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*Throughout the 90's, Frank Welker was the official voice of [[Steven Spielberg]] in all his animated appearances in shows like ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''Animaniacs'' and ''Freakazoid''. | *Throughout the 90's, Frank Welker was the official voice of [[Steven Spielberg]] in all his animated appearances in shows like ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''Animaniacs'' and ''Freakazoid''. | ||
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*On a Futurama commentary, Billy West referred to Welker as "a voice-acting god", an appelation that has stuck in various fan communities. | *On a Futurama commentary, Billy West referred to Welker as "a voice-acting god", an appelation that has stuck in various fan communities. | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 11 May 2008
Frank W. Welker (February 16, 1945-) is an American voice actor god. Though it is but the tip of the iceberg, some of Welker's most notable roles include Fred from Scooby Doo, Ray and Slimer from The Real Ghostbusters, Santa's Little Helper in "The Simpsons", Nibbler from Futurama, Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget and that parrot that got eaten by the shark in Deep Blue Sea. He has also done nearly all the animal sounds recorded for cartoons in North America in the last few decades. Though he has given voice to numerous Transformers, he is particularly remembered for his portrayal of Megatron.
Basically, if you haven't seen a cartoon with him in it then that's because you've never seen a cartoon in your entire life. Unless it was one of those public domain 1930s cartoons which sell for a buck at Family Dollar, of course.
Generation 1
Transformers
- Blades
- Buzzsaw
- Chromedome
- Frenzy
- Galvatron
- Groove
- Laserbeak
- Megatron
- Mirage
- Mixmaster
- Ratbat
- Ravage
- Rumble
- Sharkticon
- Skywarp
- Sludge
- Soundwave
- Superion
- Sweep
- Trailbreaker
- Wheelie
Humans
Aliens
Creatures
Other
Yeah, we're impressed, too.
Movie franchise
Transformers: Beginnings/Transformers: The Game
Trivia
- According to Ben Yee, Bob Forward desperately wanted Frank Welker to reprise the role of Generation 1 Megatron for the Beast Wars episode "The Agenda (Part 2)" and even offered to go to Welker's home in California and tape-record his lines there. However, Welker declined the role supposedly because Forward was unable to offer him a sufficient amount of money and his schedule was too busy.
- For an episode of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken series, "Werewolf vs. Unicorn", Frank Welker reprised the roles of both Soundwave and Megatron.[1]
- Throughout the 90's, Frank Welker was the official voice of Steven Spielberg in all his animated appearances in shows like Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs and Freakazoid.
- On a Futurama commentary, Billy West referred to Welker as "a voice-acting god", an appelation that has stuck in various fan communities.
