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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.
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Filmography
all 120
Movies 66
TV Shows 54
self 12
Voice 8
Jazz (voice) (archive footage)
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event (2024)
Movie
Dick (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Chickening (2015)
Movie
(voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates (2011)
Movie
Jukebox
Rock Odyssey (1987)
Movie
Jazz (voice)
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Movie
6.43
Eugene the Genie
Paw Paws (1985)
TV
6
Jazz (voice)
The Transformers (1984)
TV
4.84
Self - Honoree
This Is Your Life (1983)
TV
Mr. Bloom
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Movie
Self - Sketch Performer
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983)
Movie
Mose Wheeler
Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982)
Movie
George Faskins
Deadly Eyes (1982)
Movie
Dexter Jones
Zapped! (1982)
Movie
Main Title Singer (1982)
Jokebook (1982)
TV
Parking Attendant
Working (1982)
Movie
Bernard Solomon
One of the Boys (1982)
TV
Additional Voices
Trollkins (1981)
TV
Doc Lynch
Bronco Billy (1980)
Movie
4
Hallorann
The Shining (1980)
Movie
7.54
Crazy Legs (voice)
Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979)
Movie
Liquid Man
The Super Globetrotters (1979)
TV
Virgil Gibson
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Additional Voices
Scooby's All-Stars (1977)
TV
Scat Cat
The Skatebirds (1977)
TV
Mingo
Roots (1977)
TV
Ralston
Silver Streak (1976)
Movie
1
Ben Benson
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy (1976)
Movie
William
Stay Hungry (1976)
Movie
Self
Joys (1976)
Movie
Reverend Noble Franklin
Friday Foster (1975)
Movie
6
Orderly Turkle
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Movie
7
Pappy
Coonskin (1975)
Movie
Ruben Hammer
Man on the Outside (1975)
Movie
Fisherman
The Fortune (1975)
Movie
Super Black
Linda Lovelace for President (1975)
Movie
Attendant
Win, Place or Steal (1975)
Movie
Uncle Filemon
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
TV
5.33
Louie Wilson
Chico and the Man (1974)
TV
6
Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey (1974)
TV
7.5
Pop Byrd
Black Belt Jones (1974)
Movie
Gaylord Fuller
Kojak (1973)
TV
6
Joe Rawls
Griff (1973)
TV
Cleveland
Slaughter's Big Rip Off (1973)
Movie
Reverend Markham
Detroit 9000 (1973)
Movie
Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972)
TV
5.83
Singer
The Lorax (1972)
Movie
Smoke
Chandler (1971)
Movie
Rodney
The Good Life (1971)
TV
Jack
Nichols (1971)
TV
Scat Cat (voice)
The Aristocats (1970)
Movie
7.25
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
The Great White Hope (1970)
Movie
Blind Man
The Odd Couple (1970)
TV
6
George 'Meadowlark' Lemon
Harlem Globetrotters (1970)
TV
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Movie
1
One-Man Band
Love, American Style (1969)
TV
The Corpse (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
Movie
George Strothers
Adam-12 (1968)
TV
7.5
Shoeshine Boy
The Patsy (1964)
Movie
Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
Lady in a Cage (1964)
Movie
Train Attendant (uncredited)
Johnny Midnight (1960)
TV
Crabman
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Movie
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James (1959)
Movie
Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) / Tyana
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
Movie
6
George (uncredited)
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Movie
Himself
Johnny Dark (1954)
Movie
'Smiley' Gordon
Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
Movie
Baltimore
East of Sumatra (1953)
Movie
Enoch Jones
Meet Me at the Fair (1953)
Movie
Johnson
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Self - Musician (1949)
City at Night (1949)
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1910-05-23
Deathday1986-11-22 (76 years old)
Birth NameBenjamin Sherman Crothers
Birth PlaceTerre Haute, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsBenjamin Crothers, Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers, Benjamin Sherman Crothers
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
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