Scott Innes

{{short description|American voice actor, author, songwriter and radio personality}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|10|1}}

| birth_place = Poplar Bluff, Missouri, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Voice actor|author|songwriter|radio personality}}

| years_active = 1984–present

| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Jodie Innes|1998|2014|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Cindy Harris|2016}}}}

| children = 2

| website = {{url|http://www.scottinnes.com}}
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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 Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera animated films, television shows, video games and commercials, most notably as Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Scrappy-Doo, Popeye the Sailor, Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Foghorn Leghorn, Muttley, Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear and Captain Caveman. He has also provided the voice of Fred Jones, Boo-Boo Bear, Snagglepuss, Papa Smurf, Elroy Jetson, Astro, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Elmer Fudd, Spike Bulldog and Ranger Smith in various commercials.

Early life

Innes was born on October 1, 1966, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/scott.innes.94/about|title=Scott Innes on Facebook|website=Facebook}}{{cite web|url=http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=1260|title=Scott Innes|access-date=15 April 2020}}

Career

Innes became the voice of Scooby-Doo between 1998 and 2001 after Don Messick's death in 1997. From 1999 to 2001, he was also the voice of Scooby's best friend and owner Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, 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 Scooby-Doo (2002), commercials, toys and the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode Shaggy Busted.

He voiced Astro from The Jetsons in a series of RadioShack commercials in the late 1990s 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, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Muttley, Snagglepuss, Captain Caveman, Droopy and Papa Smurf.{{cite web |url=http://scoobyaddicts.com/Interviews.aspx?id=3&name=Scott%20Innes |title = Scott Innes}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kq789ZqOGPAC&q=scott+innes+papa+smurf&pg=PA74|title=Cool Careers Without College for People Who Love Manga, Comics, and Animation|last=Glass and Wentzel|first=Sherri and Jim|date=2007|publisher=Wentzel|isbn=9780786486946|language=en}} Innes auditioned 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottinnes.com/biography.html|title=Welcome to Scott Innes.com|access-date=2016-12-13|archive-date=2018-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903005434/http://www.scottinnes.com/biography.html|url-status=dead}}

In-between his voice acting duties, Innes was the afternoon air personality at Country outlet WYNK-FM/Baton Rouge, Louisiana 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.{{cite web|url=http://hugmag.com/|title=Hug Magazine - Home Page}}

Personal life

Innes married his first wife, Jodie, on October 30, 1998. They divorced in 2014; together they have a son, Presley.{{cite tweet|number=243169347143622656|user=scottinnes5|title=My little presley|date=5 September 2012}} Innes also has an older son named Josh, who works as a sports radio talk host in Houston, Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/amp/Josh-Innes-fired-SportsTalk-790-KBME-Houston-radio-13686416.php|title=Josh Innes let go from SportsTalk 790|date=13 March 2019}}https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20140226_Important_folks_in_Josh_Innes__life.html%3foutputType=amp {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} Innes married his second wife, Cindy Harris, in September 2016.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"

|+ List of voice performances in feature and direct-to-video films

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1998

| Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

| Scooby-Doo

| rowspan="4"| Direct-to-video{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Scott-Innes/|title=Scott Innes - 73 Character Images|website=Behind The Voice Actors}}

1999

| Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost

| rowspan="2" | Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers

2000

| Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

2001

| Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase

| Scooby-Doo/Cyber-Scooby, Shaggy Rogers/Cyber-Shaggy, The Creeper

2002

| Scooby-Doo

| Scrappy-Doo

2004

| Scooby-Doo and the Toon Tour of Mysteries

| Norville "Shaggy" Rogers

| DVD shorts

2020

| Lost Treasure of Jesse James

| Red Cloak Commander

2022

| Phantom of the Fields

| Phantom

2023

| Shakespeare's Mummy

| Anubis

=Television=

class="wikitable"

|+ List of voice performances in television shows

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1998

| Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes

| Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers

| TV special{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

1999

| The Scooby-Doo Project

| Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Scrappy-Doo

| TV special

2000

| JBVO

| Scooby-Doo

| 1 episode

2001

| Night of the Living Doo

| Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers

| rowspan="2" | TV special

2002

| The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special

| Scooby-Doo

2002, 2005

| Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

| Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Scrappy-Doo, Prisoner #1

| rowspan="2" | 2 episodes

2004

| Megas XLR

| Argo

=Video games=

class="wikitable"

