Frank Welker

Frank Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is a voice actor. He performed the voice of the Mastage in the 1994 featured film.

Early life
Welker was born in. He then moved to California and attended in Santa Monica, California, where he majored in theatrical arts. In 1966, he received honors for his performance as the Cowardly Lion in the college's theater production of . During his transition between college and his voice acting career, his first voice-over role was in a commercial for dog food. The producer's girlfriend informed him of auditioning for during the casting of , where he initially auditioned for the title character but instead got the role of Fred Jones.

Live-action acting career
Welker's first on-camera film role was as a college kid from who befriends  in  (1969). His next film role was in the Disney film  which starred Kurt Russell. He later co-starred with in Universal's . Welker also appeared in ' and '.

His on camera television appearances included roles in ', ' and . He played a prosecutor in highly acclaimed ABC special The Trial of General Yamashita and as Captain Pace beside ' in Paramount television’s pilot Catch-22. He also appeared on ', ], ', ', ', The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour, Laugh Trax, and as one of the cast members in the special of  (1985) with. In the latter show, he appeared alongside Jim Staahl and.

Frank also played an on-camera role as a voice actor on an episode of ', in ', where he played a rival actor trying to steal the role of Dippy Duck from fellow voice actor Wally Wooster and he also appeared in the film The Informant as 's father.

In 1978, Frank Welker appeared on The Roast to. While saluting Burns, he showed his abilities as an impressionist by honoring George Burns with the voices of, , , and.

Voice actor

 * Voice of the Mastage