Scatman Crothers
Acting
May 23, 1910
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Biography
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.
Movies
The Shining
1980
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Friday Foster
1975
The Aristocats
1970
Tarzan and the Trappers
1958
Tarzan and the Trappers
1958
Meet Me at the Fair
1953
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
The Lorax
1972
Hello, Dolly!
1969
Coonskin
1975
The Fortune
1975
The Cheap Detective
1978
East of Sumatra
1953
Zapped!
1982
Joys
1976
Stay Hungry
1976
Working
1982
The Shootist
1976
TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Bewitched
1964
The Love Boat
1977
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
The Odd Couple
1970
Adam-12
1968
Taxi
1978
Love, American Style
1969
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Transformers
1984
Hotel
1982
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Kojak
1973
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Matt Houston
1982
Sanford and Son
1972