Scatman Crothers
Born: 1910-05-23 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Died: 1986-11-22
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event as Jazz (archive audio)
2011
- Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates as (voice) (archive footage)
1987
- Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime as Jazz
- Rock Odyssey as Jukebox (voice)
1986
- The Transformers: The Movie as Jazz (voice)
- The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye as Jazz (voice)
- Morningstar/Eveningstar
1985
- The Journey of Natty Gann as Sherman
- Paw Paws
1984
- The Transformers as Jazz (voice)
1983
- Twilight Zone: The Movie as Mr. Bloom
- Two of a Kind as Earl
- Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? as Self - Sketch Performer
- This Is Your Life as Self
- Casablanca as Sam
1982
- Hotel
- Matt Houston
- Madame's Place as Self
- Working as Parking Attendant
- Zapped! as Dexter Jones
- Deadly Eyes as George Faskins
- It Takes Two
- One of the Boys
- Missing Children: A Mother's Story as Mose Wheeler
1981
- Hill Street Blues
- The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Dewey Stevens
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Tickler
- The Shining as Hallorann
- Making 'The Shining' as Self
- Bronco Billy as Doc Lynch
1979
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as (voice)
- Scavenger Hunt as Sam
- The Super Globetrotters as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
- Banjo the Woodpile Cat as Crazy Legs (voice)
1978
- Taxi as Walt
- Vega$
- Flying High
- The Cheap Detective as Tinker
- Mean Dog Blues as Mudcat
- NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self
1977
- The Love Boat as Virgil Gibson
- The Incredible Hulk
- Roots as Mingo
- Scooby's Laff-A Lympics as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
1976
- Laverne & Shirley
- Silver Streak as Ralston
- Stay Hungry as William
- Joys as Self
- Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy as Ben Benson
- The Shootist as Moses
1975
- Starsky & Hutch
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Orderly Turkle
- Friday Foster as Reverend Noble Franklin
- Coonskin as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
- The Fortune as Fisherman
- Linda Lovelace for President as Super Black
- Man on the Outside as Ruben Hammer
- Win, Place or Steal as Attendant
1974
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Uncle Filemon
- Chico and the Man as Louie
- Hong Kong Phooey as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
- Black Belt Jones as Pop Byrd
- Sty of the Blind Pig as Doc
- Truck Turner as Duke
1973
- Kojak as Gaylord Fuller
- Detroit 9000 as Reverend Markham
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters as (voices)
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off as Cleveland
- Griff as Joe Rawls
1972
- Sanford and Son
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
- The Lorax as Singer
- Temperatures Rising
- Lady Sings the Blues as Big Ben
- The King of Marvin Gardens as Lewis
1971
- McMillan & Wife as Floyd
- Chandler as Smoke
- Nichols as Jack
1970
- The Odd Couple as Blind Man
- The Aristocats as Scat Cat (voice)
- Bloody Mama as Moses
- The Great White Hope as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
- Harlem Globetrotters
1969
- Love, American Style as One-Man Band
- Hello, Dolly! as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
- Hook, Line and Sinker as The Corpse (uncredited)
1968
- Adam-12 as George Strothers
1964
- Bewitched as Handler
- The Patsy as Shoeshine Boy
- Lady in a Cage as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Sins of Rachel Cade as Musinga
1960
- Johnny Midnight as Train Attendant (uncredited)
1959
- Bourbon Street Beat as Joe
- Porgy and Bess as Crabman
- Alias Jesse James as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
1958
- Tarzan and the Trappers as Tyana
1956
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- Between Heaven and Hell as George (uncredited)
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Timothy
1954
- Johnny Dark as Himself
1953
- East of Sumatra as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
- Walking My Baby Back Home as Smiley Gordon
- Meet Me at the Fair as Enoch Jones
1951
- Yes Sir, Mr. Bones as Scatman
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Lux Video Theatre as Johnson