Acting
Scatman Crothers
Born 1910-05-23
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Scatman Crothers
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The Shining
1980
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
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The Aristocats
1970
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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Bewitched
1964
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Bonanza
1959
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The Love Boat
1977
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Magnum, P.I.
1980
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
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The Mike Douglas Show
1961
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (118 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event | Jazz (archive audio) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates | (voice) (archive footage) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime | Jazz | Movie | 1987 |
 | Rock Odyssey | Jukebox (voice) | Movie | 1987 |
 | The Transformers: The Movie | Jazz (voice) | Movie | 1986 |
| Morningstar/Eveningstar | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1986 | |
 | The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye | Jazz (voice) | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Sherman | Movie | 1985 |
 | Paw Paws | Eugene the Genie (voice) | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Transformers | Jazz (voice) | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Two of a Kind | Earl | Movie | 1983 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | TV Series | 1983 | |
 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Mr. Bloom | Movie | 1983 |
| Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? | Self - Sketch Performer | Movie | 1983 | |
 | Casablanca | Sam | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Mose Wheeler | Movie | 1982 |
 | Deadly Eyes | George Faskins | Movie | 1982 |
 | It Takes Two | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Matt Houston | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Madame's Place | Self | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Hotel | Garland Fisk | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Zapped! | Dexter Jones | Movie | 1982 |
| Jokebook | Theme Song Performance | TV Series | 1982 | |
 | Working | Parking Attendant | Movie | 1982 |
 | One of the Boys | Bernard Soloman | TV Series | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Parking Attendant | TV Series | 1982 |
 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Dewey Stevens | Movie | 1981 |
 | Hill Street Blues | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Magnum, P.I. | Tickler | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Making 'The Shining' | Self | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White | Nate (voice) | Movie | 1980 |
 | Bronco Billy | Doc Lynch | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Shining | Hallorann | Movie | 1980 |
 | Scavenger Hunt | Sam | Movie | 1979 |
 | Banjo the Woodpile Cat | Crazy Legs (voice) | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Super Globetrotters | Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice) | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo | (voice) | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Flying High | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Vega$ | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1978 |
 | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self | Movie | 1978 |
 | Taxi | Walt | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Cheap Detective | Tinker | Movie | 1978 |
 | Mean Dog Blues | Mudcat | Movie | 1978 |
 | The Incredible Hulk | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Love Boat | Virgil Gibson | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Scooby's All-Stars | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Roots | Mingo | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Silver Streak | Ralston | Movie | 1976 |
 | Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | Ben Benson | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Shootist | Moses | Movie | 1976 |
 | Stay Hungry | William | Movie | 1976 |
 | Joys | Self | Movie | 1976 |
 | Laverne & Shirley | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Friday Foster | Reverend Noble Franklin | Movie | 1975 |
 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Orderly Turkle | Movie | 1975 |
 | Starsky & Hutch | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Coonskin | Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) | Movie | 1975 |
| Coonskin | Songs | Movie | 1975 |
 | Man on the Outside | Ruben Hammer | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Fortune | Fisherman | Movie | 1975 |
 | Linda Lovelace for President | Super Black | Movie | 1975 |
 | Win, Place or Steal | Attendant | Movie | 1975 |
 | Chico and the Man | Louie | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Uncle Filemon | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Hong Kong Phooey | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Truck Turner | Duke | Movie | 1974 |
 | Sty of the Blind Pig | Doc | Movie | 1974 |
 | Black Belt Jones | Pop Byrd | Movie | 1974 |
 | Kojak | Gaylord Fuller | TV Series | 1973 |
| Griff | Joe Rawls | TV Series | 1973 | |
 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters | (voices) | Movie | 1973 |
 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | Cleveland | Movie | 1973 |
 | Detroit 9000 | Reverend Markham | Movie | 1973 |
 | The King of Marvin Gardens | Lewis | Movie | 1972 |
 | Lady Sings the Blues | Big Ben | Movie | 1972 |
 | Temperatures Rising | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Meadowlark Lemon (voice) | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The Lorax | Singer | Movie | 1972 |
 | Sanford and Son | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Chandler | Smoke | Movie | 1971 |
 | McMillan & Wife | Floyd | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Nichols | Jack | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Aristocats | Scat Cat (voice) | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Great White Hope | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Odd Couple | Blind Man | TV Series | 1970 |
 | Harlem Globetrotters | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1970 |
 | Bloody Mama | Moses | Movie | 1970 |
 | Hello, Dolly! | Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) | Movie | 1969 |
 | Love, American Style | One-Man Band | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Hook, Line and Sinker | The Corpse (uncredited) | Movie | 1969 |
 | Adam-12 | George Strothers | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Mannix | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Ironside | Jason | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Bewitched | Handler | TV Series | 1964 |
 | The Patsy | Shoeshine Boy | Movie | 1964 |
 | Lady in a Cage | Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited) | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Sins of Rachel Cade | Musinga | Movie | 1961 |
 | Tarzan and the Trappers | Tyana | Movie | 1960 |
| Tarzan and the Trappers | Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) | Movie | 1960 |
 | Johnny Midnight | Train Attendant (uncredited) | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Bourbon Street Beat | Joe | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Bonanza | Jud | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Porgy and Bess | Crabman | Movie | 1959 |
 | Alias Jesse James | Railroad Porter (uncredited) | Movie | 1959 |
 | Between Heaven and Hell | George (uncredited) | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Timothy | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Johnny Dark | Himself | Movie | 1954 |
 | Walking My Baby Back Home | Smiley | Movie | 1953 |
 | East of Sumatra | Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) | Movie | 1953 |
 | Meet Me at the Fair | Enoch Jones | Movie | 1953 |
 | Yes Sir, Mr. Bones | Scatman | Movie | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Johnson | TV Series | 1950 | |
 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV Series | 1950 |