', and of course, [[Santa Claus]] in multiple Christmas productions.
 ==Voice roles in Christmas specials==
+===Hanna-Barbera===
 {| class="wikitable" border="1"
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 ! Year
 ! Character(s)
-|-valign="top"
-|''[[A Chipmunk Christmas]]''
-|1981
-|[[Santa Claus]]<br />
 |-valign="top"
 |"[[The Nutcracker Scoob]]"
 |1981
-|[[Fred Jones]]
+|[[Fred Jones]]<br />Winslow Nickelby<br />Snowball<br />Nickelby's lawyer
+|-
+|''[[The Smurfs' Christmas Special]]''
+|1982
+|[[Hefty Smurf]]
 |-valign="top"
 |''[[Christmas Comes to Pac-Land]]''
@@ Line 26: / Line 28: @@
 |1985
 |[[The Ghost of Christmas Present]]<br />Orbitty<br />Young Mr. Spacely
+|-
+|''[['Tis the Season to Be Smurfy]]''
+|1987
+|[[Hefty Smurf]]<br />Poet Smurf<br />Wild Smurf<br />Puppy<br />Rat
 |-valign="top"
+|''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]''
-|"[[Xmas Marks the Spot]]"
+|1993
-|1986
+|[[Barney Rubble]]
-|Dr. Raymond Stantz<br />Slimer<br />Santa Claus
 |-valign="top"
-|''[[Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas]]''
+|''[[A Flintstones' Christmas Carol]]''
+|1994
-|1992
+|Barney Rubble<br />Dino
-|Brain<br />[[Dr. Claw]]<br />Santa Claus
+|}
+===Warner Bros.===
+{| class="wikitable" border="1"
+! Production
+! Year
+! Character(s)
 |-valign="top"
 |"[[It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special]]"
@@ Line 46: / Line 60: @@
 |1993
 |Ralph the Guard<br />Thaddeus Plotz
+|-
+|''[[A Pinky and the Brain Christmas]]''
+|1995
+|[[wikipedia:Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton]]
+|-
+|"[[In Arms Way]]"
+|1995
+|Santa
 |-valign="top"
+|"[[The American Revolution - Part I]]"
-|''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]''
+|1998
-|1993
+|[[Father Time]]<br />Bill Clinton
-|[[Barney Rubble]]
 |-valign="top"
+|''[[A Scooby-Doo Christmas]]''
+|2002
+|[[Scooby-Doo]]<br />Fred Jones
+|-valign="top"
+|''[[Scooby-Doo: Haunted Holidays]]''
+|2012
+|Scooby-Doo<br />Fred Jones
+|}
+===Other Christmas specials===
+{| class="wikitable" border="1"
+! Production
+! Year
+! Character(s)
+|-valign="top"
+|''[[A Chipmunk Christmas]]''
+|1981
+|[[Santa Claus]]<br />Doctor
+|-valign="top"
+|''[[Ziggy's Gift]]''
+|1982
+|Ziggy's dog<br />Cat<br />Turkeys
+|-valign="top"
+|"[[Xmas Marks the Spot]]"
+|1986
+|Dr. Raymond Stantz<br />Slimer<br />Santa Claus
+|-
+|''[[A Wish For Wings That Work]]''
+|1991
+|Santa Claus
+|-valign="top"
+|''[[Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas]]''
+|1992
+|Brain<br />[[Dr. Claw]]<br />Santa Claus
+|-valign="top"
+|''[[A Goof Troop Christmas: Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas]]''
+|1992
+|Waffles<br />Chainsaw<br />The bear
+|-
 |"[[Miracle at the 34th Precinct]]"
 |1993
 |Fall-Apart Rabbit
 |-valign="top"
-|''[[A Flintstones' Christmas Carol]]''
+|''[[A Hollywood Hounds Christmas]]''
 |1994
+|Muttski<br />Additional voices
-|Barney Rubble
-|-
-|''[[A Pinky and the Brain Christmas]]''
-|1995
-|[[wikipedia:Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton]]
-|-valign="top"
-|"[[In Arms Way]]"
-|1995
-|Cave Guy
 |-valign="top"
 |''[[Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas]]''
@@ Line 71: / Line 125: @@
 |Phillipe the Horse<br />Sultan the Dog
 |-valign="top"
+|''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]''
-|"[[The American Revolution - Part I]]"
+|1999
-|1998
+|Turkey<br />Figaro
-|[[Father Time]]
 |-valign="top"
 |"[[The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights]]"
 |1999
 |Krusha
+|-
-|-valign="top"
-|''[[A Scooby-Doo Christmas]]''
+|''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (movie)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''
+|2000
-|2002
+|[[Max (The Grinch)|Max]]
-|[[Scooby-Doo]]<br />Fred Jones
 |-valign="top"
 |"[[Holly Jolly Jimmy]]"
@@ Line 94: / Line 148: @@
 |2010
 |Garfield<br />[[Jon's Dad]]
+|-
-|-valign="top"
-|''[[Scooby-Doo: Haunted Holidays]]''
+|''[[The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol]]''
+|2011
-|2012
+|[[Azrael]]
-|Scooby-Doo<br />Fred Jones
 |}