Scatman Crothers

🎭 Actor

Scatman Crothers

🎂 Born 23 May 1910 (age 76)✝ 22 November 1986📍 Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

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Popularity Score

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Acting Credits

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

The Shining

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The Aristocats

Scat Cat (voice)

The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie

Full Filmography(62 films)

YearTitleCharacterRating

1980The ShiningHallorann★ 8.2 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOrderly Turkle★ 8.4 1970The AristocatsScat Cat (voice)★ 7.3 1986The Transformers: The MovieJazz (voice)★ 7.1 1983Twilight Zone: The MovieMr. Bloom★ 6.5 1969Hello, Dolly!Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)★ 7.0 1976Stay HungryWilliam★ 5.7 1976The ShootistMoses★ 7.1 1975The FortuneFisherman★ 5.4 1970Bloody MamaMoses★ 5.6 1976Silver StreakRalston★ 6.7 1983Two of a KindEarl★ 5.9 1979Scavenger HuntSam★ 5.6 1980Bronco BillyDoc Lynch★ 6.3 1982Zapped!Dexter Jones★ 5.2 1975CoonskinPappy / Old Man Bone (voice)★ 6.1 1972The LoraxSinger★ 7.2 1985The Journey of Natty GannSherman★ 6.8 1975Friday FosterReverend Noble Franklin★ 6.0 1974Truck TurnerDuke★ 6.4 1978The Cheap DetectiveTinker★ 6.4 1972The King of Marvin GardensLewis★ 5.9 1959Alias Jesse JamesRailroad Porter (uncredited)★ 6.0 1964Lady in a CageMr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)★ 6.1 1964The PatsyShoeshine Boy★ 6.2 1959Porgy and BessCrabman★ 6.3 1982Deadly EyesGeorge Faskins★ 5.7 1954Johnny DarkHimself★ 5.8 1953Walking My Baby Back HomeSmiley Gordon★ 9.0 1958Tarzan and the TrappersTyana★ 4.2 1958Tarzan and the TrappersTyana (as Sherman Crothers)★ 4.2 1974Black Belt JonesPop Byrd★ 6.0 1980Making 'The Shining'Self★ 7.1 2024Transformers: 40th Anniversary EventJazz (archive audio)★ 7.1 1971ChandlerSmoke★ 4.6 1976JoysSelf★ 6.0 1978Mean Dog BluesMudcat★ 4.8 1973Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters(voices)★ 9.1 1956Between Heaven and HellGeorge (uncredited)★ 6.2 1969Hook, Line and SinkerThe Corpse (uncredited)★ 4.4 1973Detroit 9000Reverend Markham★ 5.5 1951Yes Sir, Mr. BonesScatman★ 5.0 2011Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates(voice) (archive footage)★ 9.6 1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelf★ 7.0 1970The Great White HopeCarnival Barker (uncredited)★ 6.3 1982Missing Children: A Mother's StoryMose Wheeler★ 7.5 1972Lady Sings the BluesBig Ben★ 6.9 1979Banjo the Woodpile CatCrazy Legs (voice)★ 6.5 1975Linda Lovelace for PresidentSuper Black★ 4.2 1953Meet Me at the FairEnoch Jones★ 8.5 1953East of SumatraBaltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)★ 5.8 1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffCleveland★ 4.8 1975Man on the OutsideRuben Hammer★ 8.0 1987Rock OdysseyJukebox (voice)★ 6.8 1982WorkingParking Attendant★ 4.8 1987Transformers: The Return of Optimus PrimeJazz★ 7.5 1986The Transformers: More Than Meets the EyeJazz (voice)★ 8.7 1961The Sins of Rachel CadeMusinga★ 6.4 1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's IslandDewey Stevens★ 5.4 1976Chesty Anderson U.S. NavyBen Benson★ 4.3 1975Win, Place or StealAttendant★ 8.0 1974Sty of the Blind PigDoc★ 10.0

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