Scatman Crothers
Acting · 76 years old
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
(voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
(voices)
Walking My Baby Back Home
Smiley Gordon
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Jazz (voice)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Orderly Turkle
The Shining
Hallorann
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Paw Paws
Eugene the Genie (voice)
Bewitched
Handler
The Odd Couple
Blind Man
The Transformers
Jazz (voice)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Timothy
The Super Globetrotters
Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
Hill Street Blues
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Uncle Filemon
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(voice)
Bonanza
Jud
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
Jazz