Scatman Crothers
Acting1910Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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.
Known For
Acting History
2024
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
as Jazz (archive audio)
2011
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
as (voice) (archive footage)
1987
Rock Odyssey
as Jukebox (voice)
1986
The Transformers: The Movie
as Jazz (voice)
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
as Jazz (voice)
1985
1984
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Transformers
TVas Jazz (voice)• 92 eps
1983
Two of a Kind
as Earl
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
as Self - Sketch Performer
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Mr. Bloom
Taxi
TVas Walt• 1 eps
This Is Your Life
TVas Self
Casablanca
TVas Sam
1982
Working
as Parking Attendant
Zapped!
as Dexter Jones
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Mose Wheeler
Deadly Eyes
as George Faskins
Madame's Place
TVas Self
1981
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Dewey Stevens
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Tickler• 1 eps
1980
Bronco Billy
as Doc Lynch
Making 'The Shining'
as Self
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
as Nate (voice)
The Shining
as Hallorann
1979
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
as Crazy Legs (voice)
Scavenger Hunt
as Sam
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
TVas (voice)• 1 eps
The Super Globetrotters
TVas Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
1978
Mean Dog Blues
as Mudcat
Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective
as Tinker
The Love Boat
TVas Virgil Gibson• 1 eps
1977
1976
Stay Hungry
as William
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
as Ben Benson
The Shootist
as Moses
Joys
as Self
Silver Streak
as Ralston
1975
Man on the Outside
as Ruben Hammer
Coonskin
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
The Fortune
as Fisherman
Friday Foster
as Reverend Noble Franklin
Win, Place or Steal
as Attendant
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Orderly Turkle
Linda Lovelace for President
as Super Black
Coonskin
Songs
1974
Truck Turner
as Duke
Black Belt Jones
as Pop Byrd
Sty of the Blind Pig
as Doc
The Odd Couple
TVas Blind Man• 1 eps
McMillan & Wife
TVas Floyd• 1 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TVas Uncle Filemon• 1 eps
Hong Kong Phooey
TVas Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Chico and the Man
TVas Louie• 88 eps
1973
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
as (voices)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
as Cleveland
Detroit 9000
as Reverend Markham
Ironside
TVas Jason• 1 eps
Kojak
TVas Gaylord Fuller• 1 eps
Griff
TVas Joe Rawls
1972
The Lorax
as Singer
The King of Marvin Gardens
as Lewis
Lady Sings the Blues
as Big Ben
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TVas Meadowlark Lemon (voice)• 3 eps
Adam-12
TVas George Strothers• 1 eps
Nichols
TVas Jack• 1 eps
1970
Bloody Mama
as Moses
The Great White Hope
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
The Aristocats
as Scat Cat (voice)
1969
Hook, Line and Sinker
as The Corpse (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly!
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
Love, American Style
TVas One-Man Band• 1 eps
1964
The Patsy
as Shoeshine Boy
Lady in a Cage
as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
1962
1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Musinga
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self
1960
Johnny Midnight
TVas Train Attendant (uncredited)
1959
Porgy and Bess
as Crabman
Alias Jesse James
as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Bonanza
TVas Jud
Bourbon Street Beat
TVas Joe
1958
Tarzan and the Trappers
as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Timothy• 1 eps
1956
Between Heaven and Hell
as George (uncredited)
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
1952
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self• 8 eps
1951
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
as Scatman
1950
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Johnson