Scatman Crothers
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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
The Love Boat
Virgil Gibson
Laverne & Shirley
Love, American Style
One-Man Band
Bourbon Street Beat
Joe
The Incredible Hulk
Mannix
Johnny Midnight
Train Attendant (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Uncle Filemon
The Odd Couple
Blind Man
Bewitched
Magnum, P.I.
Tickler
Vega$
The Transformers
Jazz (voice)
Matt Houston
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
Hotel
Kojak
Gaylord Fuller
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
McMillan & Wife
Floyd
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(voice)
It Takes Two
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Ironside
Jason
Adam-12
George Strothers
Temperatures Rising
Hill Street Blues
This Is Your Life
Self
Flying High
Lux Video Theatre
Johnson
Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Chico and the Man
Louie
Roots
Mingo
Nichols
Jack
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Timothy
Starsky & Hutch
The Super Globetrotters
Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
Paw Paws
Taxi
Walt
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Madame's Place
Self
The Shining
Hallorann
Sanford and Son
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Orderly Turkle
One of the Boys
The Aristocats
Scat Cat (voice)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Mr. Bloom
The Transformers: The Movie
Jazz (voice)
Making 'The Shining'
Self
Griff
Joe Rawls
Hello, Dolly!
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
The Lorax
Singer
Silver Streak
Ralston
The Shootist
Moses
Stay Hungry
William
Harlem Globetrotters
Bronco Billy
Doc Lynch
The Fortune
Fisherman
Casablanca
Sam
Zapped!
Dexter Jones
The Cheap Detective
Tinker
Alias Jesse James
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
The Patsy
Shoeshine Boy
Two of a Kind
Earl
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
Jazz (voice) (archive footage)
Bloody Mama
Moses
Friday Foster
Reverend Noble Franklin
Truck Turner
Duke
The Journey of Natty Gann
Sherman
Between Heaven and Hell
George (uncredited)
Lady in a Cage
Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
Lady Sings the Blues
Big Ben
Tarzan and the Trappers
Tyana
Tarzan and the Trappers
Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
Coonskin
Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Cleveland
Morningstar/Eveningstar
Scavenger Hunt
Sam
Hook, Line and Sinker
The Corpse (uncredited)
The King of Marvin Gardens
Lewis
Linda Lovelace for President
Super Black
East of Sumatra
Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
(voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
(voices)
Black Belt Jones
Pop Byrd
The Great White Hope
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Porgy and Bess
Crabman
Working
Parking Attendant
Walking My Baby Back Home
Smiley Gordon
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
Ben Benson
Deadly Eyes
George Faskins
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Crazy Legs (voice)
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Mose Wheeler
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Musinga
Joys
Self
Johnny Dark
Himself
Mean Dog Blues
Mudcat
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Jazz
Detroit 9000
Reverend Markham
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Dewey Stevens
Chandler
Smoke
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Man on the Outside
Ruben Hammer
Rock Odyssey
Jukebox (voice)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
Sty of the Blind Pig
Doc
Win, Place or Steal
Attendant
Meet Me at the Fair
Enoch Jones
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
Jazz
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
Self - Sketch Performer
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
Scatman
The Mike Douglas Show
Self