|+ List of voice performances in video games

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1999

| Scooby-Doo! Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom

| Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers

rowspan="4" | 2000

| Scooby-Doo! Showdown in Ghost Town

| rowspan="2" | Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Scrappy-Doo

Scooby-Doo! Phantom of the Knight

Wacky Races

| Professor Pat Pending

Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers

| rowspan="2" | Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers

rowspan="3" | 2001

| Scooby-Doo: Activity Challenge

Scooby-Doo! Jinx at the Sphinx

| Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Scrappy-Doo

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase

| rowspan="8" | Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers

rowspan="2" | 2002

| Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights

Scooby-Doo! The Glowing Bug Man

2003

| Scooby-Doo! The Scary Stone Dragon

rowspan="2" | 2004

| Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem

Scooby-Doo! Mystery at the Snack Factory

| rowspan="2" | DVD Game

rowspan="2" | 2005

| Scooby-Doo! Funland Frenzy

Scooby-Doo! Unmasked

rowspan="6" | 2006

| Scooby-Doo! Ancient Adventure

| Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, narrator

| DVD game

Scooby-Doo! Horror on the High Seas

| rowspan="9" | Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers

| rowspan="2" | PC game, 4 parts

Scooby-Doo! Mayan Monster Mayhem

Scooby-Doo! Haunts for the Holidays

| PC game, 3 parts

Scooby-Doo! Case File 3: Frights! Camera! Mystery!

Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?

rowspan="3" | 2007

| Scooby-Doo! A Night of Fright is no Delight

| rowspan="3" | DVD game

Scooby-Doo! DVD Board Game

Scooby-Doo! Lost Island Adventure

rowspan="2" | 2008

| Scooby-Doo! Construction Crash Course

| PC game

Scooby-Doo! Funland of Freaky Frights

| rowspan="2" | Shaggy Rogers

| DVD game

2009

| Scooby-Doo! First Frights

=Live-action=

class="wikitable"

|+ List of acting performances in film and television

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2006

| The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases

| Himself

| TV mini-series documentary; 5 episodes

2008

| Huntin' Buddies

| Shirt Clerk

| rowspan="2" | Direct-to-video

2009

| LA-308 Assassin Redemption

| Scott Bannister

2012

| Cajun Pawn Stars

| Himself

| 1 episode

2016

| Like Son

| Fireman

2017

| 4: GO

| Guard #2

| Direct-to-video

2019

| Christmas Cars

| rowspan="2" | Himself

|{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

rowspan="4"| 2020

| Sprout Central TV

IncrediChat

| Guest

| 1 episode

Christmas Coffee

| Scooter Walker

Go Fishin

| Scotty Thibodeaux

| Also writer, composer and producer

rowspan="3"| 2022

| Tres Leches

| Alvin

''Putting Love to the Test

| Himself

Tad Caldwell & The Monster Kid

| Rick

rowspan= "2"| 2023

| Bad Habit

| Police Chief

| Also location manager, writer and producer

The Iron Claw

| Ring Announcer

=Web=

class="wikitable"

|+ List of voice performances in web series

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2020

| Scooby-Doo! Playmobil Mini Mysteries

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

| Warner Bros. web shorts

=Theme parks=

class="wikitable"

|+ List of voice performances in theme parks

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2000

| Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion

| Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers

| Six Flags park attraction

2008

| River Battle

| Ranger{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SSfEUT8NdM&t=850s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/0SSfEUT8NdM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Morning Dish with Scott Innes, the voice of Hanna-Barbera's famous cartoon character, Scooby-Doo|publisher=YouTube|access-date=March 31, 2021}}{{cbignore}}

| Dollywood park attraction

2018

| Scooby-Doo: The Museum of Mysteries!

| Norville "Shaggy" Rogers

| rowspan="2" | Warner Bros. theme park attraction

2018

| Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster: Next Generation

| Scrappy-Doo{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsx8XXL2cKY&t=1438s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Wsx8XXL2cKY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Scott Innes, Voice of Scooby Doo, in IncrediChat Interview, June 1, 2020|publisher=YouTube|access-date=June 20, 2021}}{{cbignore}}