Scatman Crothers
Actor
Born May 23, 1910 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
Self (archive footage)
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
Jazz (archive audio)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
(voice) (archive footage)
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
Jazz
Rock Odyssey
Jukebox (voice)
The Transformers: The Movie
Jazz (voice)
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Jazz (voice)
The Journey of Natty Gann
Sherman
Paw Paws
Eugene the Genie (voice)
The Transformers
Jazz (voice)
Two of a Kind
Earl
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Mr. Bloom
Casablanca
Sam
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Mose Wheeler
Deadly Eyes
George Faskins
It Takes Two
Matt Houston
Madame's Place
Self
Hotel
Garland Fisk
Zapped!
Dexter Jones
Working
Parking Attendant
One of the Boys
Bernard Soloman
American Playhouse
Parking Attendant
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Dewey Stevens
Hill Street Blues
Magnum, P.I.
Tickler
Making 'The Shining'
Self
Bronco Billy
Doc Lynch
The Shining
Hallorann
Scavenger Hunt
Sam
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Crazy Legs (voice)
The Super Globetrotters
Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(voice)
Flying High
Vega$
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
Taxi
Walt
The Cheap Detective
Tinker
Mean Dog Blues
Mudcat
The Incredible Hulk
The Love Boat
Virgil Gibson
Scooby's All-Stars
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Roots
Mingo
Silver Streak
Ralston
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
Ben Benson
The Shootist
Moses
Stay Hungry
William
Joys
Self
Laverne & Shirley
Friday Foster
Reverend Noble Franklin
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Orderly Turkle
Starsky & Hutch
Coonskin
Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
Man on the Outside
Ruben Hammer
The Fortune
Fisherman
Linda Lovelace for President
Super Black
Win, Place or Steal
Attendant
Chico and the Man
Louie
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Uncle Filemon
Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Truck Turner
Duke
Sty of the Blind Pig
Doc
Black Belt Jones
Pop Byrd
Kojak
Gaylord Fuller
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
(voices)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Cleveland
Detroit 9000
Reverend Markham
The King of Marvin Gardens
Lewis
Lady Sings the Blues
Big Ben
Temperatures Rising
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
The Lorax
Singer
Sanford and Son
Chandler
Smoke
McMillan & Wife
Floyd
Nichols
Jack
The Aristocats
Scat Cat (voice)
The Great White Hope
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
The Odd Couple
Blind Man
Harlem Globetrotters
Bloody Mama
Moses
Hello, Dolly!
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
Love, American Style
One-Man Band
Hook, Line and Sinker
The Corpse (uncredited)
Adam-12
George Strothers
Mannix
Ironside
Jason
Bewitched
Handler
The Patsy
Shoeshine Boy
Lady in a Cage
Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Musinga
Johnny Midnight
Train Attendant (uncredited)
Bourbon Street Beat
Joe
Bonanza
Jud
Porgy and Bess
Crabman
Alias Jesse James
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Tarzan and the Trappers
Tyana
Between Heaven and Hell
George (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Timothy
Johnny Dark
Himself
Walking My Baby Back Home
Smiley
East of Sumatra
Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
Meet Me at the Fair
Enoch Jones
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
Scatman
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self