Birth Day: 1946-03-12
Place of birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
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.
Credits
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As Megatron / Mirage / Rumble / Skywarp / Soundwave (voice)
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As Abu / Joanna (voice) (archive footage)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As L
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As Scooby-Doo / Rudy / Fred / Nefario (voice)
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As Figaro / Butch (voice)
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As Tom / Jerry (voice) (uncredited)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Monster (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Self
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As Charles the Dog (voice) (archive footage)
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As Curious George (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Pterodactyl (voice)
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As George / Additional Voices (voice)
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As Cave of Wonders (voice)
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As Scooby Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As George / Philippe (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo
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As Max / Fred (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Azrael (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Megatron (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Astro (voice)
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As Sven (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As (voices)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Curious George (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby Doo (voice)
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As Galvatron (voice)
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As Mochi (voice) (uncredited)
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As Fred Jones/ Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Self
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Garfield (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Coco the Coconutty Monkey (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Curious George/Stig/Flint Quint
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As Mayor Stevenson (voice)
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As Mayor Stevenson / Weather Man (voice)
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As Azrael (voice)
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As Cat sounds (archive footage; uncredited)
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As (voices)
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As Garfield (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Megatron (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Curious George (voice)
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As Azrael (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Dynomutt (voice)
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As Higgens / Bull (voice)
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As Bubble Puppy (voice)
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As Curious George (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Motoshondu (voice) (archive footage)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Sparky Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited)
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As Sonya (voice)
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As Freddie Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As Mayor Stevenson / Weather Man (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Mannequins / Beast (voice)
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As T-Rex
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice) (archive footage)
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As Bullseye (voice)
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As Megatron
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As Azrael (voice)
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As Azrael (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Msicellaneous Bikers (voice)
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As Shockwave / Soundwave / Barricade (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
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As Bullseye / Buster / The Monkey / Pigeon (voice) (uncredited)
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As Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Figaro (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby Doo (voice)
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As Dragon / Animals (voice) (uncredited)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Dr. Frankenwagon's Monster (voice)
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As George (voice)
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As Soundwave / Devastator / Reedman / Grindor (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As George / Duck / Cow (voice)
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As Mark Whitacre's Father
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As Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)
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As Snortafus
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As Garfield / Garzooka / Narrator (voice)
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As Momma Dino (voice) (uncredited)
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As Garfield / Delivery Gnome / Prop Boy / Leonard / Jeff (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As Nibbler (voice)
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As Mr. Uno (uncredited) (Voice)
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As (voices)
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As Animals' vocal effects (voice) (uncredited)
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As (voice)
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As Megatron
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As (voice)
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As Lucifer (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
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As Garfield / Keith / Prop Boy / Nerd / Others (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Nibbler / Fleb / Seymour (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Rajah / Abu (voice)
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As Spinosaurus (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Goddard (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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As George (voice)
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As Monty Uno (voice)
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As Spindle / Frog / Caterpillar (voice)
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As Sparky / Sprout / Mr. Stenchy / Kixx / Hoilo / Slugger (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo / The Centaur (voice)
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As Frank the Combine (voice) (uncredited)
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As Knuckles (voice)
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As Spike (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Abu (voice)
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As Professor Otto Allenford (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Wiki-Tiki / Interviewer (voice)
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As Velociraptor (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Goddard (voice)
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As Goddard (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Lachlan Haggart (voice)
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As Goddard / Twonkies (voice)
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As Reinaldo Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Cri-Kee (voice)
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As Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As (voices)
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As Jack's Vocal Effects
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As Obby / Mantell (voice)
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As Archbishop / Dying King (voice) (archive footage)
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As Nevins (voice)
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As Goddard (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Animal Vocal Effects (uncredited) (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Spike (voice)
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As Sparky (voice)
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)
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As Fred / Scooby-Doo (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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As Creature Voices (voice)
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As Lucifer / Bruno / Pom Pom (voice)
