Scatman Crothers
Acting • Born 1910-05-23 – Died 1986-11-22
Biography
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.
Filmography
113 credits
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Movie • 1975
Orderly Turkle
The Shining
Movie • 1980
Hallorann
The Aristocats
Movie • 1970
Scat Cat (voice)
Stay Hungry
Movie • 1976
William
Bronco Billy
Movie • 1980
Doc Lynch
Silver Streak
Movie • 1976
Ralston
Scavenger Hunt
Movie • 1979
Sam
Zapped!
Movie • 1982
Dexter Jones
Linda Lovelace for President
Movie • 1975
Super Black
Bloody Mama
Movie • 1970
Moses
The Shootist
Movie • 1976
Moses
Two of a Kind
Movie • 1983
Earl
Coonskin
Movie • 1975
Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
The Journey of Natty Gann
Movie • 1985
Sherman
The Cheap Detective
Movie • 1978
Tinker
The Lorax
Movie • 1972
Singer
Deadly Eyes
Movie • 1982
George Faskins
Black Belt Jones
Movie • 1974
Pop Byrd
Making 'The Shining'
Movie • 1980
Self
The Fortune
Movie • 1975
Fisherman
The King of Marvin Gardens
Movie • 1972
Lewis
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Movie • 1961
Musinga
Friday Foster
Movie • 1975
Reverend Noble Franklin
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Movie • 1979
Crazy Legs (voice)
Detroit 9000
Movie • 1973
Reverend Markham
Chandler
Movie • 1971
Smoke
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
Movie • 1976
Ben Benson
Mean Dog Blues
Movie • 1978
Mudcat
Walking My Baby Back Home
Movie • 1953
Smiley Gordon
East of Sumatra
Movie • 1953
Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
Rock Odyssey
Movie • 1987
Jukebox (voice)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Movie • 1983
Mr. Bloom
Man on the Outside
Movie • 1975
Ruben Hammer
Lady Sings the Blues
Movie • 1972
Big Ben
Hello, Dolly!
Movie • 1969
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
The Great White Hope
Movie • 1970
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Truck Turner
Movie • 1974
Duke
Tarzan and the Trappers
Movie • 1958
Tyana
Meet Me at the Fair
Movie • 1953
Enoch Jones
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Movie • 1982
Mose Wheeler
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Movie • 1981
Dewey Stevens
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Movie • 1973
Cleveland
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
Movie • 2024
Jazz (archive audio)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Movie • 1978
Self
Johnny Dark
Movie • 1954
Himself
Hook, Line and Sinker
Movie • 1969
The Corpse (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
Movie • 1959
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Movie • 1986
Jazz (voice)
Joys
Movie • 1976
Self
The Transformers: The Movie
Movie • 1986
Jazz (voice)
Between Heaven and Hell
Movie • 1956
George (uncredited)
Win, Place or Steal
Movie • 1975
Attendant
Lady in a Cage
Movie • 1964
Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
Movie • 1951
Scatman
Working
Movie • 1982
Parking Attendant
Sty of the Blind Pig
Movie • 1974
Doc
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
Movie • 1973
(voices)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
Movie • 2011
(voice) (archive footage)
The Patsy
Movie • 1964
Shoeshine Boy
Porgy and Bess
Movie • 1959
Crabman
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
Movie • 1983
Self - Sketch Performer
Tarzan and the Trappers
Movie • 1958
Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
Movie • 1987
Jazz
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
Movie • 1980
Nate (voice)
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Tickler
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
Joe
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
TV • 1977
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Blind Man
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Virgil Gibson
Chico and the Man
TV • 1974
Louie
Mannix
TV • 1967
Sanford and Son
TV • 1972
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Hotel
TV • 1982
The Super Globetrotters
TV • 1979
Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
Laverne & Shirley
TV • 1976
Kojak
TV • 1973
Gaylord Fuller
The Transformers
TV • 1984
Jazz (voice)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Uncle Filemon
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Timothy
Harlem Globetrotters
TV • 1970
Vega$
TV • 1978
Temperatures Rising
TV • 1972
Hong Kong Phooey
TV • 1974
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Johnson
Paw Paws
TV • 1985
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
One of the Boys
TV • 1982
Flying High
TV • 1978
Morningstar/Eveningstar
TV • 1986
It Takes Two
TV • 1982
Casablanca
TV • 1983
Sam
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV • 1973
Self
Johnny Midnight
TV • 1960
Train Attendant (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Nichols
TV • 1971
Jack
This Is Your Life
TV • 1983
Self
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TV • 1972
Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
Adam-12
TV • 1968
George Strothers
Taxi
TV • 1978
Walt
Roots
TV • 1977
Mingo
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Floyd
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
One-Man Band
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
TV • 1979
(voice)
Madame's Place
TV • 1982
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Griff
TV • 1973
Joe Rawls
Ironside
TV • 1967
Jason
Bewitched
TV • 1964
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