Acting · Terre Haute, Indiana, USA · Born May 23, 1910
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.
MovieShine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTransformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024
as Jazz (archive audio)
MovieScooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011
as (voice) (archive footage)
MovieTransformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
1987
as Jazz
MovieRock Odyssey
1987
as Jukebox (voice)
MovieThe Transformers: The Movie
1986
as Jazz (voice)
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
MovieThe Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
1986
as Jazz (voice)
MovieThe Journey of Natty Gann
1985
as Sherman
TVPaw Paws
1985
as Eugene the Genie (voice)
TVThe Transformers
1984
as Jazz (voice)
MovieTwo of a Kind
1983
as Earl
This Is Your Life
1983
as Self
MovieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Mr. Bloom
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
1983
as Self - Sketch Performer
TVCasablanca
1983
as Sam
MovieMissing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Mose Wheeler
MovieDeadly Eyes
1982
as George Faskins
TVIt Takes Two
1982
TVMatt Houston
1982
TVMadame's Place
1982
as Self
TVHotel
1982
as Garland Fisk
MovieZapped!
1982
as Dexter Jones
MovieWorking
1982
as Parking Attendant
TVOne of the Boys
1982
as Bernard Soloman
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Parking Attendant
MovieThe Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as Dewey Stevens
TVHill Street Blues
1981
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Tickler
MovieMaking 'The Shining'
1980
as Self
The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White
1980
as Nate (voice)
MovieBronco Billy
1980
as Doc Lynch
MovieThe Shining
1980
as Hallorann
MovieScavenger Hunt
1979
as Sam
MovieBanjo the Woodpile Cat
1979
as Crazy Legs (voice)
TVThe Super Globetrotters
1979
as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
TVScooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979
as (voice)
TVFlying High
1978
TVVega$
1978
MovieNBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self
TVTaxi
1978
as Walt
MovieThe Cheap Detective
1978
as Tinker
MovieMean Dog Blues
1978
as Mudcat
TVThe Incredible Hulk
1977
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Virgil Gibson
TVScooby's All-Stars
1977
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
TVRoots
1977
as Mingo
MovieSilver Streak
1976
as Ralston
MovieChesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
as Ben Benson
MovieThe Shootist
1976
as Moses
MovieStay Hungry
1976
as William
MovieJoys
1976
as Self
TVLaverne & Shirley
1976
MovieFriday Foster
1975
as Reverend Noble Franklin
MovieOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Orderly Turkle
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
MovieCoonskin
1975
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
MovieMan on the Outside
1975
as Ruben Hammer
MovieThe Fortune
1975
as Fisherman
MovieLinda Lovelace for President
1975
as Super Black
MovieWin, Place or Steal
1975
as Attendant
TVChico and the Man
1974
as Louie
TVKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Uncle Filemon
TVHong Kong Phooey
1974
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
MovieTruck Turner
1974
as Duke
MovieSty of the Blind Pig
1974
as Doc
MovieBlack Belt Jones
1974
as Pop Byrd
TVKojak
1973
as Gaylord Fuller
Griff
1973
as Joe Rawls
TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
MovieScooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973
as (voices)
MovieSlaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Cleveland
MovieDetroit 9000
1973
as Reverend Markham
MovieThe King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as Lewis
MovieLady Sings the Blues
1972
as Big Ben
TVTemperatures Rising
1972
TVThe New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
MovieThe Lorax
1972
as Singer
TVSanford and Son
1972
MovieChandler
1971
as Smoke
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
as Floyd
TVNichols
1971
as Jack
MovieThe Aristocats
1970
as Scat Cat (voice)
MovieThe Great White Hope
1970
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Blind Man
TVHarlem Globetrotters
1970
MovieBloody Mama
1970
as Moses
MovieHello, Dolly!
1969
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
TVLove, American Style
1969
as One-Man Band
MovieHook, Line and Sinker
1969
as The Corpse (uncredited)
TVAdam-12
1968
as George Strothers
TVMannix
1967
TVIronside
1967
as Jason
TVBewitched
1964
as Handler
MovieThe Patsy
1964
as Shoeshine Boy
MovieLady in a Cage
1964
as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieThe Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
as Musinga
TVJohnny Midnight
1960
as Train Attendant (uncredited)
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
as Joe
TVBonanza
1959
as Jud
MoviePorgy and Bess
1959
as Crabman
MovieAlias Jesse James
1959
as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
MovieTarzan and the Trappers
1958
as Tyana
MovieBetween Heaven and Hell
1956
as George (uncredited)
TVThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Timothy
MovieJohnny Dark
1954
as Himself
MovieWalking My Baby Back Home
1953
as Smiley
MovieEast of Sumatra
1953
as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
MovieMeet Me at the Fair
1953
as Enoch Jones
MovieYes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951
as Scatman
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Johnson
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
