Scott Innes
Scott Innes (born October 1, 1966)[1][2] is an American voice actor, author, songwriter and radio personality, who is best known for his voice over work in various Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera animated films, television shows, video games and commercials, most notably as Scooby-Doo and Shaggy Rogers. He has also provided the voice of Fred Jones and Scrappy-Doo in commercials and Koda in The Penguin's New Groove, its prequel, The Seals' New Groove, its sequel, The Penguin and the Evil Blue Mater and its spin-off television show, Koda Ball Z with its television film, Koda Ball Z and the Witch's Ghost.
Scott Innes | |
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Years active | 1984–present |
Spouse(s) | Jodie Innes
(m. 1998; div. 2014)Cindy Harris (m. 2016) |
Children | 2 |
Website | www www |
Early life
Innes was born on October 1, 1966 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.[1][3]
Career
Innes became the voice of Scooby-Doo between 1998 and 2002 after Don Messick's death in 1997. From 1999 to 2002, he was also the voice of Scooby's best friend and owner Norville "Shaggy" Rogers. He was replaced by Frank Welker (as Scooby) and by Casey Kasem (as Shaggy) in 2002, although Innes still provided the voices in computer/DVD/video game projects and some commercials until 2009.
He has however returned to voicing Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo since 2014, but only in certain commercials, such as McDonald's, Halifax, Walmart, as well as a Warner Bros. theme park attraction and in the Scooby-Doo Playmobil shorts for WB Kids, where, in the latter of which and also one of the McDonald's commercials, he also provided the voice of Fred Jones. He also voiced Scooby's nephew Scrappy-Doo in the live action movie Scooby-Doo (2002), commercials, toys and the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode Shaggy Busted.
He voiced Astro from The Jetsons in RadioShack commercial in 2003 and even voiced Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble in a Toshiba commercial from 2002, and has briefly voiced Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Wally Gator, Quick Draw McGraw, Foghorn Leghorn, Muttley, Snagglepuss and Papa Smurf.[4][5] Innes auditioned to replace the retired Casey Kasem to return as Shaggy for the television series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, but he lost the role to Matthew Lillard, who previously portrayed Shaggy in the 2002 film and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004).
He wrote the song "Handprints on the Wall", which was recorded by Kenny Rogers.[6]
In-between his voice acting duties, Innes was the afternoon air personality at Country outlet WYNK-FM/Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1997–2011, and joined nearby station WRKN in the same position on April 21, 2016. Innes is currently the publisher and author of Hug magazine since 2010.[7]
Personal life
Innes married his first wife Jodie on October 30, 1998, they remained married until they divorced in 2014; together they have a son, Presley.[8] Innes also has an older son named Josh, who works as a sports radio talk host in Houston Texas.[9][10] Innes married his second wife Cindy Harris in September 2016.[1]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island | Scooby-Doo | Direct-to-video[2] |
1999 | Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | |
The Penguin's New Groove | Koda | English dub[2] | |
2000 | Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Direct-to-video[2] |
2001 | Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Cyber-Scooby, Cyber-Shaggy, The Creeper | |
2002 | Scooby-Doo | Scrappy-Doo (live-action film) | [2] |
2004 | Scooby-Doo and the Toon Tour of Mysteries | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | DVD shorts |
Koda Ball Z and the Witch's Ghost | Koda | English dub[2] | |
2006 | The Seals' New Groove | ||
2008 | The Penguin and the Evil Blue Mater | ||
2020 | Lost Treasure of Jesse James | Red Cloak Commander | |
2021 | Phantom of the Fields | Phantom | |
2022 | Shakespeare's Mummy | Anubis |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes | Scooby-Doo | TV Special |
1999 | The Scooby-Doo Project | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | TV Special[2] |
2000 | JBVO | Scooby-Doo | 1 episode[2] |
2001 | Night of the Living Doo | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | TV Special[2] |
2002 | The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special | Scooby-Doo | TV Special[2] |
2002, 2005 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Scrappy-Doo, Prisoner #1 | 2 episodes[2] |
2004 | Megas XLR | Argo | 2 episodes[2] |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2000 | Scooby-Doo! Showdown in Ghost Town | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Scrappy-Doo | [2] |
2000 | Scooby-Doo! Phantom of the Knight | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Scrappy-Doo | [2] |
2000 | Wacky Races | Professor Pat Pending | [2] |
2000 | Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2001 | Scooby-Doo! Jinx at the Sphinx | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Scrappy-Doo | [2] |
2001 | Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2002 | Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2002 | Scooby-Doo! The Glowing Bug Man | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2003 | Scooby-Doo! The Scary Stone Dragon | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2003 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2004 | Scooby-Doo! Horror on the High Seas | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Ghost Pirate, Ghost Pirate's henchmen, Captain Lawrence, Tommy | PC game, 4 parts |
2004 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery at the Snack Factory | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | DVD Game |
2005 | Scooby-Doo! Funland Frenzy | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | DVD game |
2005 | Scooby-Doo! Mayan Monster Mayhem | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Mayan Mayhem, Clodeius T. Culpepper, Carlos Moralos | PC game, 4 parts |
2005 | Scooby-Doo! Unmasked | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2006 | Scooby-Doo! Ancient Adventure | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Narrator | DVD game |
2006 | Scooby-Doo! Haunts for the Holidays | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ghost of Christmas Future, Pete Crunchen, Prince Philip, V. Evenbandler | PC game, 3 parts |
