Frank Welker (born March 12, 1946) 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.
Welker portrayed the characters Jorak Uln, Sunry, and Handon Guld in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
In 1980, he voiced Mr. Cool in the animated series The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, alongside Ron Howard.
As of July 2011, Welker has voiced or appeared in ninety-six motion pictures with a combined gross revenue of over 6.2 billion dollars. No other actor's filmography has collectively earned more; Welker sits at the number one position in The Numbers.com's "All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office" list. Other Star Wars actors on the list are Samuel L. Jackson (#2), John Ratzenberger (#4), Harrison Ford (#6), Warwick Davis (#7), James Earl Jones (#14), Frank Oz (#33), Liam Neeson (#40), Kenny Baker (#52), Christopher Lee (#55), Anthony Daniels (#74), Jon Favreau (#82), and Natalie Portman (#94).[1]
Work[]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Series | Contribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | "The Children from Tehar" | Star Wars Resistance | Chelidae | Voice[2] |
| 2019 | "Bibo" | Chelidae | Voice[3] | |
| 2019 | "The New Trooper" | Chelidae | Voice[4] | |
| 2019 | "Descent" | Chelidae | Voice[5] | |
| 2019 | "No Escape: Part 2" | Chelidae, Stormtrooper #3 | Voice[6] | |
| 2019 | "Into the Unknown" | Chelidae | Voice[7] | |
| 2020 | "The Mutiny" | Chelidae | Voice[8] |
Gameography[]
| Year | Title | Contribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Outpost Commander, Wookiee | Voice[9] |
| 2003 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Additional Voices | Voice[10] |
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (video game)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars Resistance — "The Children from Tehar"- Star Wars Resistance — "Bibo"
- Star Wars Resistance — "The New Trooper"
- Star Wars Resistance — "Descent"
- Star Wars Resistance — "No Escape: Part 2"
- Star Wars Resistance — "Into the Unknown"
- Star Wars Resistance — "The Mutiny"
Notes and references[]
- ↑ All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office on The Numbers (archived from the original on August 19, 2020)
- ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "The Children from Tehar"
- ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "Bibo"
- ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "The New Trooper"
- ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "Descent"
- ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "No Escape: Part 2"
- ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "Into the Unknown"
- ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "The Mutiny"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- ↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
