Scatman Crothers

Known for: Acting

Born: 1910-05-23 – 1986-11-22 (aged 76)

From: 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 (115)

MOVIE★ 8.0
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024
as Jazz (archive audio)
MOVIE★ 9.6
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011
as (voice) (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
1987
as Jazz
MOVIE★ 6.7
Rock Odyssey
1987
as Jukebox (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
as Jazz (voice)
TV★ 8.5
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
MOVIE★ 8.7
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
1986
as Jazz (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
as Sherman
TV★ 8.0
Paw Paws
1985
as Eugene the Genie (voice)
TV★ 7.8
The Transformers
1984
as Jazz (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Two of a Kind
1983
as Earl
TV★ 7.0
This Is Your Life
1983
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Mr. Bloom
MOVIE
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
1983
as Self - Sketch Performer
TV★ 6.0
Casablanca
1983
as Sam
MOVIE★ 7.5
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Mose Wheeler
MOVIE★ 5.7
Deadly Eyes
1982
as George Faskins
TV★ 6.0
It Takes Two
1982
TV★ 6.3
Matt Houston
1982
TV★ 7.9
Madame's Place
1982
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Hotel
1982
as Garland Fisk
MOVIE★ 5.2
Zapped!
1982
as Dexter Jones
MOVIE★ 4.8
Working
1982
as Parking Attendant
TV★ 5.5
One of the Boys
1982
as Bernard Soloman
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Parking Attendant
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as Dewey Stevens
TV★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
TV★ 7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Tickler
MOVIE★ 7.1
Making 'The Shining'
1980
as Self
MOVIE
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
1980
as Nate (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bronco Billy
1980
as Doc Lynch
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Shining
1980
as Hallorann
MOVIE★ 5.6
Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Sam
MOVIE★ 6.5
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979
as Crazy Legs (voice)
TV★ 7.7
The Super Globetrotters
1979
as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
TV★ 7.5
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979
as (voice)
TV★ 6.3
Flying High
1978
TV★ 6.9
Vega$
1978
MOVIE★ 7.0
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self
TV★ 7.3
Taxi
1978
as Walt
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Cheap Detective
1978
as Tinker
MOVIE★ 4.8
Mean Dog Blues
1978
as Mudcat
TV★ 7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
TV★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
as Virgil Gibson
TV★ 8.1
Scooby's All-Stars
1977
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
TV★ 7.3
Roots
1977
as Mingo
MOVIE★ 6.7
Silver Streak
1976
as Ralston
MOVIE★ 4.3
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
as Ben Benson
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Shootist
1976
as Moses
MOVIE★ 5.7
Stay Hungry
1976
as William
MOVIE★ 6.0
Joys
1976
as Self
TV★ 7.1
Laverne & Shirley
1976
MOVIE★ 6.1
Friday Foster
1975
as Reverend Noble Franklin
MOVIE★ 8.4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Orderly Turkle
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
MOVIE★ 6.1
Coonskin
1975
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Man on the Outside
1975
as Ruben Hammer
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Fortune
1975
as Fisherman
MOVIE★ 4.2
Linda Lovelace for President
1975
as Super Black
MOVIE★ 8.0
Win, Place or Steal
1975
as Attendant
TV★ 6.1
Chico and the Man
1974
as Louie
TV★ 7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Uncle Filemon
TV★ 6.5
Hong Kong Phooey
1974
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Truck Turner
1974
as Duke
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974
as Doc
MOVIE★ 6.0
Black Belt Jones
1974
as Pop Byrd
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
as Gaylord Fuller
TV★ 6.5
Griff
1973
as Joe Rawls
TV★ 5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.1
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973
as (voices)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Cleveland
MOVIE★ 5.5
Detroit 9000
1973
as Reverend Markham
MOVIE★ 5.9
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as Lewis
MOVIE★ 6.9
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
as Big Ben
TV★ 7.5
Temperatures Rising
1972
TV★ 7.7
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Lorax
1972
as Singer
TV★ 7.5
Sanford and Son
1972
MOVIE★ 4.6
Chandler
1971
as Smoke
TV★ 7.0
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Floyd
TV★ 6.3
Nichols
1971
as Jack
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Aristocats
1970
as Scat Cat (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Great White Hope
1970
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
TV★ 7.8
The Odd Couple
1970
as Blind Man
TV★ 6.4
Harlem Globetrotters
1970
MOVIE★ 5.6
Bloody Mama
1970
as Moses
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
TV★ 6.2
Love, American Style
1969
as One-Man Band
MOVIE★ 4.4
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
as The Corpse (uncredited)
TV★ 7.1
Adam-12
1968
as George Strothers
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
as Jason
TV★ 7.9
Bewitched
1964
as Handler
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Patsy
1964
as Shoeshine Boy
MOVIE★ 6.1
Lady in a Cage
1964
as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
as Musinga
TV★ 7.0
Johnny Midnight
1960
as Train Attendant (uncredited)
TV★ 6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
as Joe
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Jud
MOVIE★ 6.3
Porgy and Bess
1959
as Crabman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Alias Jesse James
1959
as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.2
Tarzan and the Trappers
1958
as Tyana
MOVIE★ 6.2
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
as George (uncredited)
TV★ 5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Timothy
MOVIE★ 5.8
Johnny Dark
1954
as Himself
MOVIE★ 9.0
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953
as Smiley
MOVIE★ 5.8
East of Sumatra
1953
as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
MOVIE★ 8.5
Meet Me at the Fair
1953
as Enoch Jones
MOVIE★ 5.0
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951
as Scatman
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Johnson
TV★ 6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self