Scatman Crothers
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.
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Acting History
2024
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event as Jazz (archive audio)
2011Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates as (voice) (archive footage)
1987Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime as Jazz
1987Rock Odyssey as Jukebox (voice)
1986The Transformers: The Movie as Jazz (voice)
1986Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye as Jazz (voice)
1985The Journey of Natty Gann as Sherman
1985Paw Paws
1984The Transformers as Jazz (voice)
1983Two of a Kind as Earl
1983This Is Your Life as Self
1983Twilight Zone: The Movie as Mr. Bloom
1983Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? as Self - Sketch Performer
1983Casablanca as Sam
1982Missing Children: A Mother's Story as Mose Wheeler
1982Deadly Eyes as George Faskins
1982It Takes Two
1982Matt Houston
1982Madame's Place as Self
1982Hotel
1982Zapped! as Dexter Jones
1982Working as Parking Attendant
1982One of the Boys
1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Dewey Stevens
1981Hill Street Blues
1980Magnum, P.I. as Tickler
1980Making 'The Shining' as Self
1980Bronco Billy as Doc Lynch
1980The Shining as Hallorann
1979Scavenger Hunt as Sam
1979Banjo the Woodpile Cat as Crazy Legs (voice)
1979Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as (voice)
1979The Super Globetrotters as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
1978Flying High
1978Vega$
1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self
1978Taxi as Walt
1978The Cheap Detective as Tinker
1978Mean Dog Blues as Mudcat
1977The Incredible Hulk
1977The Love Boat as Virgil Gibson
1977Scooby's Laff-A Lympics as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
1977Roots as Mingo
1976Silver Streak as Ralston
1976Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy as Ben Benson
1976The Shootist as Moses
1976Stay Hungry as William
1976Joys as Self
1976Laverne & Shirley
1975Friday Foster as Reverend Noble Franklin
1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Orderly Turkle
1975Starsky & Hutch
1975Coonskin as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
1975Man on the Outside as Ruben Hammer
1975The Fortune as Fisherman
1975Linda Lovelace for President as Super Black
1975Win, Place or Steal as Attendant
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Uncle Filemon
1974Chico and the Man as Louie
1974Hong Kong Phooey as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
1974Truck Turner as Duke
1974Sty of the Blind Pig as Doc
1974Black Belt Jones as Pop Byrd
1973Kojak as Gaylord Fuller
1973Griff as Joe Rawls
1973The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
1973Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters as (voices)
1973Slaughter's Big Rip-Off as Cleveland
1973Detroit 9000 as Reverend Markham
1972The King of Marvin Gardens as Lewis
1972Lady Sings the Blues as Big Ben
1972Temperatures Rising
1972The New Scooby-Doo Movies as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
1972The Lorax as Singer
1972Sanford and Son
1971Chandler as Smoke
1971McMillan & Wife as Floyd
1971Nichols as Jack
1970The Aristocats as Scat Cat (voice)
1970The Great White Hope as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1970The Odd Couple as Blind Man
1970Harlem Globetrotters
1970Bloody Mama as Moses
1969Hello, Dolly! as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
1969Love, American Style as One-Man Band
1969Hook, Line and Sinker as The Corpse (uncredited)
1968Adam-12 as George Strothers
1967Mannix
1967Ironside as Jason
1964Bewitched as Handler
1964The Patsy as Shoeshine Boy
1964Lady in a Cage as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Sins of Rachel Cade as Musinga
1960Johnny Midnight as Train Attendant (uncredited)
1959Bourbon Street Beat as Joe
1959Porgy and Bess as Crabman
1959Alias Jesse James as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
1958Tarzan and the Trappers as Tyana
1958Tarzan and the Trappers as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
1956Between Heaven and Hell as George (uncredited)
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Timothy
1954Johnny Dark as Himself
1953Walking My Baby Back Home as Smiley Gordon
1953East of Sumatra as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
1953Meet Me at the Fair as Enoch Jones
1951Yes Sir, Mr. Bones as Scatman
1950Lux Video Theatre as Johnson
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self