Acting

Scatman Crothers

Born 1910-05-23 · Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Died 1986-11-22

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.

Credits

Newest first

Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
as Jazz (archive audio)
2024
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
as (voice) (archive footage)
2011
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
as Jazz
1987
Rock Odyssey
as Jukebox (voice)
1987
The Transformers: The Movie
as Jazz (voice)
1986
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
as Jazz (voice)
1986
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Sherman
1985
Paw Paws
as Eugene the Genie (voice)
1985
The Transformers
as Jazz (voice)
1984
Two of a Kind
as Earl
1983
This Is Your Life
as Self
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Mr. Bloom
1983
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
as Self - Sketch Performer
1983
Casablanca
as Sam
1983
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Mose Wheeler
1982
Deadly Eyes
as George Faskins
1982
It Takes Two
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Madame's Place
as Self
1982
Hotel
as Garland Fisk
1982
Zapped!
as Dexter Jones
1982
Jokebook
Theme Song Performance
1982
Working
as Parking Attendant
1982
One of the Boys
as Bernard Soloman
1982
American Playhouse
as Parking Attendant
1982
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Dewey Stevens
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Magnum, P.I.
as Tickler
1980
Making 'The Shining'
as Self
1980
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
as Nate (voice)
1980
Bronco Billy
as Doc Lynch
1980
The Shining
as Hallorann
1980
Scavenger Hunt
as Sam
1979
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
as Crazy Legs (voice)
1979
The Super Globetrotters
as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
1979
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
as (voice)
1979
Flying High
1978
Vega$
1978
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1978
Taxi
as Walt
1978
The Cheap Detective
as Tinker
1978
Mean Dog Blues
as Mudcat
1978
The Incredible Hulk
1977
The Love Boat
as Virgil Gibson
1977
Scooby's All-Stars
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
1977
Roots
as Mingo
1977
Silver Streak
as Ralston
1976
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
as Ben Benson
1976
The Shootist
as Moses
1976
Stay Hungry
as William
1976
Joys
as Self
1976
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Friday Foster
as Reverend Noble Franklin
1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Orderly Turkle
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Coonskin
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
1975
Coonskin
Songs
1975
Man on the Outside
as Ruben Hammer
1975
The Fortune
as Fisherman
1975
Linda Lovelace for President
as Super Black
1975
Win, Place or Steal
as Attendant
1975
Chico and the Man
as Louie
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Uncle Filemon
1974
Hong Kong Phooey
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
1974
Truck Turner
as Duke
1974
Sty of the Blind Pig
as Doc
1974
Black Belt Jones
as Pop Byrd
1974
Kojak
as Gaylord Fuller
1973
Griff
as Joe Rawls
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
as (voices)
1973
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
as Cleveland
1973
Detroit 9000
as Reverend Markham
1973
The King of Marvin Gardens
as Lewis
1972
Lady Sings the Blues
as Big Ben
1972
Temperatures Rising
1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
1972
The Lorax
as Singer
1972