Scatman Crothers
Age: N/A | From: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Benjamin Crothers , Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers , Benjamin Sherman Crothers
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 35
TV Involvements: 15
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scatman Crothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Johnson
Adam-12
(1968) George Strothers
The Transformers
(1984) Jazz (voice)
Kojak
(1973) Gaylord Fuller
The Night Stalker
(1974) Uncle Filemon
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Timothy
McMillan and Wife
(1971) Floyd
Roots
(1977) MingoActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dick (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2011 | (voice) (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Jukebox (voice) | |
| 1986 | Jazz (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| Jazz | ||
| 1985 | Sherman | |
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Jazz (voice) | |
| 1983 | Earl | |
| Self | ||
| Mr. Bloom | ||
| Self - Sketch Performer | ||
| Sam | ||
| 1982 | Mose Wheeler | |
| George Faskins | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dexter Jones | ||
| Parking Attendant | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Dewey Stevens | |
| N/A | ||
| 1980 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Doc Lynch | ||
| Hallorann | ||
| 1979 | Sam | |
| Crazy Legs (voice) | ||
| Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice) | ||
| (voice) | ||
| 1978 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Walt | ||
| Tinker | ||
| Mudcat | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| Virgil Gibson | ||
| Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | ||
| Mingo | ||
| 1976 | Ralston | |
| Ben Benson | ||
| Moses | ||
| William | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1975 | Reverend Noble Franklin | |
| Orderly Turkle | ||
| N/A | ||
| Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) | ||
| Ruben Hammer | ||
| Fisherman | ||
| Super Black | ||
| Attendant | ||
| 1974 | Louie | |
| Uncle Filemon | ||
| Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | ||
| Duke | ||
| Doc | ||
| Pop Byrd | ||
| 1973 | Gaylord Fuller | |
| Self | ||
| (voices) | ||
| Cleveland | ||
| Reverend Markham | ||
| 1972 | Lewis | |
| Big Ben | ||
| N/A | ||
| Meadowlark Lemon (voice) | ||
| Singer | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Smoke | |
| Floyd | ||
| Jack | ||
| 1970 | Scat Cat (voice) | |
| Carnival Barker (uncredited) | ||
| Blind Man | ||
| N/A | ||
| Moses | ||
| 1969 | Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) | |
| One-Man Band | ||
| The Corpse (uncredited) | ||
| 1968 | George Strothers | |
| 1967 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| Shoeshine Boy | ||
| Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited) | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| 1961 | Self | |
| Musinga | ||
| 1960 | Train Attendant (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | Joe | |
| Crabman | ||
| Railroad Porter (uncredited) | ||
| 1958 | Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) | |
| 1956 | George (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | Timothy | |
| 1954 | Himself | |
| 1953 | Smiley Gordon | |
| Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) | ||
| Enoch Jones | ||
| 1951 | Scatman | |
| 1950 | Johnson | |
| Self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Songs | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |