Scatman Crothers

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-05-23 (76 years old)

Deathday

1986-11-22

Place of Birth

Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Scatman Crothers

Biography

​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...

Acting

1975

1980

The Shining

as Hallorann

1970

The Aristocats

as Scat Cat (voice)

1976

Stay Hungry

as William

1980

Bronco Billy

as Doc Lynch

1976

Silver Streak

as Ralston

1979

1982

Zapped!

as Dexter Jones

1970

Bloody Mama

as Moses

1976

The Shootist

as Moses

1983

1975

Coonskin

as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)

1978

1972

The Lorax

as Singer

1982

Deadly Eyes

as George Faskins

1974

Black Belt Jones

as Pop Byrd

1975

The Fortune

as Fisherman

1975

Friday Foster

as Reverend Noble Franklin

1979

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

as Crazy Legs (voice)

1973

Detroit 9000

as Reverend Markham

1971

Chandler

as Smoke

1976

1978

1953

1953

East of Sumatra

as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)

1987

Rock Odyssey

as Jukebox (voice)

1983

1975

Man on the Outside

as Ruben Hammer

1972

1969

Hello, Dolly!

as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)

1970

The Great White Hope

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

1974

1953

Meet Me at the Fair

as Enoch Jones

1973

2024

Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event

as Jazz (voice) (archive footage)

1954

Johnny Dark

as Himself

1969

Hook, Line and Sinker

as The Corpse (uncredited)

1959

Alias Jesse James

as Railroad Porter (uncredited)

1976

Joys

as Self

1986

1956

Between Heaven and Hell

as George (uncredited)

1975

1964

Lady in a Cage

as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)

1951

1982

Working

as Parking Attendant

2011

Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates

as (voice) (archive footage)

1964

The Patsy

as Shoeshine Boy

1959

Porgy and Bess

as Crabman

1983

Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?

as Self - Sketch Performer

1958

Tarzan and the Trappers

as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)

Production

1975

Coonskin

as Songs

© All Rights Reserved 2025