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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
Scooby
for Scooby in Scooby-doo 7: Shadows of Mystery Inc.
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Years after Mystery Inc. drifted apart, their lives took different paths. Fred is now a private detective, failing at his marriage to Daphne, a prominent tv news anchor. As their divorce moves forward, unresolved tension still binds them. Velma, once the mind of the team, has retreated into a quiet suburban life as a housekeeping wife, choosing domestic stability over the dangers of investigation. Shaggy and Scooby, meanwhile, have turned their talent for indulgence into success, running a wildly popular comfort-food restaurant serving burgers, wings, ribs, and more, using humor and food to avoid the past. When a series of meticulously staged crimes erupts across the city, each recreating infamous mysteries once solved by Mystery Inc., fear spreads quickly. The crimes are brutal, calculated, and disturbingly personal. Daphne covers the story nightly, alongside her trusted co-anchor Claire Maddox, unknowingly amplifying the killer’s message. Fred recognizes the pattern immediately: someone knows their methods, their weaknesses, and their history. The team is forced back together. The mastermind, a man shaped by Mystery Inc.’s legacy, believes they oversimplified evil. The final confrontation unfolds in an abandoned studio, where truth and illusion collide. Knowing this may be the last Mystery Inc. shift, they decide to do their best and enjoy the ride. In the aftermath, Fred and Daphne cancel divorce. Mystery Inc. does not reunite as it once was, but they walk away together.
