Scatman Crothers

ActorSound May 23 (died age 76) Terre Haute, Indiana, USA 1950–2024 (74 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

The Shining

Hallorann

Film

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Orderly Turkle

Film

The Aristocats

Scat Cat (voice)

Film

The Transformers

Jazz (voice)

Film

The Transformers: The Movie

Jazz (voice)

Film

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Mr. Bloom

Film

The Shootist

Moses

Film

Hello, Dolly!

Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (63)

Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event

2024

as Jazz (archive audio)

7.1

Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates

2011

as (voice) (archive footage)

9.5

Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime

as Jazz

Rock Odyssey

as Jukebox (voice)

The Transformers: The Movie

1986

as Jazz (voice)

7.1

The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye

1986

as Jazz (voice)

8.7

The Journey of Natty Gann

1985

as Sherman

6.8

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Mr. Bloom

Two of a Kind

as Earl

Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?

1983

as Self - Sketch Performer

Zapped!

as Dexter Jones

Deadly Eyes

as George Faskins

Working

as Parking Attendant

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

1982

as Mose Wheeler

6.7

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

as Dewey Stevens

The Shining

as Hallorann

Making 'The Shining'

as Self

Bronco Billy

as Doc Lynch

The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White

1980

as Nate (voice)

Scavenger Hunt

1979

as Sam

5.6

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

1979

as Crazy Legs (voice)

The Cheap Detective

as Tinker

Mean Dog Blues

as Mudcat

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

1978

as Self

Joys

as Self

The Shootist

as Moses

Stay Hungry

as William

Silver Streak

as Ralston

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

1976

as Ben Benson

3.7

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Orderly Turkle

The Fortune

as Fisherman

Coonskin

as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)

6.1

Win, Place or Steal

1975

as Attendant

Man on the Outside

1975

as Ruben Hammer

Friday Foster

1975

as Reverend Noble Franklin

5.9

Linda Lovelace for President

as Super Black

Black Belt Jones

as Pop Byrd

Truck Turner

as Duke

Sty of the Blind Pig

as Doc

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters

as (voices)

Detroit 9000

as Reverend Markham

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

1973

as Cleveland

4.4

The King of Marvin Gardens

as Lewis

The Lorax

as Singer

Lady Sings the Blues

as Big Ben

Chandler

as Smoke

The Aristocats

as Scat Cat (voice)

Bloody Mama

as Moses

The Great White Hope

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

6.2

Hello, Dolly!

1969

as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)

7.0

Hook, Line and Sinker

1969

as The Corpse (uncredited)

The Patsy

as Shoeshine Boy

Lady in a Cage

as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)

6.1

The Sins of Rachel Cade

1961

as Musinga

6.1

Alias Jesse James

1959

as Railroad Porter (uncredited)

5.9

Porgy and Bess

1959

as Crabman

6.1

Tarzan and the Trappers

1958

as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)

4.0

Between Heaven and Hell

1956

as George (uncredited)

6.1

Johnny Dark

1954

as Himself

5.0

Walking My Baby Back Home

1953

as Smiley Gordon

9.0

East of Sumatra

1953

as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)

Meet Me at the Fair

as Enoch Jones

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones

as Scatman

Television (50)

Morningstar/Eveningstar

1986

7.0

Paw Paws

1985

as Eugene the Genie (voice)

The Transformers

as Jazz (voice)

Casablanca

as Sam

This Is Your Life

as Self

Hotel

Matt Houston

Madame's Place

as Self

It Takes Two

One of the Boys

Hill Street Blues

Magnum, P.I.

as Tickler

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

1979

as (voice)

7.5

The Super Globetrotters

1979

as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)

Taxi

as Walt

Flying High

Vega$

The Love Boat

as Virgil Gibson

The Incredible Hulk

Scooby's Laff-A Lympics

1977

as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)

Roots

as Mingo

Laverne & Shirley

Starsky & Hutch

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974

as Uncle Filemon

7.6

Hong Kong Phooey

1974

as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)

Chico and the Man

as Louie

Kojak

as Gaylord Fuller

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

Griff

as Joe Rawls

Sanford and Son

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972

as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)

Temperatures Rising

McMillan & Wife

as Floyd

Nichols

as Jack

The Odd Couple

as Blind Man

Harlem Globetrotters

Love, American Style

as One-Man Band

Adam-12

as George Strothers

Ironside

as Jason

Mannix

Bewitched

as Handler

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

Johnny Midnight

1960

as Train Attendant (uncredited)

Bonanza

as Jud

Bourbon Street Beat

as Joe

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Timothy

7.8

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Johnson

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Coonskin

1975

Songs

6.1