Scatman Crothers
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
Orderly Turkle
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Hallorann
The Shining
Scat Cat (voice)
The Aristocats
William
Stay Hungry
Doc Lynch
Bronco Billy
Ralston
Silver Streak
Sam
Scavenger Hunt
Dexter Jones
Zapped!
Super Black
Linda Lovelace for President
Moses
Bloody Mama
Moses
The Shootist
Earl
Two of a Kind
Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
Coonskin
Sherman
The Journey of Natty Gann
Tinker
The Cheap Detective
Singer
The Lorax
George Faskins
Deadly Eyes
Pop Byrd
Black Belt Jones
Self
Making 'The Shining'
Fisherman
The Fortune
Lewis
The King of Marvin Gardens
Musinga
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Reverend Noble Franklin
Friday Foster
Crazy Legs (voice)
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Reverend Markham
Detroit 9000
Smoke
Chandler
Ben Benson
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
Mudcat
Mean Dog Blues
Smiley Gordon
Walking My Baby Back Home
Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
East of Sumatra
Jukebox (voice)
Rock Odyssey
Mr. Bloom
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Ruben Hammer
Man on the Outside
Big Ben
Lady Sings the Blues
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly!
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
The Great White Hope
Duke
Truck Turner
Tyana
Tarzan and the Trappers
Enoch Jones
Meet Me at the Fair
Mose Wheeler
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Dewey Stevens
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Cleveland
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Jazz (archive audio)
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
Self
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Himself
Johnny Dark
The Corpse (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
Jazz (voice)
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Self
Joys
Jazz (voice)
The Transformers: The Movie
George (uncredited)
Between Heaven and Hell
Attendant
Win, Place or Steal
Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
Lady in a Cage
Scatman
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
Parking Attendant
Working
Doc
Sty of the Blind Pig
(voices)
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
(voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
Shoeshine Boy
The Patsy
Crabman
Porgy and Bess
Self - Sketch Performer
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
Tarzan and the Trappers
Jazz
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
63
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-05-23
Place of Birth
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
Benjamin Crothers