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 voices 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. At a young age, realizing his ability to mimic voices, he recognized his passion for doing cartoon voices, including the cartoon character Scooby-Doo (whom Innes became a fan in the early 1970s). Innes would listen to the actors performing the voices, determine how they created them, and learn how to do it himself. He would also recreate scenes from the series in his head at night to make himself fall asleep.
Career Innes became a radio personality at age 12, conducting interviews with cartoon voice acting giants like Don Messick (the voice of Scooby-Doo, among others), Daws Butler (the voice of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound, among others), and Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, and others). In 1980, Innes became a disc jockey at age 14, debuting on KLID in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. In 1990, he started working as a morning announcer for WABB-FM. During his spare time, he would imitate famous people over the intercommunications system, delighting employees at the station. He was later fired in order for him to expand his vocal abilities."The Story of WABB AM and FM in Mobile, Alabama", TVRSWA, September 1, 2016.
In 1991–1996, Innes was the host of Innes and Company on KKHT-FM in Springfield, Illinois. He created "Dear Daddy: The Wind Beneath My Wings", a remix of "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler, featuring his son Josh Innes. The song was played as a requested track on more than 400 radio stations in the US. Innes also co-ran American Top 40 with Casey Kasem, the voice of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in Scooby-Doo, whom Innes imitated when listening to him do the character's voice. He also tried his Scooby imitation, to which Messick told him, "You've got that Scooby down."
In 1996, Innes and Jim Hogg created Hollywood Hal and Rhinestone Al With the Wannabees, a show aimed at pre-kindergarteners that taught them about manners, safety, sharing, love, staying away from drugs, and other values. In 1997, Innes started working as the morning host of WRQQ and as the afternoon air personality at the country radio station WYNK-FM, both in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At the former station, he performed "Shaggy on the Boulevard", a remix of "Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard" by Alabama but sung in Shaggy's voice. Following Don Messick's retirement and death and Casey Kasem quitting the role of Shaggy, Innes became the voice of both Scooby-Doo and Shaggy between 1998 and 2001, beginning with the film Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (Scooby) and the television special Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes (Shaggy); Innes also voiced Shaggy in promotions for said film. He continued to voice Scooby and Shaggy in 2002–2009 in most video games, PC games, toys, and commercials. Since 2010, he has been sporadically voicing the characters for toys, certain commercials such as McDonald's, the bank Halifax, and Walmart, as well as Scooby-Doo! The Museum of Mysteries at Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, and in the Scooby-Doo Playmobil shorts for WB Kids. In the Playmobil shorts and one of the McDonald's commercials, he also provided the voice of Fred Jones. Innes has also voiced Scooby's nephew, Scrappy-Doo, in the live-action film Scooby-Doo (2002), the television special The Scooby-Doo Project, video games, commercials, theme park attractions, toys, and the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Shaggy Busted".
Innes voiced Astro from The Jetsons in a series of RadioShack commercials in the late 1990s (alternating with Jeff Bergman and Billy West), and Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble in a Toshiba commercial in 2002. He has briefly voiced other characters, including those by Don Messick, Daws Butler and Mel Blanc, whom he had interviewed as a youngster: Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Wally Gator, Quick Draw McGraw, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Muttley, Professor Pat Pending, Snagglepuss, Captain Caveman, Shag Rugg, Droopy and Papa Smurf. Innes auditioned to voice Yogi and Boo-Boo for the film Yogi Bear (2010) but lost to Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake. He also auditioned to return as Shaggy for the television series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated but lost the role to Matthew Lillard, who previously portrayed Shaggy in the 2002 film and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004).
In 2003, Innes wrote the song "Handprints on the Wall", which was performed by Kenny Rogers. He is currently the publisher and author of Hug Magazine since 2010. In October 2011, he was fired from WYNK-FM as part of a new programming strategy and staff changes by Clear Channel Radio. On April 21, 2016, he joined nearby station WRKN in the same position of afternoon air personality.
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 Houston, Texas. Innes married his second wife, Cindy Harris, in September 2016.
Filmography
Film + List of voice performances in feature and direct-to-video films Year Title Role Notes 1998 Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Scooby-Doo Direct-to-video 1999 Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost 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 + List of voice performances in television shows Year Title Role Notes 1998 Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers TV special 1999 The Scooby-Doo Project Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Scrappy-Doo TV special 2000 Scooby-Doo/Courage the Cowardly Dog Scare-A-Thon Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers TV special JBVO 2 episodes 2001 Night of the Living Doo 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 2 episodes 2004 Megas XLR Argo
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes 1999 Scooby-Doo! Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers 2000Scooby-Doo Mystery Adventures! Showdown in Ghost Town Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Scrappy-Doo Scooby-Doo Mystery Adventures! Phantom of the Knight Wacky Races Professor Pat Pending Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers 2001 Scooby-Doo: Activity Challenge Scooby-Doo Mystery Adventures! Jinx at the Sphinx Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Scrappy-Doo Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers 2002 Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights Scooby-Doo! Case File 1: The Glowing Bug Man 2003 Scooby-Doo! Case File 2: The Scary Stone Dragon 2004 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem Scooby-Doo! Horror of the High Seas PC game, 4 parts Scooby-Doo! Mystery at the Snack Factory DVD Game 2005 Scooby-Doo! Funland Frenzy Scooby-Doo! Mayan Monster Mayhem PC game, 4 parts Scooby-Doo! Unmasked 2006 Scooby-Doo! Ancient Adventure Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, narrator DVD game Scooby-Doo! Case File 3: Frights! Camera! Mystery! Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who? Scooby-Doo! Haunts for the Holidays PC game, 3 parts 2007 Scooby-Doo! A Night of Fright is no Delight DVD game Scooby-Doo! DVD Board Game Scooby-Doo! Lost Island Adventure 2008 Scooby-Doo! Construction Crash Course PC game Scooby-Doo! Funland of Freaky Frights Shaggy Rogers DVD game 2009 Scooby-Doo! First Frights
Live-action + 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 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 Himself 2020 Sprout Central TV IncrediChat Guest 1 episode Christmas Coffee Scooter Walker Go Fishin Scotty Thibodeaux Also writer, composer and producer 2022 Tres Leches Alvin Love, Game, Match Himself Before We Break Radio Host Short film 2023 Bad Habit Police Chief Also location manager, writer and producer Tad Caldwell & The Monster Kid Rick The Iron Claw Ring Announcer
Web + 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 + 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; Kings Island, Kings Dominion, Canada's Wonderland and Carowinds versions 2008 River Battle Ranger Dollywood park attraction2018 Scooby-Doo: The Museum of Mysteries! Norville "Shaggy" Rogers Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi park attraction Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster: Next Generation Scrappy-Doo Warner Bros. Movie World park attraction
Commercials Radio Shack - Astro Jetson Campbell Soup - Popeye Cartoon Network bumpers - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Scrappy-Doo, Creeper, Ghost Clown, Ghost of Mr. Hyde, Astro Jetson, Shag Rugg, Snagglepuss Passport commercial - Scooby-Doo, Captain Caveman, Muttley Post Cereal Ad - Scooby-Doo Kraft Pasta - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers Toshiba - Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, George Jetson Kellogg's - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers Airheads - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers McDonald's - Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Fred Jones Chia Pet - 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, Mummy Walmart - Scooby-Doo
Songs Year Song Album Singer 2003 Handprints on the Wall Back to the Well Kenny Rogers
References
External links Official website of Scott Innes One Scott Shop