Scatman Crothers
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-05-23
Day of Death
1986-11-22 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
as Jazz (archive audio)
(2011)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
as (voice) (archive footage)
(1987)
(1987)
Rock Odyssey
as Jukebox (voice)
(1986)
The Transformers: The Movie
as Jazz (voice)
(1986)
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
as Jazz (voice)
(1985)
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Sherman
(1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Mr. Bloom
(1983)
Two of a Kind
as Earl
(1983)
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
as Self - Sketch Performer
(1982)
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Mose Wheeler
(1982)
Deadly Eyes
as George Faskins
(1982)
Working
as Parking Attendant
(1982)
Zapped!
as Dexter Jones
(1981)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Dewey Stevens
(1980)
The Shining
as Hallorann
(1980)
Making 'The Shining'
as Self
(1980)
Bronco Billy
as Doc Lynch
(1979)
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
as Crazy Legs (voice)
(1979)
Scavenger Hunt
as Sam
(1978)
The Cheap Detective
as Tinker
(1978)
Mean Dog Blues
as Mudcat
(1978)
(1976)
Stay Hungry
as William
(1976)
Silver Streak
as Ralston
(1976)
Joys
as Self
(1976)
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
as Ben Benson
(1976)
The Shootist
as Moses
(1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Orderly Turkle
(1975)
Linda Lovelace for President
as Super Black
(1975)
Coonskin
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
(1975)
Friday Foster
as Reverend Noble Franklin
(1975)
The Fortune
as Fisherman
(1975)
Man on the Outside
as Ruben Hammer
(1975)
Win, Place or Steal
as Attendant
(1974)
Black Belt Jones
as Pop Byrd
(1974)
Truck Turner
as Duke
(1974)
Sty of the Blind Pig
as Doc
(1973)
Detroit 9000
as Reverend Markham
(1973)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
as Cleveland
(1973)
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
as (voices)
(1972)
Lady Sings the Blues
as Big Ben
(1972)
The Lorax
as Singer
(1972)
The King of Marvin Gardens
as Lewis
(1971)
Chandler
as Smoke
(1970)
The Aristocats
as Scat Cat (voice)
(1970)
The Great White Hope
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
(1970)
Bloody Mama
as Moses
(1969)
Hook, Line and Sinker
as The Corpse (uncredited)
(1969)
Hello, Dolly!
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
(1964)
Lady in a Cage
as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
(1964)
The Patsy
as Shoeshine Boy
(1961)
The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Musinga
(1959)
Alias Jesse James
as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
(1959)
Porgy and Bess
as Crabman
(1958)
Tarzan and the Trappers
as Tyana
(1958)
Tarzan and the Trappers
as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
(1956)
Between Heaven and Hell
as George (uncredited)
(1954)
Johnny Dark
as Himself
(1953)
East of Sumatra
as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
(1953)
Walking My Baby Back Home
as Smiley Gordon
(1953)
Meet Me at the Fair
as Enoch Jones
(1951)
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
as Scatman
Crew
(1975)
Coonskin
Songs