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Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor with an extensive career spanning nearly six decades. As of 2021, Welker holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third highest-grossing film voice actor of all time. Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969, and Scooby-Doo himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the CGI-animated film Scoob!, the only original voice actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and its sequel, Megatron, Galvatron and Soundwave in the Transformers franchise, 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 Jetsons, Mushmouse on Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and various characters in The Smurfs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many works. In 2016, he was honored with an Emmy Award for his lifetime achievement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Welker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The series features Hanna-Barbera characters including Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Hokey Wolf, Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, Ruff and Ready, Peter Potamus and So-So, Top Cat, Benny the Ball, Magilla Gorilla, Snooper and Blabber, Wally Gator, Squiddly Diddly, Hong Kong Phooey, Jabberjaw, Captain Caveman, Dynomutt, Atom Ant, Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole, Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long Coyote, Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har, The Hillbilly Bears, Touché Turtle and Dum Dum, Yakky Doodle, The Banana Splits, and Mildew Wolf and a host of others living in the titular town of Jellystone. Yogi, Boo-Boo, and Cindy work as doctors at Jellystone Hospital, QuickDraw McGraw/El Kabong fights crime as the residential superhero, Magilla Gorilla and Jabberjaw run a clothing story that sells hat and bowties to everyone, Doggie Daddy takes helicopter parenting of Augie Doggie to new heights, Squiddly Diddly works at a music store, The Funky Phantom is a world famous wrestler, Winsome Witch works in the Jellystone hospital's cafeteria, Touché Turtle works as the Jellystone Police Department's chief of police, the Rugg family runs a café, and the Banana Splits are cartoonish yet effective ruthless criminals. With Huckleberry Hound as the Mayor of Jellystone, and Top Cat running the streets, there’s never a dull moment in this madcap little town!
