Welker has voiced Fred in almost every series and incarnation of the Scooby-Doo animated franchise (with the exceptions of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Scoob!, and Velma, the latter of which he portrayed Fred’s father) and has also provided the voice of Scooby-Doo since 2002. His first major voice role came in 1969 as Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise. Welker began his career as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the 1960s, before transitioning to on-screen acting and later voice acting. His parents were Merrill Welker, a mining engineer, and Lillian. Welker was born on March 12, 1946, in Denver, Colorado. In 2016, he received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award and was nominated for the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program in 2022. He has also voiced Baby Kermit in the original Muppet Babies, 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 1980s revival of The Jetsons and various characters in The Smurfs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many works. 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. 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. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third- highest-grossing actor of all time. 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 of all time. Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor.
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