- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 23, 1910
- Place of Birth
- Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
- Died
- November 22, 1986
Scatman Crothers
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
movieShine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieTransformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024 · Jazz (archive audio)
movieScooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011 · (voice) (archive footage)
movieTransformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
1987 · Jazz
movieRock Odyssey
1987 · Jukebox (voice)
movieThe Transformers: The Movie
1986 · Jazz (voice)
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
movieThe Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
1986 · Jazz (voice)
movieThe Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · Sherman
tvPaw Paws
1985 · Eugene the Genie (voice)
tvThe Transformers
1984 · Jazz (voice)
movieTwo of a Kind
1983 · Earl
This Is Your Life
1983 · Self
movieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Mr. Bloom
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
1983 · Self - Sketch Performer
tvCasablanca
1983 · Sam
movieMissing Children: A Mother's Story
1982 · Mose Wheeler
movieDeadly Eyes
1982 · George Faskins
tvIt Takes Two
1982
tvMatt Houston
1982
tvMadame's Place
1982 · Self
tvHotel
1982 · Garland Fisk
movieZapped!
1982 · Dexter Jones
movieWorking
1982 · Parking Attendant
tvOne of the Boys
1982 · Bernard Soloman
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Parking Attendant
movieThe Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 · Dewey Stevens
tvHill Street Blues
1981
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980 · Tickler
movieMaking 'The Shining'
1980 · Self
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
1980 · Nate (voice)
movieBronco Billy
1980 · Doc Lynch
movieThe Shining
1980 · Hallorann
movieScavenger Hunt
1979 · Sam
movieBanjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 · Crazy Legs (voice)
tvThe Super Globetrotters
1979 · Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
tvScooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979 · (voice)
tvFlying High
1978
tvVega$
1978
movieNBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978 · Self
tvTaxi
1978 · Walt
movieThe Cheap Detective
1978 · Tinker
movieMean Dog Blues
1978 · Mudcat
tvThe Incredible Hulk
1977
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Virgil Gibson
tvScooby's All-Stars
1977 · Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
tvRoots
1977 · Mingo
movieSilver Streak
1976 · Ralston
movieChesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976 · Ben Benson
movieThe Shootist
1976 · Moses
movieStay Hungry
1976 · William
movieJoys
1976 · Self
tvLaverne & Shirley
1976
movieFriday Foster
1975 · Reverend Noble Franklin
movieOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Orderly Turkle
tvStarsky & Hutch
1975
movieCoonskin
1975 · Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice), Songs
movieMan on the Outside
1975 · Ruben Hammer
movieThe Fortune
1975 · Fisherman
movieLinda Lovelace for President
1975 · Super Black
movieWin, Place or Steal
1975 · Attendant
tvChico and the Man
1974 · Louie
tvKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Uncle Filemon
tvHong Kong Phooey
1974 · Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
movieTruck Turner
1974 · Duke
movieSty of the Blind Pig
1974 · Doc
movieBlack Belt Jones
1974 · Pop Byrd
tvKojak
1973 · Gaylord Fuller
Griff
1973 · Joe Rawls
tvThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
movieScooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973 · (voices)
movieSlaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973 · Cleveland
movieDetroit 9000
1973 · Reverend Markham
movieThe King of Marvin Gardens
1972 · Lewis
movieLady Sings the Blues
1972 · Big Ben
tvTemperatures Rising
1972
tvThe New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972 · Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
movieThe Lorax
1972 · Singer
tvSanford and Son
1972
movieChandler
1971 · Smoke
tvMcMillan & Wife
1971 · Floyd
tvNichols
1971 · Jack
movieThe Aristocats
1970 · Scat Cat (voice)
movieThe Great White Hope
1970 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)
tvThe Odd Couple
1970 · Blind Man
tvHarlem Globetrotters
1970
movieBloody Mama
1970 · Moses
movieHello, Dolly!
1969 · Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
tvLove, American Style
1969 · One-Man Band
movieHook, Line and Sinker
1969 · The Corpse (uncredited)
tvAdam-12
1968 · George Strothers
tvMannix
1967
tvIronside
1967 · Jason
tvBewitched
1964 · Handler
movieThe Patsy
1964 · Shoeshine Boy
movieLady in a Cage
1964 · Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieThe Sins of Rachel Cade
1961 · Musinga
tvJohnny Midnight
1960 · Train Attendant (uncredited)
tvBourbon Street Beat
1959 · Joe
tvBonanza
1959 · Jud
moviePorgy and Bess
1959 · Crabman
movieAlias Jesse James
1959 · Railroad Porter (uncredited)
movieTarzan and the Trappers
1958 · Tyana, Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
movieBetween Heaven and Hell
1956 · George (uncredited)
tvThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Timothy
movieJohnny Dark
1954 · Himself
movieWalking My Baby Back Home
1953 · Smiley
movieEast of Sumatra
1953 · Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
movieMeet Me at the Fair
1953 · Enoch Jones
movieYes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951 · Scatman
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Johnson
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self