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biography for frank welker

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biography for frank welker

Postby lordmegatron44 » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:46 pm

Height
6' 11½" (2.12 m)


Trade mark
Is often cast in animated production as the "voice" of various animal characters.

Voice of Fred "Freddy" Jones of Scooby-Doo's Mystery Inc.



Trivia
Referred to in Hollywood as a "voice god".

Has shared two roles with Leonard Nimoy. When the third season of "Transformers" (1984) came around, Frank took the role of Galvatron that Leonard Nimoy had taken in The Transformers: The Movie (1986). And in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Frank provided the 'screams' of Leonard Nimoy's most famous character, Mr Spock.

Provided the voice for 8 of the original 14 Decepticons in the "Transformers" (1984) cartoon: Megatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Lazerbeak, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Buzzsaw. He voiced two of the original Autobots as well: Trailbreaker and Mirage, as well as one of the Dinobots (Sludge) that also appeared in the first season.

He has done every voicing of Freddy "Fred" Jones for the Scooby-Doo series with the sole exception of "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" (1988). Even in parodies and cameos on different TV shows, he has always done his voice.

Has done voices for both the original Star Trek film series and the television series "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995).

He also did the animal voice effects including "Dumbo" in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).

In "Tiny Toon Adventures" (1990), he voiced Furrball, Gogo Dodo, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper, Byron Basset, Uncle Stinky Pig, Henry Bear and Ralph the Guard, who later appeared in "Animaniacs" (1993), where Frank not only voiced Ralph, but also voiced Thaddeus Plotz, Buttons, Runt, Flavio Hippo and Chicken Boo
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Postby Shin Getter Robo » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:44 pm

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Postby lordmegatron44 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:43 pm

thanks
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Postby Rodimus_Lantern » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:41 am

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Postby lordmegatron44 » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:18 am

Rodimus Lantern wrote:Want a Cookie?


got chocolate chip
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Postby y2si » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:16 pm

rodimus lantern, that sig is absolutely genius. i salute you sire. i felt almost at once the urge to steal "404"
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