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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.
Frank Welker
Creature Vocal Effects
for Creature Vocal Effects in Kings of the Jungle
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A young prince of the pride lands, Simba, is born to rule everything the light touches. But his destiny is shattered when his father, Mufasa, has been killed. Fleeing from his homeland, Simba is captured by humans and shipped off to India. Alone and caged, he is rescued by a jungle boy named Mowgli, and his friends Baloo and Bagheera. Meanwhile, Scar is now the king of the pride lands, but since there's no other meat left, Scar decides to move with the pride and hyenas all across Africa where they are confronted by Tarzan and the Apes. Simba all grown up has to return to Africa because he is the rightful king, the jungle trio comes to his aid, while being followed by Shere Khan. Now the battle for Africa begins. Simba, Tarzan, Mowgli and Baloo all come together to defeat Scar, Shere Khan, and Tublat. But as if this adventure couldn't get any more wild, they all fall into the hidden world of dinosaurs (that one episode from The Legend of Tarzan), where Littlefoot and his friends help the jungle heroes escape while facing another predator, the Sharptooth! It's Disney's most epic 4-hour animated crossover event ever made! It’s a grand tale where the Circle of Life, The Bare Necessities, Two Worlds, One Family, and The Land Before Time collide in an unforgettable jungle adventure!
