Scatman Crothers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor, singer, dancer and musician known for his work as Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and as Dick Hallorann in The Shining in 1980. He was also a prolific voiceover artist, and provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the animated TV version of The Harlem Globetrotters, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers, the title character in Hong Kong Phooey, and Scat Cat in the 1970 film The Aristocats. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scatman Crothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 23, 1910 In Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 96
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950-09-10
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Chickening 2015-09-10
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Chickening | Dick (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-09-10 |
| Movie | Rock Odyssey | Jukebox (voice) | 1987-07-13 |
| Movie | Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime | Jazz | 1987-11-17 |
| Movie | The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye | Jazz | 1986-01-01 |
| Series | Morningstar/Eveningstar | 1986-03-25 | |
| Movie | The Transformers: The Movie | Jazz (voice) | 1986-08-08 |
| Series | Paw Paws | 1985-09-15 | |
| Movie | The Journey of Natty Gann | Sherman | 1985-09-27 |
| Series | The Transformers | Jazz | 1984-10-06 |
| Movie | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Mr. Bloom | 1983-06-24 |
| Series | Casablanca | Sam | 1983-04-10 |
| Movie | Two of a Kind | Earl | 1983-12-13 |
| Movie | Working | Parking Attendant | 1982-04-13 |
| Series | One of the Boys | 1982-01-23 | |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | Zapped! | Dexter Jones | 1982-07-23 |
| Movie | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Mose Wheeler | 1982-12-01 |
| Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | Deadly Eyes | George Faskins | 1982-10-23 |
| Series | It Takes Two | Unknown | 1982-10-14 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Dewey Stevens | 1981-05-15 |
| Movie | The Shining | Hallorann | 1980-05-23 |
| Movie | Bronco Billy | Doc Lynch | 1980-06-11 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | Making 'The Shining' | Self | 1980-10-04 |
| Series | The Super Globetrotters | Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice) | 1979-09-22 |
| Movie | Banjo the Woodpile Cat | Crazy Legs (voice) | 1979-11-16 |
| Movie | Scavenger Hunt | Sam | 1979-12-21 |
| Movie | Mean Dog Blues | Mudcat | 1978-03-03 |
| Movie | The Cheap Detective | Tinker | 1978-06-23 |
| Series | Flying High | Unknown | 1978-09-29 |
| Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
| Series | Roots | Mingo | 1977-01-23 |
| Series | Scooby's All-Stars | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | 1977-09-10 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
| Movie | Joys | Self | 1976-03-05 |
| Series | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown | 1976-01-27 |
| Movie | Stay Hungry | William | 1976-04-23 |
| Movie | The Shootist | Moses | 1976-07-21 |
| Movie | Silver Streak | Ralston | 1976-12-03 |
| Movie | Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | Ben Benson | 1976-11-01 |
| Movie | Coonskin | Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) | 1975-08-20 |
| Movie | Win, Place or Steal | Attendant | 1975-02-01 |
| Movie | Linda Lovelace for President | Super Black | 1975-03-01 |
| Movie | The Fortune | Fisherman | 1975-05-20 |
| Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
| Movie | Friday Foster | Reverend Noble Franklin | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Orderly Turkle | 1975-11-19 |
| Movie | Sty of the Blind Pig | Doc | 1974-05-29 |
| Movie | Black Belt Jones | Pop Byrd | 1974-01-28 |
| Movie | Truck Turner | Duke | 1974-06-26 |
| Series | Hong Kong Phooey | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | 1974-09-07 |
| Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Chico and the Man | Louie | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | Detroit 9000 | Reverend Markham | 1973-08-01 |
| Movie | Slaughter's Big Rip Off | Cleveland | 1973-08-31 |
| Movie | Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters | (voices) | 1973-09-08 |
| Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
| Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Unknown | 1973-09-14 |
| Series | Sanford and Son | Unknown | 1972-01-14 |
| Movie | The Lorax | Singer | 1972-02-14 |
| Series | The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Meadowlark Lemon (voice) | 1972-09-09 |
| Movie | The King of Marvin Gardens | Lewis | 1972-10-12 |
| Movie | Lady Sings the Blues | Big Ben | 1972-10-12 |
| Series | Temperatures Rising | Unknown | 1972-09-12 |
| Movie | Chandler | Smoke | 1971-12-01 |
| Series | The Odd Couple | Unknown | 1970-09-24 |
| Movie | Bloody Mama | Moses | 1970-03-24 |
| Series | Harlem Globetrotters | 1970-09-12 | |
| Movie | The Great White Hope | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | 1970-10-11 |
| Movie | The Aristocats | Scat Cat (voice) | 1970-11-13 |
| Movie | Hook, Line and Sinker | The Corpse (uncredited) | 1969-06-06 |
| Movie | Hello, Dolly! | Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) | 1969-12-12 |
| Series | Love, American Style | One-Man Band | 1969-09-29 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
| Movie | Lady in a Cage | Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited) | 1964-06-10 |
| Movie | The Patsy | Shoeshine Boy | 1964-06-24 |
| Movie | The Sins of Rachel Cade | Musinga | 1961-04-02 |
| Movie | Alias Jesse James | Railroad Porter (uncredited) | 1959-03-20 |
| Movie | Porgy and Bess | Crabman | 1959-06-24 |
| Series | Bourbon Street Beat | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Movie | Tarzan and the Trappers | Tyana | 1958-01-01 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Movie | Between Heaven and Hell | George (uncredited) | 1956-10-11 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Movie | Johnny Dark | Himself | 1954-06-25 |
| Movie | Walking My Baby Back Home | Smiley Gordon | 1953-12-06 |
| Movie | Meet Me at the Fair | Enoch Jones | 1953-01-01 |
| Movie | East of Sumatra | Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) | 1953-09-23 |
| Movie | Yes Sir, Mr. Bones | Scatman | 1951-07-13 |
| Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |