Acting
Scatman Crothers
Acting · Born 1910-05-23 · 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 Autobot in The Transformers, the title character in Hong Kong Phooey, and Scat Cat in the 1970 film The Aristocats.
Credits · 114
FilmShine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024 · Self (archive footage)
FilmTransformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024 · Jazz (archive audio)
FilmScooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011 · (voice) (archive footage)
FilmTransformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
1987 · Jazz
FilmRock Odyssey
1987 · Jukebox (voice)
FilmThe Transformers: The Movie
1986 · Jazz (voice)
Morningstar/Eveningstar
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
FilmThe Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
1986 · Jazz (voice)
FilmThe Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · Sherman
Paw Paws
1985 · Eugene the Genie (voice)
The Transformers
1984 · Jazz (voice)
FilmTwo of a Kind
1983 · Earl
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life
1983 · Self
FilmTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Mr. Bloom
Casablanca
1983 · Sam
FilmMissing Children: A Mother's Story
1982 · Mose Wheeler
FilmDeadly Eyes
1982 · George Faskins
It Takes Two
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Madame's Place
1982 · Self
Hotel
1982 · Garland Fisk
FilmZapped!
1982 · Dexter Jones
Jokebook
Jokebook
1982 · Theme Song Performance
FilmWorking
1982 · Parking Attendant
One of the Boys
1982 · Bernard Soloman
American Playhouse
1982 · Parking Attendant
FilmThe Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 · Dewey Stevens
Hill Street Blues
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Tickler
FilmMaking 'The Shining'
1980 · Self
FilmBronco Billy
1980 · Doc Lynch
FilmThe Shining
1980 · Hallorann
FilmScavenger Hunt
1979 · Sam
FilmBanjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 · Crazy Legs (voice)
The Super Globetrotters
1979 · Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979 · (voice)
Flying High
1978
Vega$
1978
FilmNBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978 · Self
Taxi
1978 · Walt
FilmThe Cheap Detective
1978 · Tinker
FilmMean Dog Blues
1978 · Mudcat
The Incredible Hulk
1977
The Love Boat
1977 · Virgil Gibson
Scooby's All-Stars
1977 · Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Roots
1977 · Mingo
FilmSilver Streak
1976 · Ralston
FilmChesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976 · Ben Benson
FilmThe Shootist
1976 · Moses
FilmStay Hungry
1976 · William
FilmJoys
1976 · Self
Laverne & Shirley
1976
FilmFriday Foster
1975 · Reverend Noble Franklin
FilmOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Orderly Turkle
Starsky & Hutch
1975
FilmCoonskin
1975 · Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
FilmMan on the Outside
1975 · Ruben Hammer
FilmThe Fortune
1975 · Fisherman
FilmLinda Lovelace for President
1975 · Super Black
FilmWin, Place or Steal
1975 · Attendant
Chico and the Man
1974 · Louie
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Uncle Filemon
Hong Kong Phooey
1974 · Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
FilmTruck Turner
1974 · Duke
FilmSty of the Blind Pig
1974 · Doc
FilmBlack Belt Jones
1974 · Pop Byrd
Kojak
1973 · Gaylord Fuller
Griff
Griff
1973 · Joe Rawls
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
FilmScooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973 · (voices)
FilmSlaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973 · Cleveland
FilmDetroit 9000
1973 · Reverend Markham
FilmThe King of Marvin Gardens
1972 · Lewis
FilmLady Sings the Blues
1972 · Big Ben
Temperatures Rising
1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972 · Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
FilmThe Lorax
1972 · Singer
Sanford and Son
1972
FilmChandler
1971 · Smoke
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Floyd
Nichols
1971 · Jack
FilmThe Aristocats
1970 · Scat Cat (voice)
FilmThe Great White Hope
1970 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)
The Odd Couple
1970 · Blind Man
Harlem Globetrotters
1970
FilmBloody Mama
1970 · Moses
FilmHello, Dolly!
1969 · Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
Love, American Style
1969 · One-Man Band
FilmHook, Line and Sinker
1969 · The Corpse (uncredited)
Adam-12
1968 · George Strothers
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967 · Jason
Bewitched
1964 · Handler
FilmThe Patsy
1964 · Shoeshine Boy
FilmLady in a Cage
1964 · Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
FilmThe Sins of Rachel Cade
1961 · Musinga
FilmTarzan and the Trappers
1960 · Tyana
Johnny Midnight
1960 · Train Attendant (uncredited)
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · Joe
Bonanza
1959 · Jud
FilmPorgy and Bess
1959 · Crabman
FilmAlias Jesse James
1959 · Railroad Porter (uncredited)
FilmBetween Heaven and Hell
1956 · George (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Timothy
FilmJohnny Dark
1954 · Himself
FilmWalking My Baby Back Home
1953 · Smiley
FilmEast of Sumatra
1953 · Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
FilmMeet Me at the Fair
1953 · Enoch Jones
FilmYes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951 · Scatman
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Johnson
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self