Scatman Crothers
Acting
1910-05-23 · Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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.
Filmography
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024 · Movie
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024 · Movie
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011 · Movie
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
1987 · Movie
Rock Odyssey
1987 · Movie
The Transformers: The Movie
1986 · Movie
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986 · Series
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
1986 · Movie
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · Movie
Paw Paws
1985 · Series
The Transformers
1984 · Series
Two of a Kind
1983 · Movie
This Is Your Life
1983 · Series
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Movie
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
1983 · Movie
Casablanca
1983 · Series
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982 · Movie
Deadly Eyes
1982 · Movie
It Takes Two
1982 · Series
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
Madame's Place
1982 · Series
Hotel
1982 · Series
Zapped!
1982 · Movie
Jokebook
1982 · Series
Working
1982 · Movie
One of the Boys
1982 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 · Movie
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Series
Making 'The Shining'
1980 · Movie
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
1980 · Movie
Bronco Billy
1980 · Movie
The Shining
1980 · Movie
Scavenger Hunt
1979 · Movie
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 · Movie
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979 · Series
The Super Globetrotters
1979 · Series
Flying High
1978 · Series
Vega$
1978 · Series
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978 · Movie
Taxi
1978 · Series
The Cheap Detective
1978 · Movie
Mean Dog Blues
1978 · Movie
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Series
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Scooby's All-Stars
1977 · Series
Roots
1977 · Series
Silver Streak
1976 · Movie
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976 · Movie
The Shootist
1976 · Movie
Stay Hungry
1976 · Movie
Joys
1976 · Movie
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · Series
Friday Foster
1975 · Movie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Movie
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Series
Coonskin
1975 · Movie
Man on the Outside
1975 · Movie
The Fortune
1975 · Movie
Linda Lovelace for President
1975 · Movie
Win, Place or Steal
1975 · Movie
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
Chico and the Man
1974 · Series
Hong Kong Phooey
1974 · Series
Truck Turner
1974 · Movie
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974 · Movie
Black Belt Jones
1974 · Movie
Kojak
1973 · Series
Griff
1973 · Series
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Series
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973 · Movie
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973 · Movie
Detroit 9000
1973 · Movie
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972 · Movie
Lady Sings the Blues
1972 · Movie
Temperatures Rising
1972 · Series
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972 · Series
The Lorax
1972 · Movie
Sanford and Son
1972 · Series
Chandler
1971 · Movie
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Series
Nichols
1971 · Series
The Aristocats
1970 · Movie
The Great White Hope
1970 · Movie
The Odd Couple
1970 · Series
Harlem Globetrotters
1970 · Series
Bloody Mama
1970 · Movie
Hello, Dolly!
1969 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969 · Movie
Adam-12
1968 · Series
Mannix
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
Bewitched
1964 · Series
The Patsy
1964 · Movie
Lady in a Cage
1964 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961 · Movie
Tarzan and the Trappers
1960 · Movie
Johnny Midnight
1960 · Series
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Porgy and Bess
1959 · Movie
Alias Jesse James
1959 · Movie
Between Heaven and Hell
1956 · Movie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Johnny Dark
1954 · Movie
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953 · Movie
East of Sumatra
1953 · Movie
Meet Me at the Fair
1953 · Movie
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series