Frank Welker

Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor and singer who specializes in voice acting. He is one of the most legendary voice actors in the world, and was once the highest paid actor ever until October 2011 when Samuel L. Jackson took his title. Welker's first notable voice role was Fred Jones in , a role he has reprised in most subsequent spin-offs and adaptations (he is also the current voice of Scooby-Doo himself since 2002). His range extends to such characters as Slimer from , Megatron from Transformers, Abu from Disney's Aladdin, Hefty Smurf from The Smurfs, Curious George in the film and TV series of the same name, Dr. Claw and Brain on Inspector Gadget, Father Time on , Santa's Little Helper (the dog) on The Simpsons, and Santa Claus in multiple Christmas specials.
For Nickelodeon, he has voiced Goddard on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, the wolf from The Rugrats Movie, and Mox and Macqaque Wallah on The Wild Thornberrys. He has also been the official voice of Garfield since 2007 (a dozen years before Nickelodeon acquired the franchise), though it is unknown if he will continue to voice the character in Nickelodeon's upcoming Garfield series. He has voiced the character in Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis, however. (Prior to voicing Garfield, he also voiced some of the characters on .)
==Nickelodeon roles==
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== Trivia ==
* Welker was one of the many people who had auditioned for the voice of Ren Höek from The Ren & Stimpy Show before the role went to John Kricfalusi and eventually Billy West.https://twitter.com/renstimpyfacts/status/955112882307411970
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