Scatman Crothers
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1910-05-23
Place of Birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Popularity: 1.3
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 Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Bonanza
1959
The Love Boat
1977
Ironside
1967
Mannix
1967
Adam-12
1968
Bewitched
1964
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Hill Street Blues
1981
Love, American Style
1969
Hotel
1982
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Taxi
1978
The Transformers
1984
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Kojak
1973
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Odd Couple
1970
The Shining
1980
Sanford and Son
1972
Matt Houston
1982
Vega$
1978
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Roots
1977
McMillan & Wife
1971
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Scooby's All-Stars
1977
The Aristocats
1970No Photo
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Temperatures Rising
1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
Nichols
1971
Madame's Place
1982
Chico and the Man
1974
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Flying High
1978
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
Hong Kong Phooey
1974
Johnny Midnight
1960
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Detroit 9000
1973
It Takes Two
1982No Photo
One of the Boys
1982
Paw Paws
1985
Silver Streak
1976
The Shootist
1976
Stay Hungry
1976No Photo
Griff
1973No Photo
This Is Your Life
1983
The Super Globetrotters
1979
Hello, Dolly!
1969
Zapped!
1982
Harlem Globetrotters
1970
Casablanca
1983
Two of a Kind
1983
The Lorax
1972
Bronco Billy
1980
Coonskin
1975
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
Friday Foster
1975
The Cheap Detective
1978
Joys
1976
Scavenger Hunt
1979
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
Bloody Mama
1970
Truck Turner
1974
Alias Jesse James
1959
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
Deadly Eyes
1982
The Fortune
1975
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953
The Great White Hope
1970
Lady in a Cage
1964
Black Belt Jones
1974
The Patsy
1964
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
Porgy and Bess
1959No Photo
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
Making 'The Shining'
1980
Working
1982
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
1986
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Linda Lovelace for President
1975
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024
Tarzan and the Trappers
1958
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982No Photo
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
1983
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
Johnny Dark
1954
Mean Dog Blues
1978
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
1987
Rock Odyssey
1987
Chandler
1971
East of Sumatra
1953
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
Win, Place or Steal
1975
Meet Me at the Fair
1953
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979
Man on the Outside
1975
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974No Photo