Scatman Crothers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scatman Crothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

Love, American Style

1969 • as One-Man Band

The Love Boat

1977 • as Virgil Gibson

Magnum, P.I.

1980 • as Tickler

Adam-12

1968 • as George Strothers

Filmography

2024

Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event

as Jazz (archive audio)

Movie - Released: 4/10/2024

2011

Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates

as (voice) (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 8/30/2011

1987

Rock Odyssey

as Jukebox (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/13/1987

Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime

as Jazz

Movie - Released: 11/17/1987

1986

The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

as Jazz

Movie - Released: 1/1/1986

The Transformers: The Movie

as Jazz (voice)

Movie - Released: 8/8/1986

Morningstar/Eveningstar

TV - Released: 3/25/1986

1985

The Journey of Natty Gann

as Sherman

Movie - Released: 9/27/1985

Paw Paws

TV - Released: 9/15/1985

1984

The Transformers

as Jazz (voice)

TV - Released: 10/6/1984

1983

Two of a Kind

as Earl

Movie - Released: 12/13/1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Mr. Bloom

Movie - Released: 6/24/1983

Movie

Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?

as Self - Sketch Performer

Movie - Released: 5/1/1983

Casablanca

as Sam

TV - Released: 4/10/1983

This Is Your Life

as Self

TV - Released: 9/24/1983

1982

Zapped!

as Dexter Jones

Movie - Released: 7/23/1982

Deadly Eyes

as George Faskins

Movie - Released: 10/23/1982

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

as Mose Wheeler

Movie - Released: 12/1/1982

Working

as Parking Attendant

Movie - Released: 4/13/1982

Hotel

TV - Released: 8/21/1982

Matt Houston

TV - Released: 9/26/1982

One of the Boys

TV - Released: 1/23/1982

It Takes Two

TV - Released: 10/14/1982

Madame's Place

as Self

TV - Released: 9/20/1982

1981

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

as Dewey Stevens

Movie - Released: 5/15/1981

Hill Street Blues

TV - Released: 1/15/1981

1980

The Shining

as Hallorann

Movie - Released: 5/23/1980

Bronco Billy

as Doc Lynch

Movie - Released: 6/11/1980

Making 'The Shining'

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/4/1980

Magnum, P.I.

as Tickler

TV - Released: 12/11/1980

1979

Scavenger Hunt

as Sam

Movie - Released: 12/21/1979

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

as Crazy Legs (voice)

Movie - Released: 11/16/1979

The Super Globetrotters

as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)

TV - Released: 9/22/1979

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

as (voice)

TV - Released: 9/22/1979

1978

The Cheap Detective

as Tinker

Movie - Released: 6/23/1978

Mean Dog Blues

as Mudcat

Movie - Released: 3/3/1978

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

as Self

Movie - Released: 9/13/1978

Vega$

TV - Released: 9/20/1978

Flying High

TV - Released: 9/29/1978

Taxi

as Walt

TV - Released: 9/12/1978

1977

The Incredible Hulk

TV - Released: 11/4/1977

Scooby's Laff-A Lympics

as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)

TV - Released: 9/10/1977

The Love Boat

as Virgil Gibson

TV - Released: 9/24/1977

Roots

as Mingo

TV - Released: 1/23/1977

1976

Stay Hungry

as William

Movie - Released: 4/23/1976

Silver Streak

as Ralston

Movie - Released: 12/3/1976

The Shootist

as Moses

Movie - Released: 7/21/1976

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

as Ben Benson

Movie - Released: 11/1/1976

Joys

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/5/1976

Laverne & Shirley

TV - Released: 1/27/1976

1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Orderly Turkle

Movie - Released: 11/19/1975

Linda Lovelace for President

as Super Black

Movie - Released: 3/1/1975

Coonskin

as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)

Movie - Released: 8/20/1975

The Fortune

as Fisherman

Movie - Released: 5/20/1975

Friday Foster

as Reverend Noble Franklin

Movie - Released: 12/25/1975

Man on the Outside

as Ruben Hammer

Movie - Released: 6/29/1975

Win, Place or Steal

as Attendant

Movie - Released: 2/1/1975

Starsky & Hutch

TV - Released: 9/10/1975

1974

Black Belt Jones

as Pop Byrd

Movie - Released: 1/28/1974

Truck Turner

as Duke

Movie - Released: 6/26/1974

Sty of the Blind Pig

as Doc

Movie - Released: 5/29/1974

Chico and the Man

as Louie

TV - Released: 9/13/1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Uncle Filemon

TV - Released: 9/13/1974

Hong Kong Phooey

as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)

TV - Released: 9/7/1974

1973

Detroit 9000

as Reverend Markham

Movie - Released: 8/1/1973

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

as Cleveland

Movie - Released: 8/31/1973

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters

as (voices)

Movie - Released: 9/8/1973

Kojak

as Gaylord Fuller

TV - Released: 10/24/1973

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

TV - Released: 9/14/1973

Griff

as Joe Rawls

TV - Released: 9/29/1973

1972

The Lorax

as Singer

Movie - Released: 2/14/1972

The King of Marvin Gardens

as Lewis

Movie - Released: 10/12/1972

Lady Sings the Blues

as Big Ben

Movie - Released: 10/12/1972

Sanford and Son

TV - Released: 1/14/1972

Temperatures Rising

TV - Released: 9/12/1972

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)

TV - Released: 9/9/1972

1971

Chandler

as Smoke

Movie - Released: 12/1/1971

Nichols

as Jack

TV - Released: 9/16/1971

McMillan & Wife

as Floyd

TV - Released: 9/29/1971

1970

The Aristocats

as Scat Cat (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/24/1970

Bloody Mama

as Moses

Movie - Released: 3/24/1970

The Great White Hope

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/11/1970

The Odd Couple

as Blind Man

TV - Released: 9/24/1970

Harlem Globetrotters

TV - Released: 9/12/1970

1969

Hello, Dolly!

as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/12/1969

Hook, Line and Sinker

as The Corpse (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/6/1969

Love, American Style

as One-Man Band

TV - Released: 9/29/1969

1968

Adam-12

as George Strothers

TV - Released: 9/21/1968

1967

Mannix

TV - Released: 9/16/1967

Ironside

as Jason

TV - Released: 3/28/1967

1964

Lady in a Cage

as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/10/1964

The Patsy

as Shoeshine Boy

Movie - Released: 6/24/1964

Bewitched

TV - Released: 9/17/1964

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Sins of Rachel Cade

as Musinga

Movie - Released: 4/2/1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

Johnny Midnight

as Train Attendant (uncredited)

TV - Released: 1/3/1960

1959

Alias Jesse James

as Railroad Porter (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 3/20/1959

Porgy and Bess

as Crabman

Movie - Released: 6/24/1959

Bourbon Street Beat

as Joe

TV - Released: 10/5/1959

1958

Tarzan and the Trappers

as Tyana

Movie - Released: 1/1/1958

Tarzan and the Trappers

as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1958

1956

Between Heaven and Hell

as George (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/11/1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

TV - Released: 9/7/1956

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Timothy

TV - Released: 10/2/1955

1954

Johnny Dark

as Himself

Movie - Released: 6/25/1954

1953

Walking My Baby Back Home

as Smiley Gordon

Movie - Released: 12/6/1953

East of Sumatra

as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)

Movie - Released: 9/23/1953

Meet Me at the Fair

as Enoch Jones

Movie - Released: 1/1/1953

1951

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones

as Scatman

Movie - Released: 7/13/1951

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

TV - Released: 9/10/1950

Lux Video Theatre

as Johnson

TV - Released: 10/2/1950