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:
- 59
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Meet Me at the Fair 1953-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Transformers: The Movie 1986-08-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye | Jazz | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | The Transformers: The Movie | Jazz (voice) | 1986-08-08 |
| 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 |
| Series | One of the Boys | 1982-01-23 | |
| Movie | Working | Parking Attendant | 1982-04-13 |
| Movie | Zapped! | Dexter Jones | 1982-07-23 |
| Movie | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Mose Wheeler | 1982-12-01 |
| Movie | Deadly Eyes | George Faskins | 1982-10-23 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Making 'The Shining' | Self | 1980-10-04 |
| Series | The Super Globetrotters | 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 | Roots | Mingo | 1977-01-23 |
| Series | Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics | 1977-09-10 | |
| Movie | Joys | Self | 1976-03-05 |
| Movie | Stay Hungry | William | 1976-04-23 |
| Movie | Silver Streak | Ralston | 1976-12-03 |
| Movie | Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | Ben Benson | 1976-11-01 |
| Movie | Linda Lovelace for President | Super Black | 1975-03-01 |
| Movie | Win, Place or Steal | Attendant | 1975-02-01 |
| Movie | The Fortune | Fisherman | 1975-05-20 |
| Movie | Coonskin | Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) | 1975-08-20 |
| Movie | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Orderly Turkle | 1975-11-19 |
| Movie | Friday Foster | Reverend Noble Franklin | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | Truck Turner | Duke | 1974-06-26 |
| Movie | Black Belt Jones | Pop Byrd | 1974-01-28 |
| Series | Hong Kong Phooey | 1974-09-07 | |
| Series | Chico and the Man | Louie | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | Detroit 9000 | Reverend Markham | 1973-08-01 |
| Movie | The Lorax | Singer | 1972-02-14 |
| Movie | The King of Marvin Gardens | Lewis | 1972-10-13 |
| Movie | Lady Sings the Blues | Big Ben | 1972-10-12 |
| Movie | Chandler | Smoke | 1971-12-01 |
| Movie | Bloody Mama | Moses | 1970-03-24 |
| Series | Harlem Globetrotters | 1970-09-12 | |
| Movie | The Aristocats | Scat Cat (voice) | 1970-12-24 |
| Movie | The Great White Hope | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | 1970-10-11 |
| Movie | Hook, Line and Sinker | The Corpse (uncredited) | 1969-06-06 |
| Movie | Hello, Dolly! | Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) | 1969-12-12 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Tarzan and the Trappers | Tyana | 1958-01-01 |
| Movie | Between Heaven and Hell | George (uncredited) | 1956-10-11 |
| Movie | Johnny Dark | Himself | 1954-06-25 |
| Movie | Meet Me at the Fair | Enoch Jones | 1953-01-01 |
| Movie | East of Sumatra | Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) | 1953-08-26 |
| Movie | Walking My Baby Back Home | Smiley Gordon | 1953-12-06 |