Franklin W. Welker (born February 16, 1945) is an American voice actor. He is responsible for a broad spectrum of character voices, noises, and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 40 years in American TV shows and movies. Welker is particularly noted for a wide range of non-verbal vocal effects, i.e., for aliens and (non-talking) animals.

Frank Welker was born in Denver, Colorado. Before he began his career as a voice actor, Welker was a live-action character actor, and appeared in such films as Elvis' The Trouble with Girls. Welker's longest running role is also one of his earliest voice-over roles: as Fred Jones, the level-headed leader of the mystery-solving team from Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo, Where are You!. He began the role in 1969, and Welker has continued to perform it through most of the show's various spinoffs and versions. This also includes many parodies and cameos of the character in other cartoons.

In the 1980s, Welker voiced Megatron, Soundwave and his cassettes, and Galvatron (Season 3) in the Transformers cartoon. In this he formed a team with Chris Latta, who voiced Starscream, Megatron's second-in-command. In 1988, Welker did the voice of Rulon leader Krulos in the TV-series Dino-riders. In this cartoon he again formed a team with Chris Latta, who (coincidentally?) voiced Rasp, Krulos' second-in-command. In A Real American Hero, Welker also teamed with Latta. (Other actors who featured in Transformers, Dino-riders and G.I. Joe are Jack Angel, Charlie Adler and Peter Cullen.) He also provided the voice of Dr. Ray Stantz and the garbled sounds of Slimer in The Real Ghostbusters and its several later versions.

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@squidbunny Also, both Roberon and Soundoff were voiced by Frank Welker. I died. Roberon uses his Megatron voice, and Soundoff is Frenzy.
jaycube64 (Jason E. Alexander) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:22:08 -0000
@squidbunny Also, both Roberon and Soundoff were voiced by Frank Welker. I died. Roberon uses his Megatron voice, and Soundoff is Frenzy.
I've officially decided that Frank Welker is my hero.
ahanin (Adam Hanin) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:38:06 -0000
I've officially decided that Frank Welker is my hero.
Sound twip: Frank Welker as Freddy in Family Guy http://www.the-earchives.com/wavs/F/famguy30.wav
earchives (The EARchives) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:51:49 -0000
Sound twip: Frank Welker as Freddy in Family Guy http://www.the-earchives.com/wavs/F/famguy30.wav
@Zyreina Yeah thats what made me mention Frank Welker because he's the current voice of Garfield
muscletower (Kail) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:59:52 -0000
@Zyreina Yeah thats what made me mention Frank Welker because he's the current voice of Garfield
@StephenWacker FRANK WELKER. MAN'S A LEGEND. But I don't see anything about him doing a talking Godzilla monster, just the US movie stuff.
DirtyHarrington (Jeremy Horsley) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:49:58 -0000
@StephenWacker FRANK WELKER. MAN'S A LEGEND. But I don't see anything about him doing a talking Godzilla monster, just the US movie stuff.
Frank Welker does an impressive Garfield, I honestly thought no one could replace Lorenzo Music, but Frank Welker does the job right
muscletower (Kail) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:02:33 -0000
Frank Welker does an impressive Garfield, I honestly thought no one could replace Lorenzo Music, but Frank Welker does the job right

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