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Frank Welker

1946 - Today

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Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American actor who specializes in voice acting. He began his career in the 1960s, and held around 850 film, television, and video game credits as of 2020, making him one of the most prolific voice actors in history. With his films earning a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the fourth-highest-grossing actor as of 2024. Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones from the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969 and later the titular character himself since 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2024). Frank Welker is the 2,060th most popular actor (down from 2,043rd in 2024), the 3,672nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,335th in 2019) and the 1,004th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Frank Welker ranks 2,060 out of 13,578. Before him are Mary-Louise Parker, Song Hye-kyo, Kemal Sunal, Harris Yulin, Lauren Graham, and Peter Mensah. After him are Daliah Lavi, Shintaro Katsu, Fiona Shaw, George Segal, Mikhail Ulyanov, and Cécile Aubry.

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Among people born in 1946, Frank Welker ranks 267. Before him are Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Terence McKenna, Moritz Leuenberger, Renzo Zorzi, and Marián Čalfa. After him are Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Andrzej Seweryn, Steve Kanaly, Silvio Rodríguez, Tyne Daly, and Al Green.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Welker ranks 3,672 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary-Louise Parker (1964), Harris Yulin (1937), Lauren Graham (1967), Bruce Nauman (1941), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), and Emmylou Harris (1947). After him are Bill Walker (1951), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Albert Ghiorso (1915), Amelia Bloomer (1818), and Edith Head (1897).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Frank Welker ranks 1,004. Before him are Carl Switzer (1927), Geraldine Farrar (1882), Charlie Ruggles (1886), Mary-Louise Parker (1964), Harris Yulin (1937), and Lauren Graham (1967). After him are George Segal (1934), Denise Richards (1971), Kirk Acevedo (1971), Blake Lively (1987), David Ogden Stiers (1942), and Teresa Wright (1918).

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