Scatman Crothers
Acting
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.
As actor 115
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
Ironside
1967
Bonanza
1959
Mannix
1967
Love, American Style
1969
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Bewitched
1964
Hill Street Blues
1981
Adam-12
1968
Taxi
1978
American Playhouse
1982
Hotel
1982
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Transformers
1984
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Kojak
1973
Matt Houston
1982
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Odd Couple
1970
Vega$
1978
The Shining
1980
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
Sanford and Son
1972
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
McMillan & Wife
1971
Scooby's All-Stars
1977
Temperatures Rising
1972
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Madame's Place
1982
The Aristocats
1970
Roots
1977
Nichols
1971
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
Chico and the Man
1974
Flying High
1978
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Hong Kong Phooey
1974
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Johnny Midnight
1960
Hello, Dolly!
1969
Paw Paws
1985
It Takes Two
1982
The Shootist
1976
Silver Streak
1976
This Is Your Life
1983
Bronco Billy
1980
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
Harlem Globetrotters
1970
One of the Boys
1982
Griff
1973
Stay Hungry
1976
Alias Jesse James
1959
Two of a Kind
1983
Zapped!
1982
The Super Globetrotters
1979
The Patsy
1964
The Cheap Detective
1978
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
The Fortune
1975
Lady in a Cage
1964
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
Scavenger Hunt
1979
Friday Foster
1975
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
The Great White Hope
1970
Black Belt Jones
1974
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973
Bloody Mama
1970
Joys
1976
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
Truck Turner
1974
Coonskin
1975
The Lorax
1972
Win, Place or Steal
1975
Linda Lovelace for President
1975
Casablanca
1983
Tarzan and the Trappers
1960
Deadly Eyes
1982
Porgy and Bess
1959
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
1986
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
Chandler
1971
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
1983
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011
Man on the Outside
1975
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979
Meet Me at the Fair
1953
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
1987
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024
Detroit 9000
1973
Johnny Dark
1954
East of Sumatra
1953
Working
1982
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
1980
Making 'The Shining'
1980
Rock Odyssey
1987
Mean Dog Blues
1978
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974