Scott Innes (born October 1, 1966) is an American voice actor, author, songwriter and radio personality. He is best known for his voice over work in various

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and

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animated films, television shows, video games and commercials, most notably as

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, Scrappy-Doo,

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and

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. He has also provided the voice of Fred Jones,

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, Elroy Jetson,

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, Elmer Fudd, Spike Bulldog and

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in various commercials.

Early life

Innes was born on October 1, 1966, in

Poplar Bluff Poplar Bluff is a medium city in Butler County in Southeast Missouri, United States. It is the county seat of Butler County and is known as "The Gateway to the Ozarks" among other names. The population was 16,225 at the 2020 census. The Poplar B ...

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Career

Innes became the voice of

between 1998 and 2001 after

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's death in 1997. From 1999 to 2001, he was also the voice of Scooby's best friend and owner

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, as well as in the TV special '' Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes'' in 1998. He has however returned to voicing Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo since 2010, 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 ''

'' (2002), commercials, toys and the ''

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'' episode ''Shaggy Busted''. He voiced Astro from ''

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'' in a series of

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commercials in the late 1990s and even voiced

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and

in a

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commercial from 2002, and has briefly voiced

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, Elmer Fudd,

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and

. Innes auditioned to return as Shaggy for the television series ''

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'', but he lost the role to

Matthew Lillard Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. His early film work includes Chip Sutphin in ''Serial Mom'' (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in ''Hackers'' (1995), Stu Macher in ''Scream'' (1996), Stevo in ''SLC Punk ...

, 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

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. In-between his voice acting duties, Innes was the afternoon air personality at Country outlet

WYNK-FM WYNK-FM (101.5 MHz) – branded ''101.5 WYNK'' – is a commercial country radio station licensed to serve Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station covers the Baton Rouge metropolitan area and is the local affiliate for ''The Bo ...

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from 1997 to 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.

Personal life

Innes married his first wife, Jodie, on October 30, 1998. They divorced in 2014; together they have a son, Presley. Innes also has an older son named Josh, who works as a sports radio talk host in

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.https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20140226_Important_folks_in_Josh_Innes__life.html%3foutputType=amp Innes married his second wife, Cindy Harris, in September 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Live-action

Web

Theme parks

Commercials

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- Astro Jetson *

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bumpers - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Scrappy-Doo * Passport commercial - Scooby-Doo,

* Post Cereal Ad - Scooby-Doo * Kraft Pasta - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers *

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- Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers *

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- Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Fred Jones *

Chia Pet Chia Pets are American styled terracotta figurines used to sprout chia, where the chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur or hair. Moistened chia seeds (''Salvia hispanica'') are applied to a grooved terracotta ...

- Scooby-Doo * Kid Cuisine - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers * GoGurt - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers * Plushie and CD-ROM - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers * Halifax - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers *

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- Scooby-Doo

Songs

References

External links

Official website of Scott Innes

One Scott Shop
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