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
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As Jerry (Voice)
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As Whole Lotta Monkeys (voice)
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As Achilles & Djali (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
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As Fred / Scooby-Doo / Headless Snowman (voice)
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As Nana II / Octopus (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
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As Abominable Snowman
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As Sacred Cow (voice)
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As Reggie (voice)
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As Goddard / Poultra (voice)
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As Dino / Monkey / Elevator Guy (voice)
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As Buddy (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As Fred Jones / Jabberjaw (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As Petey (uncredited)
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As Circus Baboon / Security Guard (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As Bessie the Sea Monster (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice) (archive footage)
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As Hector the Bulldog / Hugo the Abominable Snowman / Mugsy / Penelope Pussycat (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As The Mayor (voice)
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As Grubs / Self Destruct / Ranger #1 / Cadet Flam (voice)
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As Max (voice)
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As Max the Dog (voice)
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As Woof / Ace (voice)
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As Werewolf Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Altivo (voice)
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As The Python (voice)
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As Bullseye / Buster (voice) ( uncredited)
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As Pegasus (voice) (archive sound)
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As Fred Jones / Additional Voices (voice)
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As Turkey / Figaro (voice)
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As Various (voice)
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As The Monster (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As Sultan (voice)
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As Herman Melville (voice)
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As Fred (voice)
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As Parrot Sounds (voice)
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As Sabor (voice) (uncredited)
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As Max (voice)
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As Monkey
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As Bull Connor / Chihuahua (voice)
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As Spike / Monkeys / Scar Snout (voice) (uncredited)
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As Professor XXXL / Chimpy (voice)
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As Ayden (voice)
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As Boss Duck (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As Bad Baboon / Deer / Porcupine / Mandrill (voice)
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As Sultan (voice)
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As Creature Vocals (voice)
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As Khan / Cri-Kee (voice)
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As Flit (voice) (uncredited)
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As Scorch / Steven the Aligator (voice)
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As Chameleon (voice)
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As The Devil Malebolgia (voice)
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As Anaconda (voice) (uncredited)
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As Ned the Elephant (Voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Buddy (voice)
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As Farley Wink (voice)
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As Catzilla, Mouse
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As Debit (voice)
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As Phillippe / Sultan (voice)
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As Bronx (voice)
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As Assassimon (voice) (uncredited)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Charles the Dog (voice)
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As Runt / Scout / Mr. Squeak (voice)
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As Abu / Rajah / Fazahl (voice)
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As (voice)
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As Tickles (voice)
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As Baby Bird (voice)
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As Various Martians (voice)
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As Various (voice) (archive footage)
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As Pudge (voice)
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As Stinky / Elmo / Bloo's Owner (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As President / General / Guy / Man #2 / Einstein (voice)
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As Abu (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Velociraptor (voice)
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As Narrator (voice)
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As Mayor Simmons / Narrator (voice)
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As Grizzly Bear (voice)
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As Flit (voice)
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As Deer (voice) (uncredited)
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As Shao Kahn / Reptile (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Bigfoot (voice)
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As Alien Sil (voice)
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As Furrball / Gogo Dodo / Byron Basset / Calamity Coyote / Little Beeper / Gremlin / Additional Voices (voice)
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As Barney Rubble / Dino (voice)
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As Phurba (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Additional Voice Overs (voice)
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As Horror (voice)
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As Mastadge (voice)
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As Reindeer Voices (voice)
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As Animation Vocal Sound Effects (voice)
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As Gogo Dodo / Furrball / Bill Clinton / Ross Perot / Additional Voices (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects
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As Self
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As Muttski / Additional Voices (voice)
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As Abu the Monkey (voice)
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As Barney Rubble / Dino / J. Rocko (voice)
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As Creatures (voice)
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As Snipe / Replicants
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As Dinosaurs (voice)
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As Baby Oopsiy Daisy
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As Special vocal effects (voice)
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As Barney Rubble (voice)
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As Bear / Beaver (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Barney Rubble
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As Brain / Dr. Claw / M.A.D. Cat / Santa Claus (voice)
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As The Itsy Bitsy Spider (voice)
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As Scarlett's Vocal (voice)
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As Abu / Cave of Wonders / Rajah (voice)
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As Uncle Stinky Pig / Byron Basset / Furrball / Little Beeper / Gogo Dodo / Vinnie / Mac Duff / Additional Voices (voice)
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As Big Ed / Swamp Beast / Projectionist (voice)
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As Maxwell
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As Whiskers (voice) (uncredited)
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As Grizz / Waffles / Chainsaw (voice)
