Person Details

Birthday: 1910-05-23 13:23:40

Death: 1986-11-22 13:23:40

Aliases: No known aliases

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
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6

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) Johnson
Adam-12
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7

Adam-12

(1968) George Strothers
The Transformers
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8

The Transformers

(1984) Jazz (voice)
Kojak
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7

Kojak

(1973) Gaylord Fuller
The Night Stalker
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8

The Night Stalker

(1974) Uncle Filemon
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1955) Timothy
McMillan and Wife
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7

McMillan and Wife

(1971) Floyd
Roots
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7

Roots

(1977) Mingo

Acting

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)
(voice)
Nate Branch / Liquid Man (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 Uncle Filemon
Louie
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

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