Scatman Crothers
May 23, 1910 (115 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2024 · Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event as Jazz (archive audio)
- 2011 · Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates as (voice) (archive footage)
- 1987 · Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime as Jazz
- 1987 · Rock Odyssey as Jukebox (voice)
- 1986 · The Transformers: The Movie as Jazz (voice)
- 1986 · Morningstar/Eveningstar as
- 1986 · The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye as Jazz (voice)
- 1985 · The Journey of Natty Gann as Sherman
- 1985 · Paw Paws as
- 1984 · The Transformers as Jazz (voice)
- 1983 · Two of a Kind as Earl
- 1983 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1983 · Twilight Zone: The Movie as Mr. Bloom
- 1983 · Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? as Self - Sketch Performer
- 1983 · Casablanca as Sam
- 1982 · Missing Children: A Mother's Story as Mose Wheeler
- 1982 · Deadly Eyes as George Faskins
- 1982 · It Takes Two as
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Madame's Place as Self
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · Zapped! as Dexter Jones
- 1982 · Working as Parking Attendant
- 1982 · One of the Boys as
- 1981 · The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Dewey Stevens
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Tickler
- 1980 · Making 'The Shining' as Self
- 1980 · Bronco Billy as Doc Lynch
- 1980 · The Shining as Hallorann
- 1979 · Scavenger Hunt as Sam
- 1979 · Banjo the Woodpile Cat as Crazy Legs (voice)
- 1979 · Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as (voice)
- 1979 · The Super Globetrotters as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
- 1978 · Flying High as