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:
- 53
- 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 |
| Series | Casablanca | Sam | 1983-04-10 |
| Movie | Two of a Kind | Earl | 1983-01-01 |
| 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 | 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 | Bronco Billy | Doc Lynch | 1980-06-11 |
| Movie | The Shining | Dick Hallorann | 1980-05-23 |
| Movie | Making The Shining | Himself | 1980-10-04 |
| Series | The Super Globetrotters | 1979-09-22 | |
| Movie | Banjo the Woodpile Cat | Crazy Legs | 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 | 1976-03-05 | |
| Movie | Stay Hungry | William | 1976-04-23 |
| Movie | Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | Ben Benson | 1976-11-01 |
| Movie | Silver Streak | Ralston | 1976-12-03 |
| 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 | Friday Foster | Noble Franklin | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | Coonskin | Pappy / Old Man Bone | 1975-08-20 |
| 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 | 1974-06-26 |
| 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 Aristocats | Scat Cat | 1970-12-23 |
| Movie | The Great White Hope | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | 1970-10-11 |
| 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 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 | 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 |