
Scatman Crothers
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1910-05-23
- Died
- 1986-11-22
- Place of birth
- Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Benjamin Crothers · Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers · Benjamin Sherman Crothers · اسکیتمن کراترز
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
TV Shows (50)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Bonanza
1959
as Jud

The Love Boat
1977
as Virgil Gibson

Mannix
1967

Bewitched
1964
as Handler

Ironside
1967
as Jason

Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Tickler

Adam-12
1968
as George Strothers

Love, American Style
1969
as One-Man Band

Hill Street Blues
1981

Hotel
1982
as Garland Fisk

Starsky & Hutch
1975

Taxi
1978
as Walt

The Incredible Hulk
1977

The Transformers
1984
as Jazz (voice)

Laverne & Shirley
1976

Kojak
1973
as Gaylord Fuller

The Odd Couple
1970
as Blind Man

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

Vega$
1978

Matt Houston
1982

Sanford and Son
1972

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Timothy

McMillan & Wife
1971
as Floyd

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979
as (voice)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Johnson

Roots
1977
as Mingo

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Uncle Filemon

Scooby's All-Stars
1977
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)

Chico and the Man
1974
as Louie

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self

The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)

Nichols
1971
as Jack

Temperatures Rising
1972

Madame's Place
1982
as Self

Bourbon Street Beat
1959
as Joe

Flying High
1978

Hong Kong Phooey
1974
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)

Johnny Midnight
1960
as Train Attendant (uncredited)

It Takes Two
1982

Paw Paws
1985
as Eugene the Genie (voice)
Griff
1973
as Joe Rawls
This Is Your Life
1983
as Self
One of the Boys
1982
as Bernard Soloman

Casablanca
1983
as Sam

Harlem Globetrotters
1970

The Super Globetrotters
1979
as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
Movies (63)

The Shining
1980
as Hallorann

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Orderly Turkle

The Aristocats
1970
as Scat Cat (voice)

The Transformers: The Movie
1986
as Jazz (voice)

The Shootist
1976
as Moses

Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Mr. Bloom

Zapped!
1982
as Dexter Jones

Joys
1976
as Self

Stay Hungry
1976
as William

Silver Streak
1976
as Ralston

Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)

Coonskin
1975
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)

Truck Turner
1974
as Duke

Bronco Billy
1980
as Doc Lynch

Chandler
1971
as Smoke

The Cheap Detective
1978
as Tinker

The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
as Sherman

The Lorax
1972
as Singer

Bloody Mama
1970
as Moses

Alias Jesse James
1959
as Railroad Porter (uncredited)

Two of a Kind
1983
as Earl

Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Sam

Deadly Eyes
1982
as George Faskins

The Fortune
1975
as Fisherman

Walking My Baby Back Home
1953
as Smiley Gordon

The Patsy
1964
as Shoeshine Boy

The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as Lewis

Friday Foster
1975
as Reverend Noble Franklin

Between Heaven and Hell
1956
as George (uncredited)

Porgy and Bess
1959
as Crabman

Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
as The Corpse (uncredited)

Black Belt Jones
1974
as Pop Byrd

Making 'The Shining'
1980
as Self

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self

Lady Sings the Blues
1972
as Big Ben

Working
1982
as Parking Attendant

East of Sumatra
1953
as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)

Lady in a Cage
1964
as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)

Linda Lovelace for President
1975
as Super Black

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as Dewey Stevens

Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024
as Jazz (archive audio)

Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Mose Wheeler

The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
as Musinga

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Cleveland

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973
as (voices)

Detroit 9000
1973
as Reverend Markham

Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011
as (voice) (archive footage)

Mean Dog Blues
1978
as Mudcat

Johnny Dark
1954
as Himself

The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
1986
as Jazz (voice)

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
as Ben Benson

The Great White Hope
1970
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
1983
as Self - Sketch Performer

Meet Me at the Fair
1953
as Enoch Jones

Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
1987
as Jazz

Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979
as Crazy Legs (voice)

Rock Odyssey
1987
as Jukebox (voice)

Win, Place or Steal
1975
as Attendant

Tarzan and the Trappers
1958
as Tyana / Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951
as Scatman

Man on the Outside
1975
as Ruben Hammer

Sty of the Blind Pig
1974
as Doc
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
1980
as Nate (voice)
About Scatman Crothers
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. With 113 credits spanning from 1950 to 2024, Scatman Crothers has appeared in 63 films and 50 TV shows.
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Most Popular Scatman Crothers Movies
- The Shining (1980) — as Hallorann
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) — as Orderly Turkle
- The Aristocats (1970) — as Scat Cat (voice)
- The Transformers: The Movie (1986) — as Jazz (voice)
- The Shootist (1976) — as Moses
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