Name
Scatman Crothers
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1910-05-23
Deathday
1986-11-22 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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.
Known For
The Shining
(19,565 Votes)
8.2
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife...
Relase Date : 23 May, 1980
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(11,895 Votes)
8.404
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison....
Relase Date : 19 Nov, 1975
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
(858 Votes)
6.494
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV seriesâ...
Relase Date : 24 Jun, 1983
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The Shootist
(397 Votes)
7.101
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighter...
Relase Date : 21 Jul, 1976
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Hello, Dolly!
(409 Votes)
6.988
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see ...
Relase Date : 12 Dec, 1969
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Bronco Billy
(306 Votes)
6.3
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face o...
Relase Date : 11 Jun, 1980
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Orderly Turkle
- 1980 The Shining as Hallorann
- 1970 The Aristocats as Scat Cat (voice)
- 1976 Stay Hungry as William
- 1980 Bronco Billy as Doc Lynch
- 1976 Silver Streak as Ralston
- 1979 Scavenger Hunt as Sam
- 1982 Zapped! as Dexter Jones
- 1975 Linda Lovelace for President as Super Black
- 1970 Bloody Mama as Moses
- 1976 The Shootist as Moses
- 1983 Two of a Kind as Earl
- 1975 Coonskin as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
- 1985 The Journey of Natty Gann as Sherman
- 1978 The Cheap Detective as Tinker
- 1972 The Lorax as Singer
- 1982 Deadly Eyes as George Faskins
- 1974 Black Belt Jones as Pop Byrd
- 1980 Making 'The Shining' as Self
- 1975 The Fortune as Fisherman
- 1972 The King of Marvin Gardens as Lewis
- 1961 The Sins of Rachel Cade as Musinga
- 1975 Friday Foster as Reverend Noble Franklin
- 1979 Banjo the Woodpile Cat as Crazy Legs (voice)
- 1973 Detroit 9000 as Reverend Markham
- 1971 Chandler as Smoke
- 1976 Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy as Ben Benson
- 1978 Mean Dog Blues as Mudcat
- 1953 Walking My Baby Back Home as Smiley
- 1953 East of Sumatra as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
- 1987 Rock Odyssey as Jukebox (voice)
- 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie as Mr. Bloom
- 1975 Man on the Outside as Ruben Hammer
- 1972 Lady Sings the Blues as Big Ben
- 1969 Hello, Dolly! as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
- 1970 The Great White Hope as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
- 1974 Truck Turner as Duke
- 1960 Tarzan and the Trappers as Tyana
- 1953 Meet Me at the Fair as Enoch Jones
- 1982 Missing Children: A Mother's Story as Mose Wheeler
- 1981 The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Dewey Stevens
- 1973 Slaughter's Big Rip-Off as Cleveland
- 2024 Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event as Jazz (archive audio)
- 1978 NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self
- 1954 Johnny Dark as Himself
- 1969 Hook, Line and Sinker as The Corpse (uncredited)
- 1959 Alias Jesse James as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
- 1986 The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye as Jazz (voice)
- 1976 Joys as Self
- 1986 The Transformers: The Movie as Jazz (voice)
- 1956 Between Heaven and Hell as George (uncredited)
- 1975 Win, Place or Steal as Attendant
- 1964 Lady in a Cage as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1951 Yes Sir, Mr. Bones as Scatman
- 1982 Working as Parking Attendant
- 1974 Sty of the Blind Pig as Doc
- 1973 Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters as (voices)
- 2011 Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates as (voice) (archive footage)
- 1964 The Patsy as Shoeshine Boy
- 1959 Porgy and Bess as Crabman
- 1983 Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? as Self - Sketch Performer
- 1960 Tarzan and the Trappers as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
- 1987 Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime as Jazz
- 1980 The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White as Nate (voice)
- 2024 Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Tickler
- 1959 Bourbon Street Beat ( 1 episode ) as Joe
- 1977 The Incredible Hulk ( 1 episode )
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 1977 Scooby's All-Stars ( 94 episodes ) as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
- 1975 Starsky & Hutch ( 1 episode )
- 1970 The Odd Couple ( 1 episode ) as Blind Man
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Virgil Gibson
- 1974 Chico and the Man ( 88 episodes ) as Louie
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Sanford and Son ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode ) as Garland Fisk
- 1979 The Super Globetrotters ( 13 episodes ) as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
- 1976 Laverne & Shirley ( 2 episodes )
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Gaylord Fuller
- 1984 The Transformers ( 92 episodes ) as Jazz (voice)
- 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker ( 1 episode ) as Uncle Filemon
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Timothy
- 1970 Harlem Globetrotters ( 22 episodes )
- 1972 Temperatures Rising ( 1 episode )
- 1978 Vega$ ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Hong Kong Phooey ( 31 episodes ) as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Johnson
- 1985 Paw Paws ( 21 episodes ) as Eugene the Genie (voice)
- 1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode )
- 1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie ( 1 episode )
- 1978 Flying High ( 1 episode )
- 1986 Morningstar/Eveningstar ( 5 episodes )
- 1982 It Takes Two ( 1 episode )
- 1983 Casablanca ( 5 episodes ) as Sam
- 1973 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1960 Johnny Midnight ( 1 episode ) as Train Attendant (uncredited)
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1971 Nichols ( 1 episode ) as Jack
- 1983 This Is Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1972 The New Scooby-Doo Movies ( 3 episodes ) as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as George Strothers
- 1978 Taxi ( 1 episode ) as Walt
- 1977 Roots ( 1 episode ) as Mingo
- 1971 McMillan & Wife ( 1 episode ) as Floyd
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as One-Man Band
- 1979 Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ( 1 episode ) as (voice)
- 1982 Madame's Place ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1973 Griff ( 1 episode ) as Joe Rawls
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Jason
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Handler
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Jud
- 1982 One of the Boys ( 13 episodes ) as Bernard Soloman
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Parking Attendant
