Scatman Crothers
Acting
Born: 1910-05-23 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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
The Shining
Hallorann
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Orderly Turkle
The Aristocats
Scat Cat (voice)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Mr. Bloom
Bewitched
Handler
The Transformers: The Movie
Jazz (voice)
The Incredible Hulk
Bonanza
Jud
Magnum, P.I.
Tickler
The Transformers
Jazz (voice)
Hello, Dolly!
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
The Shootist
Moses
Silver Streak
Ralston
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(voice)
Bronco Billy
Doc Lynch
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Timothy
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
Roots
Mingo
Starsky & Hutch
The Love Boat
Virgil Gibson
Taxi
Walt
The Journey of Natty Gann
Sherman
Zapped!
Dexter Jones
Kojak
Gaylord Fuller
Coonskin
Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
Two of a Kind
Earl
The Lorax
Singer
Scooby's All-Stars
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Hill Street Blues
Making 'The Shining'
Self
The Cheap Detective
Tinker
Bloody Mama
Moses
The King of Marvin Gardens
Lewis
Sanford and Son
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Stay Hungry
William
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Uncle Filemon
Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Lady Sings the Blues
Big Ben
Lady in a Cage
Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)