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Frank Welker
Profession	Recurring voice actor
Born	12 March, 1946
IMDB profile	nm0919798
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	Category of characters voiced by Frank Welker

Latest revision as of 20:44, 18 June 2017

This article is about the voice actor. For the Futurama character, see Frank Welker's head.

Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who provides numerous voices on Futurama, including both the animalistic and speaking voices of Nibbler. He is famous as an actor for his ability to imitate (or invent) nearly every animal sound imaginable, and has done over 1,200 voices during his career. His longest running role is that of Freddie from Scooby-Doo, which he has played in most versions and even parodies and cameos. He also played some characters from Animaniacs, and has provided voices for the Transformers franchise, The Simpsons, the Star Trek franchise, the Star Wars franchise, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and the Phantom Blot in Epic Mickey, and many more productions since the 1960s.

Both Billy West and John DiMaggio have referred to him as a "voice acting god" in the commentaries. In "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences", he has a cameo as his head in a jar in the Head Museum.

Characters voiced

Major characters

Recurring characters

El Chupanibre (2ACV01, 4ACV09, 4ACV16)

One-time characters

External links

Frank Welker Homepage
Frank Welker at Memory Alpha
Frank Welker at Wikisimpsons
Frank Welker at Wookieepedia

Voice actors
Main cast		John DiMaggio • David Herman • Maurice LaMarche • Phil LaMarr • Tress MacNeille • Katey Sagal • Lauren Tom • Billy West
Supporting cast		Phil Hendrie • Tom Kenny • Dawnn Lewis • Kath Soucie • Frank Welker
Two or more appearances		Pamela Anderson • Dan Castellaneta • David X. Cohen • Coolio • Al Gore • Gary Gygax • Seth MacFarlane • Stephen Hawking • Rich Little • Lucy Liu • Nichelle Nichols • Leonard Nimoy • Bumper Robinson • Sarah Silverman • Nicole St. John • George Takei
One appearance		Hank Aaron • Ad-Rock • Buzz Aldrin • Sergio Aragonés • Beatrice Arthur • Hank Azaria • Bob Barker • Roseanne Barr • Beck • Larry Bird • Jeff Cesario • Dick Clark • Emilia Clarke • David Cross • Mike D • Snoop Dogg • Donovan • Nora Dunn • Chris Elliott • Craig Ferguson • Jonathan Frakes • John Goodman • Matt Groening • Mark Hamill • Estelle Harris • Jan Hooks • Penn Jillette • Walter Koenig • Russ Leatherman • Karen Maruyama • Mark Mothersbaugh • Brittany Murphy • Conan O'Brien • Bob Odenkirk • Patton Oswalt • Suzie Plakson • Ron Popeil • Parker Posey • Katee Sackhoff • Claudia Schiffer • William Shatner • Pauly Shore • Patrick Stewart • Tara Strong • Todd Susman • Wanda Sykes • Bob Uecker • Dan Vebber • Robert Wagner • Burt Ward • Adam West • Sigourney Weaver
Uncredited/Other		Paul D. Calder • Nancy Cartwright • Susie Geiser • Charlie Schlatter • Phil Hartman • Danny Jacobs • Byrne Offutt • Danik Thomas • Synthesiser

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-==Biography==
+{{about|the voice actor|the ''[[Futurama]]'' character|Frank Welker's head}}
-'''Frank Welker''' is known on [[Futurama]] primarily for providing both the animalistic and speaking voices of [[Nibbler]]. He is famous as a voice actor for his ability to imitate (or invent) nearly every animal sound imaginable. His longest running role is that of Freddy from the Scooby-Doo show, which he has played in most versions and even parodies and cameos. Both [[Billy West]] and [[John DiMaggio]] have referred to him as a "voice acting god" in the commentaries.
-He has done over 1,200 voices during his career.
+'''Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker''' is an [[American]] actor who provides numerous voices on ''[[Futurama]]'', including both the animalistic and speaking voices of [[Nibbler]]. He is famous as an actor for his ability to imitate (or invent) nearly every animal sound imaginable, and has done over 1,200 voices during his career.  His longest running role is that of {{w|Fred Jones (Scoody-Doo)|Freddie}} from ''{{w|Scooby-Doo}}'', which he has played in most versions and even parodies and cameos.  He also played some characters from ''{{w|Animaniacs}}'', and has provided voices for the ''{{w|Transformers}}'' franchise, ''[[The Simpsons]]'', the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise, {{w|Oswald the Lucky Rabbit}} and the {{w|Phantom Blot}} in ''{{w|Epic Mickey}}'', and many more productions since the [[1960s]].
-==Characters Voiced==
+Both [[Billy West]] and [[John DiMaggio]] have referred to him as a "voice acting god" in the commentaries.  In "[[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences]]", he has a cameo as [[Frank Welker's head|his head in a jar]] in the [[Head Museum]].
-*[[Nibbler]] (animal and speaking voice)
-<!--most animals on the show
-===Recurring Characters===
-el cupunibre
-===One-Time Characters===
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-<!-- List recurring characters voiced here. This should include only characters that appear more than once(like Elzar) or are prominent in the plot of their episode (like That Guy).
-  Format Example:
-*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
-For actors like [[Maurice LaMarche]] who provide voices for many minor (often unnamed) throw-away characters, include this heading and do a list of these characters. The list is the same, except usually you omit links and include an explanation of who the character was and what episode they appeared in.
+== Characters voiced ==
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+=== Major characters ===
-*'''Fortune-Telling Robot''', gives advice to help Fry find Bender [[Godfellas|(3ACV20)]]
+*[[Nibbler]] ([[Nibbler#Episodes and films in which Nibbler speaks|various episodes]])
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+*[[Seymour Asses]] {{et|4ACV07|BBS|7ACV23}}
+*[[Fleb]] {{et|BBS}}
-==External Links==
+=== Recurring characters ===
-[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919798/ See {{PAGENAME}}'s credits at IMDb]
+*[[El Chupanibre]] {{et|2ACV01|4ACV09|4ACV16}}
-[[Category:Crew|Welker, Frank]]
+=== One-time characters ===
-[[Category:Voice Actors|Welker, Frank]]
+*Man-eating anteaters {{et|2ACV16}}
+*[[Golf Caddy]] {{et|4ACV16}}
+*[[Abraham]] {{et|6ACV13}}
+*[[Fry's cuckoo]] {{et|6ACV26}}
+*[[Santa's Little Helper]] ([[Simpsorama]])
+*[[Snowball II]] {{cameo}}
+*[[Mr. Teeny]]
+== External links ==
+*[http://www.frankwelker.net Frank Welker Homepage]
+*{{st|Frank Welker}} at Memory Alpha
+*{{s|Frank Welker}} at Wikisimpsons
+*{{sw|Frank Welker}} at Wookieepedia
+{{voice actors}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Welker, Frank}}
+[[Category:Crew]]
+[[Category:Star Trek]]
+[[Category:Star Trek cast]]
+[[Category:Star Wars]]
+[[Category:The Simpsons]]
+[[Category:Voice actors]]