Scatman Crothers
Born May 23, 1910Died November 22, 1986
Place of birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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 Aut...
Filmography
Actor (112 credits)
Movies
Transformers: 40th Anniversary EventJazz (archive audio)
2024Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates(voice) (archive footage)
2011Rock OdysseyJukebox (voice)
1987Transformers: The Return of Optimus PrimeJazz
1987The Transformers: More Than Meets the EyeJazz (voice)
1986The Transformers: The MovieJazz (voice)
1986The Journey of Natty GannSherman
1985Two of a KindEarl
1983Twilight Zone: The MovieMr. Bloom
1983Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?Self - Sketch Performer
1983Zapped!Dexter Jones
1982Deadly EyesGeorge Faskins
1982Missing Children: A Mother's StoryMose Wheeler
1982WorkingParking Attendant
1982The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's IslandDewey Stevens
1981The ShiningHallorann
1980Bronco BillyDoc Lynch
1980Making 'The Shining'Self
1980Scavenger HuntSam
1979Banjo the Woodpile CatCrazy Legs (voice)
1979The Cheap DetectiveTinker
1978Mean Dog BluesMudcat
1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelf
1978Stay HungryWilliam
1976Silver StreakRalston
1976The ShootistMoses
1976Chesty Anderson U.S. NavyBen Benson
1976JoysSelf
1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOrderly Turkle
1975Linda Lovelace for PresidentSuper Black
1975CoonskinPappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
1975The FortuneFisherman
1975Friday FosterReverend Noble Franklin
1975Man on the OutsideRuben Hammer
1975Win, Place or StealAttendant
1975Black Belt JonesPop Byrd
1974Truck TurnerDuke
1974Sty of the Blind PigDoc
1974Detroit 9000Reverend Markham
1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffCleveland
1973Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters(voices)
1973The LoraxSinger
1972The King of Marvin GardensLewis
1972Lady Sings the BluesBig Ben
1972ChandlerSmoke
1971The AristocatsScat Cat (voice)
1970Bloody MamaMoses
1970The Great White HopeCarnival Barker (uncredited)
1970Hello, Dolly!Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
1969Hook, Line and SinkerThe Corpse (uncredited)
1969Lady in a CageMr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
1964The PatsyShoeshine Boy
1964The Sins of Rachel CadeMusinga
1961Alias Jesse JamesRailroad Porter (uncredited)
1959Porgy and BessCrabman
1959Tarzan and the TrappersTyana
1958Tarzan and the TrappersTyana (as Sherman Crothers)
1958Between Heaven and HellGeorge (uncredited)
1956Johnny DarkHimself
1954Walking My Baby Back HomeSmiley Gordon
1953East of SumatraBaltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
1953Meet Me at the FairEnoch Jones
1953Yes Sir, Mr. BonesScatman
1951Tv
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986Paw Paws
1985The TransformersJazz (voice)
1984CasablancaSam
1983This Is Your LifeSelf
1983Hotel
1982Matt Houston
1982One of the Boys
1982It Takes Two
1982Madame's PlaceSelf
1982Hill Street Blues
1981Magnum, P.I.Tickler
1980The Super GlobetrottersNate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
1979Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo(voice)
1979Vega$
1978Flying High
1978TaxiWalt
1978The Incredible Hulk
1977Scooby's Laff-A LympicsHong Kong Phooey (voice)
1977The Love BoatVirgil Gibson
1977RootsMingo
1977Laverne & Shirley
1976Starsky & Hutch
1975Chico and the ManLouie
1974Kolchak: The Night StalkerUncle Filemon
1974Hong Kong PhooeyHong Kong Phooey (voice)
1974KojakGaylord Fuller
1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf
1973GriffJoe Rawls
1973Sanford and Son
1972Temperatures Rising
1972The New Scooby-Doo MoviesMeadowlark Lemon (voice)
1972NicholsJack
1971McMillan & WifeFloyd
1971The Odd CoupleBlind Man
1970Harlem Globetrotters
1970Love, American StyleOne-Man Band
1969Adam-12George Strothers
1968Mannix
1967IronsideJason
1967BewitchedHandler
1964The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1961Johnny MidnightTrain Attendant (uncredited)
1960Bourbon Street BeatJoe
1959The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTimothy
1955The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
1950Lux Video TheatreJohnson
1950Misc. (1 credits)
Movie
CoonskinSongs
1975