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As The Devil/Station/Evil Easter Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
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As Rahzar / Tokka (voice)
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As Scoota (voice)
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As Santa Claus (voice)
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As Footstool (voice)
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As Farnsworth/ Jebediah/ Rollo/ Perky/ Eagle/ Jeepers/ Big Wolf
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As Bunny the Dog (voice)
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As Sharak / Kodo / Podo / Ruh (voice)
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As Barney Rubble (voice)
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As Lorenzo / Gunner (voice)
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As Bull (voice)
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As Slimer / Hefty Smurf / Baby Kermit (voice)
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As Bront / Tyrannix (voices)
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As Mohawk (voice)
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As Graboids (uncredited)
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As Squeep / Grungees (voice)
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As Fat Guy - Rameet (voice)
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As Arnold (voice)
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As Joanna (voice)
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As Giant Bat (voice)
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As Archbishop / Dying King (voice)
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As Zero / Otto (voice)
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As Principal / Al / Snert / Kvaak / Narrator
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As Dagwood Bumstead / Mr. Ferguson (voice)
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As Max (voice)
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As Batso (voice)
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As Alfonso / Mr. Nilsson (voice)
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As Gopher
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As Dumbo (voice) (uncredited)
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As Mendelsen (voice)
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As Matches / Papa Werewolf / Well Dweller (voice)
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As Dino / Fang / Crusher
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As Demon Angela (Voice) (Uncredited)
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As Additional adult voices
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As Louie the Sausage Vendor (voice)
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As Crunch (voice)
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As Bones / Hairball / Reporter / Additional Voices (voice)
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As Sharptooth (voice) (uncredited)
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As (voice)
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As Jukebox (voice) (uncredited)
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As Galvatron / Mixmaster / Rumble / Skywarp / Soundwave / Superion / Wheelie
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As Merkin (voice)
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As M.C. (voice)
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As Bigtime Beagle / Penguin Leader (voice)
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As Dagwood Bumstead (voice)
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As Roman Soldier (voice)
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As Galvatron
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As Torch / Wild Bill (voice)
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As Muchie (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Bopper / Real Ghost / Yapper (voice)
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As Dan Rathmoon / Johnny / Mr. Goldbrick (voice)
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As Igor (voice)
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As Hefty Smurf / Poet Smurf / Wild Smurf / Puppy / Rat (voice)
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As Sophie / Native Chief / Baby Penguin / Additional Voices (voice)
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As Galvatron
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As The Thing (voice)
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As Soundwave / Megatron / Rumble / Frenzy / Wheelie (voice)
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As Toby the Dog / Felicia the Cat (voice) (uncredited)
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As Junkyard / Polly / Torch / Wild Bill (voice)
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As Megatron / Soundwave
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As Additional Voices (voice)
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As Scooter (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects
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As Bushwoolie # 3 / Grundle (voice)
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As Howler / Catgut / Snichey (voice)
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As Alien (voice)
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As Hefty Smurf (voice)
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As Bunjee (voice)
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As Orbitty / Young Mr. Spacely / Teenage Mr. Spacely (voice)
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As Cat / Troll (Voice)
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As Puppy / Lavender / Vanity (voice)
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As Hefty Smurf / Poet Smurf / Smurfberry Bird (voice)
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As Bunjee (voice)
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As Stripe / Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
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As Spock's Screams
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As Antik / Traw (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As Chuck (voice)
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As Short-Fuse / Torch / Wild Bill / Junkyard (voice)
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As (voice)
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As Baby Boo
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As Rock 'n Roll / Short-Fuse / Wild Bill / Timber (voice)
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As Cujo (voice; uncredited)
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As Hefty Smurf (voice)
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As Soldier
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As Chomp Chomp
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As Max / Waiter / Additional voices
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As Hefty Smurf (voice)
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As Schnoddle/Hootie (voice)
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As Additional Dialogue Replacement (voice)
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As Reporter Dog / Lawyer (voice)
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As Finrock (voice)
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As Narrator
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As Santa Claus / Doctor (voice)
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice) (uncredited)
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As Dino (voice)
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As Creepy / Mother Pterodactyl
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As Caesar / Ken (voice)
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As Hector (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As Black Cat / Nice Man / Dog (voice)
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As Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice)
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As Jack, Fairy Godmother, Prince (Voice) / Additional Voices
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As Fairy Godmother / Additional Voices
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As Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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As Charlie the Singer (voice)
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As Father / Groundhog / Beaver / Mole (voice)
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As Charlie the Singer (voice)
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As (voice)
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As Fred Jones (voice)
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As McWatt
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As Young Punk
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As Myles
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As Prentiss Gates
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As Rutgers
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As Henry