2006 | Scooby-Doo! Case File 3: Frights! Camera! Mystery! | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2006 | Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who? | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | [2] |
2007 | Scooby-Doo! Ask Swami Shaggy | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | PC game |
2007 | Scooby-Doo! Scrappy Stinks | Scrappy-Doo | PC game |
2007 | Scooby-Doo! A Night of Fright is no Delight | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | DVD game |
2007 | Scooby-Doo! The Attack of the Vampire Pumpkin Heads | Scrappy-Doo, Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Pumpkin Head Vampire, Villain | PC game |
2007 | Scooby-Doo! DVD Board Game | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | DVD game |
2007 | Scooby-Doo! Lost Island Adventure | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | DVD game |
2008 | Scooby-Doo! Construction Crash Course | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | PC game |
2008 | Scooby-Doo! Funland of Freaky Frights | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | DVD game |
2009 | Scooby-Doo! First Frights | Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Seth Angler, Lady Azarni, Tim Toiler, Guardian Farader | [2] |
Commercials
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Popeye Saving Olive With Soup | Popeye | Campbell Soup commercial |
1998 | Scooby-Doo bumper - Mystery Machine vs Megas | Scooby-Doo | Cartoon Network bumper |
1998 | The Summer of Goodwill Passport | Scooby-Doo, Captain Caveman, Muttley | Passport commercial |
1999 | Post Cereal Ad - Scooby-Doo | Scooby-Doo | Cereal commercial |
1999 | The Scooby-Doo Project bumpers | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Scrappy-Doo | Cartoon Network bumpers |
1999 | Scooby-Doo/Courage Scare-a-Thon Promo | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Cartoon Network bumper |
2000 | Courage the Cowardly Dog promo - Shaggy and Scooby | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Cartoon Network bumper |
2001 | Sheep in the Big Cafeteria | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Cartoon Network bumper |
2001 | Kraft Pasta (Commercial) | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Kraft Pasta commercial |
2002 | HD Qosmio Computer | Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble | Toshiba commercial |
2002 | Scooby-Doo Cereal Commercial | Scooby-Doo | Scooby-Doo Cereals commercial |
2002 | Scrappy rants | Scrappy-Doo | Cartoon Network bumper |
2003 | Sprint Commercial | Astro Jetson, Elroy Jetson | Radio Shack commercial |
2003 | Scooby-Doo Cereal Commercial 2 | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Scooby-Doo Cereals commercial |
2003 | Airheads Scooby-Doo Commercial | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Airheads commercial |
2003 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? promo - Fred's Ascot | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Cartoon Network bumper |
2003 | Scooby-Doo Kid Cuisine | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Kid Cuisine commercial |
2003 | Chia Pet Commercial | Scooby-Doo | Chia Pet commercial |
2004 | Scooby-Doo - GoGurt Commercial | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | GoGurt commercial |
2005 | Macy's Scooby-Doo Plush Toy and CD-ROM Commercial | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Plushie and CD-ROM commercial |
2009 | Scooby-Doo! Locker Room | Scrappy-Doo, Astro Jetson | Cartoon Network bumper |
2009 | Scooby-Doo and the Missing Mummy | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | McDonald's commercial |
2010 | Scooby-Doo and the Abominable Snowman | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Abominable Snowman | McDonald's commercial |
2012 | Cartoon Network 20th Anniversary | Scrappy-Doo | Cartoon Network bumper |
2014 | Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Mansion | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Fred Jones | McDonald's commercial |
2017 | Scooby and Shaggy at Halifax Bank | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Mummy | Halifax commercial |
2019 | Walmart Big Game Commercial - Grocery Pickup - Famous Cars (Extended Cut) | Scooby-Doo | Walmart commercial |
Theme parks
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Six Flags park attraction |
2018 | Scooby-Doo: The Museum of Mysteries! Dark Ride - Trackless Ride - Warner Bros World Theme Park | Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | Warner Bros. theme park attraction |
Web
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Scooby-Doo! Playmobil Mini Mysteries | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Fred Jones | Warner Bros. web shorts |
Live-action
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases | Himself | TV mini-series documentary; 5 episodes |
2008 | Huntin' Buddies | Shirt Clerk | Direct-to-video |
2009 | LA-308 Assassin Redemption | Scott Bannister | Direct-to-video |
2012 | Cajun Pawn Stars | Himself | 1 episode |
2016 | Like Son | Fireman | |
2017 | 4: GO | Guard #2 | Direct-to-video |
2019 | Christmas Cars | Himself | |
2020 | Christmas Coffee | Scooter Walker | |
Go Fishin | Scotty Thibodeaux | ||
2021 | Tres Leches | Alvin | |
Tad Caldwell & The Monster Kid | Rick |
Songs
Year | Song | Album | Singer |
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2003 | Handprints on the Wall | Back to the Well | Kenny Rogers |
References
- "Scott Innes on Facebook".
- "Scott Innes - 73 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.
- "Scott Innes". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- http://scoobyaddicts.com/Interviews.aspx?id=3&name=Scott%20Innes
- Glass and Wentzel, Sherri and Jim (2007). Cool Careers Without College for People Who Love Manga, Comics, and Animation. Wentzel. ISBN 9780786486946.
- "Welcome to Scott Innes.com".
- "Hug Magazine - Home Page".
- https://www.twitter.com/scottinnes5/status/243169347143622656
- https://www.chron.com/sports/amp/Josh-Innes-fired-SportsTalk-790-KBME-Houston-radio-13686416.php
- https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20140226_Important_folks_in_Josh_Innes__life.html%3foutputType=amp
External links
Preceded by Hadley Kay |
Voice of Scooby-Doo 1998–2008; 2010; 2014; 2017; 2019; 2020 |
Succeeded by Neil Fanning |
Preceded by Billy West |
Voice of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers 1999–2009; 2010; 2014; 2017; 2018; 2020 |
Succeeded by Casey Kasem |