Person
Scatman Crothers
Acting · 1910–1986 · Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Love Boat
Virgil Gibson
Bonanza
Jud
Ironside
Jason
Hill Street Blues
1981
Mannix
1967
Magnum, P.I.
Tickler
Bewitched
Handler
Adam-12
George Strothers
Filmography
- 2024Shine On: The Forgotten Shining LocationSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Transformers: 40th Anniversary EventJazz (archive audio)
- 2011Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates(voice) (archive footage)
- 1987Transformers: The Return of Optimus PrimeJazz
- 1987Rock OdysseyJukebox (voice)
- 1986The Transformers: The MovieJazz (voice)
- 1986Morningstar/Eveningstar
- 1986The Transformers: More Than Meets the EyeJazz (voice)
- 1985The Journey of Natty GannSherman
- 1985Paw PawsEugene the Genie (voice)
- 1984The TransformersJazz (voice)
- 1983Two of a KindEarl
- 1983This Is Your LifeSelf
- 1983Twilight Zone: The MovieMr. Bloom
- 1983Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?Self - Sketch Performer
- 1983CasablancaSam
- 1982Missing Children: A Mother's StoryMose Wheeler
- 1982Deadly EyesGeorge Faskins
- 1982It Takes Two
- 1982Matt Houston
- 1982Madame's PlaceSelf
- 1982HotelGarland Fisk
- 1982Zapped!Dexter Jones
- 1982WorkingParking Attendant
- 1982One of the BoysBernard Soloman
- 1982American PlayhouseParking Attendant
- 1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's IslandDewey Stevens
- 1981Hill Street Blues
- 1980Magnum, P.I.Tickler
- 1980Making 'The Shining'Self
- 1980The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow WhiteNate (voice)
- 1980Bronco BillyDoc Lynch
- 1980The ShiningHallorann
- 1979Scavenger HuntSam
- 1979Banjo the Woodpile CatCrazy Legs (voice)
- 1979The Super GlobetrottersNate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
- 1979Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo(voice)
- 1978Flying High
- 1978Vega$
- 1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelf
- 1978TaxiWalt
- 1978The Cheap DetectiveTinker
- 1978Mean Dog BluesMudcat
- 1977The Incredible Hulk
- 1977The Love BoatVirgil Gibson
- 1977Scooby's All-StarsHong Kong Phooey (voice)
- 1977RootsMingo
- 1976Silver StreakRalston
- 1976Chesty Anderson U.S. NavyBen Benson
- 1976The ShootistMoses
- 1976Stay HungryWilliam
- 1976JoysSelf
- 1976Laverne & Shirley
- 1975Friday FosterReverend Noble Franklin
- 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOrderly Turkle
- 1975Starsky & Hutch
- 1975CoonskinPappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
- 1975Man on the OutsideRuben Hammer
- 1975The FortuneFisherman
- 1975Linda Lovelace for PresidentSuper Black
- 1975Win, Place or StealAttendant
- 1974Chico and the ManLouie
- 1974Kolchak: The Night StalkerUncle Filemon
- 1974Hong Kong PhooeyHong Kong Phooey (voice)
- 1974Truck TurnerDuke
- 1974Sty of the Blind PigDoc
- 1974Black Belt JonesPop Byrd
- 1973KojakGaylord Fuller
- 1973GriffJoe Rawls
- 1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf
- 1973Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters(voices)
- 1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffCleveland
- 1973Detroit 9000Reverend Markham
- 1972The King of Marvin GardensLewis
- 1972Lady Sings the BluesBig Ben
- 1972Temperatures Rising
- 1972The New Scooby-Doo MoviesMeadowlark Lemon (voice)
- 1972The LoraxSinger
- 1972Sanford and Son
- 1971ChandlerSmoke
- 1971McMillan & WifeFloyd
- 1971NicholsJack
- 1970The AristocatsScat Cat (voice)
- 1970The Great White HopeCarnival Barker (uncredited)
- 1970The Odd CoupleBlind Man
- 1970Harlem Globetrotters
- 1970Bloody MamaMoses
- 1969Hello, Dolly!Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
- 1969Love, American StyleOne-Man Band
- 1969Hook, Line and SinkerThe Corpse (uncredited)
- 1968Adam-12George Strothers
- 1967Mannix
- 1967IronsideJason
- 1964BewitchedHandler
- 1964The PatsyShoeshine Boy
- 1964Lady in a CageMr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961The Sins of Rachel CadeMusinga
- 1960Johnny MidnightTrain Attendant (uncredited)
- 1959Bourbon Street BeatJoe
- 1959BonanzaJud
- 1959Porgy and BessCrabman
- 1959Alias Jesse JamesRailroad Porter (uncredited)
- 1958Tarzan and the TrappersTyana
- 1956Between Heaven and HellGeorge (uncredited)
- 1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTimothy
- 1954Johnny DarkHimself
- 1953Walking My Baby Back HomeSmiley
- 1953East of SumatraBaltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
- 1953Meet Me at the FairEnoch Jones
- 1951Yes Sir, Mr. BonesScatman
- 1950Lux Video TheatreJohnson
- 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
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