Scatman Crothers
Acting
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.
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
Jazz (archive audio)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
(voice) (archive footage)
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
Jazz
Rock Odyssey
Jukebox (voice)
The Transformers: The Movie
Jazz (voice)
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Jazz (voice)
The Journey of Natty Gann
Sherman
Two of a Kind
Earl
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Mr. Bloom
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
Self - Sketch Performer
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Mose Wheeler
Deadly Eyes
George Faskins
Zapped!
Dexter Jones
Working
Parking Attendant
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Dewey Stevens
Making 'The Shining'
Self
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
Nate (voice)
Bronco Billy
Doc Lynch
The Shining
Hallorann
Scavenger Hunt
Sam
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Crazy Legs (voice)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
The Cheap Detective
Tinker
Mean Dog Blues
Mudcat
Silver Streak
Ralston
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
Ben Benson
The Shootist
Moses
Stay Hungry
William
Joys
Self
Friday Foster
Reverend Noble Franklin
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Orderly Turkle
Coonskin
Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
Man on the Outside
Ruben Hammer
The Fortune
Fisherman
Linda Lovelace for President
Super Black
Win, Place or Steal
Attendant
Truck Turner
Duke
Sty of the Blind Pig
Doc
Black Belt Jones
Pop Byrd
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
(voices)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Cleveland
Detroit 9000
Reverend Markham
The King of Marvin Gardens
Lewis
Lady Sings the Blues
Big Ben
The Lorax
Singer
Chandler
Smoke
The Aristocats
Scat Cat (voice)
The Great White Hope
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Bloody Mama
Moses
Hello, Dolly!
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker
The Corpse (uncredited)
The Patsy
Shoeshine Boy
Lady in a Cage
Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Musinga
Porgy and Bess
Crabman
Alias Jesse James
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Tarzan and the Trappers
Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
Tarzan and the Trappers
Tyana
Between Heaven and Hell
George (uncredited)
Johnny Dark
Himself
Walking My Baby Back Home
Smiley Gordon
East of Sumatra
Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
Meet Me at the Fair
Enoch Jones
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
Scatman