About
Scatman Crothers
Overview
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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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Known for
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| 2024 | Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event | Actor | Jazz (voice) (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Chickening | Actor | Dick (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates | Actor | (voice) (archive footage) | 62 Fair |
| 1987 | Rock Odyssey | Actor | Jukebox (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1986 | The Transformers: The Movie | Actor | Jazz (voice) | 64 Fair |
| 1986 | Morningstar/Eveningstar | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1986 | The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye | Actor | Jazz | 60 Fair |
| 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Actor | Sherman | 61 Fair |
| 1985 | Paw Paws | Actor | 70 Good |
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| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Actor | Earl | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Actor | Mr. Bloom | 62 Fair |
| 1983 | Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? | Actor | Self - Sketch Performer | N/A N/A |
| 1983 | Casablanca | Actor | Sam | 68 Fair |
| 1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Actor | Mose Wheeler | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Deadly Eyes | Actor | George Faskins | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Zapped! | Actor | Dexter Jones | 57 Average |
| 1982 | Working | Actor | Parking Attendant | 59 Average |
| 1982 | One of the Boys | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Actor | Dewey Stevens | 58 Average |
| 1980 | Making 'The Shining' | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 1980 | Bronco Billy | Actor | Doc Lynch | 60 Fair |
| 1980 | The Shining | Actor | Hallorann | 81 Very good |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Actor | Sam | 58 Average |
| 1979 | Banjo the Woodpile Cat | Actor | Crazy Legs (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Super Globetrotters | Actor | Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice) | 72 Good |
| 1978 | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | The Cheap Detective | Actor | Tinker | 59 Average |
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Actor | Mudcat | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Scooby's All-Stars | Actor | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | 77 Good |
| 1976 | Silver Streak | Actor | Ralston | 62 Fair |
| 1976 | Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | Actor | Ben Benson | 59 Average |
| 1976 | The Shootist | Actor | Moses | 63 Fair |
| 1976 | Stay Hungry | Actor | William | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Joys | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | Friday Foster | Actor | Reverend Noble Franklin | 59 Average |
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Actor | Orderly Turkle | 82 Very good |
| 1975 | Coonskin | Actor | Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1975 | Man on the Outside | Actor | Ruben Hammer | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | The Fortune | Actor | Fisherman | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Linda Lovelace for President | Actor | Super Black | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Win, Place or Steal | Actor | Attendant | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | Chico and the Man | Actor | Louie | 67 Fair |
| 1974 | Hong Kong Phooey | Actor | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 1974 | Truck Turner | Actor | Duke | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Sty of the Blind Pig | Actor | Doc | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | Black Belt Jones | Actor | Pop Byrd | 58 Average |
| 1973 | Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters | Actor | (voices) | 63 Fair |
| 1973 | Slaughter's Big Rip Off | Actor | Cleveland | 58 Average |
| 1973 | Detroit 9000 | Actor | Reverend Markham | 58 Average |
| 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues | Actor | Big Ben | 60 Fair |
| 1972 | The King of Marvin Gardens | Actor | Lewis | 58 Average |
| 1972 | The Lorax | Actor | Singer | 61 Fair |
| 1971 | Chandler | Actor | Smoke | 58 Average |
| 1970 | The Aristocats | Actor | Scat Cat (voice) | 71 Good |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Actor | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1970 | Harlem Globetrotters | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1970 | Bloody Mama | Actor | Moses | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Hello, Dolly! | Actor | Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1969 | Hook, Line and Sinker | Actor | The Corpse (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1964 | The Patsy | Actor | Shoeshine Boy | 59 Average |
| 1964 | Lady in a Cage | Actor | Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1961 | The Sins of Rachel Cade | Actor | Musinga | 59 Average |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Actor | Crabman | 59 Average |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James | Actor | Railroad Porter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Tarzan and the Trappers | Actor | Tyana | 58 Average |
| 1958 | Tarzan and the Trappers | Actor | Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Between Heaven and Hell | Actor | George (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Johnny Dark | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Walking My Baby Back Home | Actor | Smiley Gordon | 59 Average |
| 1953 | East of Sumatra | Actor | Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Meet Me at the Fair | Actor | Enoch Jones | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Yes Sir, Mr. Bones | Actor | Scatman | 59 Average |
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| 1975 | Coonskin | Sound | Songs | 59 Average |