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:
- 52
- 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: The Movie | Jazz (voice) | 1986-08-08 |
| Movie | The Journey of Natty Gann | Sherman | 1985-09-25 |
| Movie | The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye | Jazz | 1984-09-17 |
| Series | The Transformers | Jazz | 1984-10-06 |
| Movie | Two of a Kind | Earl | 1983-01-01 |
| Series | Casablanca | Sam | 1983-04-10 |
| Movie | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Mr. Bloom (segment "Kick the Can") | 1983-06-24 |
| Series | One of the Boys | 1982-01-23 | |
| Movie | Zapped! | Dexter Jones | 1982-07-23 |
| Movie | Deadly Eyes | George Faskins | 1982-10-23 |
| Movie | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Mose Wheeler | 1982-12-01 |
| Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Dewey Stevens | 1981-05-15 |
| Movie | Making 'The Shining' | Himself | 1980-10-04 |
| Movie | The Shining | Dick Hallorann | 1980-05-22 |
| Movie | Bronco Billy | Doc Lynch | 1980-06-11 |
| Movie | Banjo the Woodpile Cat | Crazy Legs | 1979-11-16 |
| Series | The Super Globetrotters | 1979-09-22 | |
| 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 | Stay Hungry | William | 1976-04-23 |
| Movie | Joys | 1976-03-05 | |
| Movie | Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | Ben Benson | 1976-11-01 |
| Movie | Silver Streak | Ralston | 1976-12-03 |
| Movie | The Fortune | Fisherman | 1975-05-20 |
| Movie | Win, Place or Steal | Attendant | 1975-02-01 |
| Movie | Linda Lovelace for President | Super Black | 1975-03-01 |
| Movie | Coonskin | Pappy / Old Man Bone | 1975-08-20 |
| Movie | Friday Foster | Noble Franklin | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Orderly Turkle | 1975-11-18 |
| Movie | Black Belt Jones | Pop Byrd | 1974-01-29 |
| Movie | Truck Turner | Duke | 1974-04-19 |
| Series | Chico and the Man | Louie | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Hong Kong Phooey | 1974-09-07 | |
| Movie | Detroit 9000 | Reverend Markham | 1973-08-01 |
| Movie | The King of Marvin Gardens | Lewis | 1972-10-12 |
| Movie | Chandler | Smoke | 1971-12-01 |
| 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 | 1970-12-23 |
| Movie | Hook, Line and Sinker | The Corpse (uncredited) | 1969-06-06 |
| Movie | Lady in a Cage | Mr. Paul's Assistant | 1964-01-01 |
| Movie | The Sins of Rachel Cade | Musinga | 1961-04-02 |
| Movie | Alias Jesse James | Railroad Porter (uncredited) | 1959-03-20 |
| 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 | 1953-09-22 |
| Movie | Walking My Baby Back Home | Smiley Gordon | 1953-12-06 |