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Benjamin Sherman Crothers, known professionally as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor and musician. He played Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). He was also a prolific voiceover actor who provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the Harlem Globetrotters animated TV series, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers and The Transformers: The Movie (1986), the title character in Hong Kong Phooey, and Scat Cat in the animated Disney film The Aristocats (1970).
Birth Name
Benjamin Sherman Crothers
Born
Monday, 23 May 1910
Died
Saturday, 22 November 1986
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Filmworker | Self | 2018 |
| Room 237 | Dick Hallorann | 2012 |
| Renée | Self | 2011 |
| View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' | Self / Hallorann | 2007 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Mr. Bloom (Segment #2) | 2007 |
| Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime | Jazz | 1987 |
| Rock Odyssey | Jukebox / Jukebox (voice) | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| The Transformers: The Movie | Jazz / Jazz (voice) | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Filmworker | Self | 2018 |
| Room 237 | Dick Hallorann | 2012 |
| Renée | Self | 2011 |
| View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' | Self / Hallorann | 2007 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Mr. Bloom (Segment #2) | 2007 |
| Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime | Jazz | 1987 |
| Rock Odyssey | Jukebox / Jukebox (voice) | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| The Transformers: The Movie | Jazz / Jazz (voice) | 1986 |
| Morningstar/Eveningstar | Excell Dennis | 1986 |
| The Journey of Natty Gann | Sherman | 1985 |
| Paw Paws | Eugene the Genie | 1985 |
| The Transformers | Jazz (voice) / Jazz | 1984 |
| Pryor's Place | Uncle Moses | 1984 |
| The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries | (voice) (credit only) | 1984 |
| Two of a Kind | Earl | 1983 |
| Salute! | Self | 1983 |
| We Got It Made | Franklin | 1983 |
| Twilight Zone: The Movie | Mr. Bloom (segment "Kick the Can") | 1983 |
| Casablanca | Sam | 1983 |
| Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Mose Wheeler | 1982 |
| Deadly Eyes | George Foskins / George Faskins | 1982 |
| It Takes Two | Manny Gilliam | 1982 |
| Matt Houston | Moonshine Moody | 1982 |
| Madame's Place | Scatman Crothers | 1982 |
| Zapped! | Dexter Jones | 1982 |
| Hotel | Garland Fisk | 1982 |
| An Evening at the Improv | Self | 1982 |
| One of the Boys | Bernard Solomon | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Parking Attendant | 1982 |
| Trollkins | Additional Voices | 1981 |
| The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Dewey Stevens | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Lionel 'Train' Talbot | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Tickler | 1980 |
| Making 'The Shining' | Himself | 1980 |
| Bronco Billy | Doc Lynch | 1980 |
| The Shining | Hallorann / Dick Hallorann | 1980 |
| Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Rifle Johnson | 1980 |
| Scavenger Hunt | Sam | 1979 |
| Banjo the Woodpile Cat | Crazy Legs | 1979 |
| Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo | Rawhide Red | 1979 |
| Benson | Rev. Tompkins | 1979 |
| The Super Globetrotters | Nate Branch / Liquid Man / Liquid Man (voice) | 1979 |
| Taxi | Walt | 1978 |
| The Paper Chase | Mr. Sims | 1978 |
| Flying High | Crothers | 1978 |
| The Cheap Detective | Tinker | 1978 |
| Vega$ | Rosey | 1978 |
| Mean Dog Blues | Mudcat | 1978 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Edgar McGee | 1977 |
| Linda Lovelace for President | Super Black | 1975 |
| ABC Nutrition Spots | Singer / Yuk Mouth | 1977 |
| Heyyy, It's the King! | (voice) | 1977 |
| Scooby's Laff-A Lympics | Additional Voices | 1977 |
| Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels | Additional Voices | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Malcolm / Virgil 'Scattergun' Gibson | 1977 |
| Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson | Self | 1977 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | (voice) | 1977 |
| Roots | Mingo | 1977 |
| Sha Na Na | Self | 1977 |
| Silver Streak | Ralston | 1976 |
| Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | Ben Benson | 1976 |
| The Shootist | Moses | 1976 |
| Stay Hungry | William | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Jip Baker | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | Porter | 1976 |
| Friday Foster | Reverend Noble Franklin | 1975 |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Turkle / Orderly Turkle | 1975 |
| NBC Special Treat | T.P. Jackson | 1975 |
| Arena | Self | 1975 |
| The Rich Little Show | Self | 1975 |
| The Fortune | Fisherman | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Fireball | 1975 |
| Sammy and Company | Self | 1975 |
| Win, Place or Steal | Attendant | 1975 |
| Coonskin | Pappy / Old Man Bone / Old Man Bone (voice) | 1974 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Uncle Filemon | 1974 |
| Chico and the Man | Louie / Louie Wilson | 1974 |
| Petrocelli | Jubilee Jones | 1974 |
| Hong Kong Phooey | Penrod 'Penry' Pooch / Hong Kong Phooey | 1974 |
| Truck Turner | Duke | 1974 |
| Black Belt Jones | Pop Byrd | 1974 |
| Kojak | Gaylord Fuller | 1973 |
| Griff | Joe Rawls | 1973 |
| Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | Cleveland | 1973 |
| Detroit 9000 | Reverend Markham | 1973 |
| Toma | Dr. Jazz | 1973 |
| The King of Marvin Gardens | Lewis | 1972 |
| Lady Sings the Blues | Big Ben | 1972 |
| The New Temperatures Rising Show | Timmy | 1972 |
| The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Additional Voices / George 'Meadowlark' Lemon | 1972 |
| The David Steinberg Show | Self | 1972 |
| The Lorax | Singer | 1972 |
| Sanford and Son | Bowlegs | 1972 |
| Chandler | Smoke | 1971 |
| The Good Life | Rodney | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Floyd | 1971 |
| Nichols | Jack | 1971 |
| The Aristocats | Scat Cat / Scat Cat (voice) | 1970 |
| The Great White Hope | Carnival Barker | 1970 |
| The Odd Couple | Blind Man | 1970 |
| Harlem Globe Trotters | George 'Meadowlark' Lemon | 1970 |
| Bloody Mama | Moses | 1970 |
| Hello, Dolly! | Mr. Jones - Porter | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | (segment "Love and the Perfect Wedding") / One-Man Band (segment "Love and the Dummies") | 1969 |
| The Governor & J.J. | Rupert | 1969 |
| Hook, Line and Sinker | The Corpse | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | George Strothers | 1968 |
| Mannix | Mudcat | 1967 |
| Ironside | Jason | 1967 |
| Dragnet 1967 | Dave Richmond | 1967 |
| Alvarez Kelly | Bellhop | 1966 |
| Three on a Couch | Man | 1966 |
| The Family Jewels | Airport Employee | 1965 |
| Bewitched | Handler | 1964 |
| The Lloyd Thaxton Show | Self | 1964 |
| The Patsy | Shoeshine Boy | 1964 |
| Lady in a Cage | Mr. Paul's Assistant | 1964 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Himself | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| The Sins of Rachel Cade | Musinga | 1961 |
| Johnny Midnight | Train Attendant | 1960 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Joe | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Jud | 1959 |
| Porgy and Bess | Crabman | 1959 |
| Alias Jesse James | Railroad Porter | 1959 |
| The Gift of Love | Sam the Gardener | 1958 |
| Tarzan and the Trappers | Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) / Tyana | 1958 |
| Between Heaven and Hell | George | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Cicero | 1956 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Timothy | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | King Louie | 1954 |
| Johnny Dark | Himself / Self | 1954 |
| Walking My Baby Back Home | Smiley Gordon / 'Smiley' Gordon | 1953 |
| East of Sumatra | Baltimore / Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) | 1953 |
| Meet Me at the Fair | Enoch Jones | 1953 |
| Yes Sir, Mr. Bones | Scatman | 1951 |
| Big Town | Janitor | 1950 |
| Beulah | Herbert Jenkins | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Johnson | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self / Self - Sketch Actor | 1950 |
