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Frank Welker (born February 16 , 1945 ) is an American Voice Actor . He is responsible for a broad spectrum of character voices, noises, and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 40 years in American TV Shows and Movies . Welker is particularly noted for a wide range of non-verbal vocal effects, i.e., for Aliens and (non-talking) animals. Frank Welker was born in , the level-headed leader of the mystery-solving team from Hanna-Barbera 's '' Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ''. He began the role in 1969 , and Welker has continued to perform it through most of the show's various Spinoff s and versions. This also includes many Parodies and Cameos of the character in other cartoons. In the 1980s, Welker voiced '', Welker also teamed with Latta. (Other actors who featured in ''Transformers'', ''Dino-riders'' and ''G.I. Joe'' are Jack Angel , Charlie Adler and Peter Cullen .) Welker has been referred to as a "voice acting god" in '', this marked the second time he had inherited a role from Nimoy. Welker did more live action movies during the 1990s . Among his work includes vocal effects for the character Goro in 1995 's '' Mortal Kombat '', the movie being based on Midway's popular Fighting Game , and Welker voiced the Devil Malebolgia in 1997 's '' Spawn '', the movie based on the very popular Todd McFarlane Comic Book s. Welker also provided the voice (both speaking and non-speaking) of Nibbler in the cartoon TV series '' Futurama ''. As of 2002 , Welker is the voice of both Fred Jones and Scooby-Doo in ''What's New Scooby-Doo?'', the latest series-based spinoff to ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!''. Many people found his Scooby voice to be much better than Scott Innes voice. Welker also voices King Bowser in 2003 's '' Mario Party 5 '', and 2005 's '' Super Mario 64 DS ''. PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY
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