Personal Info
Birthday
May 23, 1910
Place of Birth
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Scatman Crothers
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.
Acting Filmography (109)
No Backdrop
8.0
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
Movie2024
7.1
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
Movie2024
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9.6
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
Movie2011
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7.5
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
Movie1987
6.7
Rock Odyssey
Movie1987
7.1
The Transformers: The Movie
Movie1986
8.7
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Movie1986
6.8
The Journey of Natty Gann
Movie1985
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8.0
Paw Paws
TV Series1985
7.8
The Transformers
TV Series1984
5.9
Two of a Kind
Movie1983
6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Movie1983
6.0
Casablanca
TV Series1983
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7.5
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Movie1982
5.7
Deadly Eyes
Movie1982
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6.0
It Takes Two
TV Series1982
6.3
Matt Houston
TV Series1982
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7.9
Madame's Place
TV Series1982
6.8
Hotel
TV Series1982
5.2
Zapped!
Movie1982
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4.8
Working
Movie1982
5.5
One of the Boys
TV Series1982
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
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5.2
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Movie1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
TV Series1981
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
TV Series1980
7.1
Making 'The Shining'
Movie1980
6.3
Bronco Billy
Movie1980
8.2
The Shining
Movie1980
5.6
Scavenger Hunt
Movie1979
6.5
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Movie1979
7.7
The Super Globetrotters
TV Series1979
7.5
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
TV Series1979
6.3
Flying High
TV Series1978
6.9
Vega$
TV Series1978
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7.0
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Movie1978
7.3
Taxi
TV Series1978
6.4
The Cheap Detective
Movie1978
4.8
Mean Dog Blues
Movie1978
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
TV Series1977
6.3
The Love Boat
TV Series1977
8.1
Scooby's All-Stars
TV Series1977
7.4
Roots
TV Series1977
6.7
Silver Streak
Movie1976
4.3
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
Movie1976
7.1
The Shootist
Movie1976
5.7
Stay Hungry
Movie1976
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6.0
Joys
Movie1976
7.1
Laverne & Shirley
TV Series1976
6.1
Friday Foster
Movie1975
8.4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Movie1975
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
TV Series1975
6.1
Coonskin
Movie1975
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8.0
Man on the Outside
Movie1975
5.4
The Fortune
Movie1975
4.2
Linda Lovelace for President
Movie1975
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8.0
Win, Place or Steal
Movie1975
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6.1
Chico and the Man
TV Series1974
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV Series1974
6.5
Hong Kong Phooey
TV Series1974
6.5
Truck Turner
Movie1974
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10.0
Sty of the Blind Pig
Movie1974
6.0
Black Belt Jones
Movie1974
7.2
Kojak
TV Series1973
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5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV Series1973
9.1
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
Movie1973
4.8
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Movie1973
5.5
Detroit 9000
Movie1973
5.9
The King of Marvin Gardens
Movie1972
6.9
Lady Sings the Blues
Movie1972
7.5
Temperatures Rising
TV Series1972
7.7
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TV Series1972
7.2
The Lorax
Movie1972
7.5
Sanford and Son
TV Series1972
4.6
Chandler
Movie1971
7.0
McMillan & Wife
TV Series1971
6.3
Nichols
TV Series1971
7.3
The Aristocats
Movie1970
6.3
The Great White Hope
Movie1970
7.8
The Odd Couple
TV Series1970
6.4
Harlem Globetrotters
TV Series1970
5.5
Bloody Mama
Movie1970
7.0
Hello, Dolly!
Movie1969
6.2
Love, American Style
TV Series1969
4.4
Hook, Line and Sinker
Movie1969
7.1
Adam-12
TV Series1968
6.8
Mannix
TV Series1967
6.9
Ironside
TV Series1967
7.9
Bewitched
TV Series1964
6.2
The Patsy
Movie1964
6.1
Lady in a Cage
Movie1964
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
6.4
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Movie1961
7.0
Johnny Midnight
TV Series1960
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
TV Series1959
7.5
Bonanza
TV Series1959
6.3
Porgy and Bess
Movie1959
6.0
Alias Jesse James
Movie1959
4.2
Tarzan and the Trappers
Movie1958
6.2
Between Heaven and Hell
Movie1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV Series1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV Series1955
5.8
Johnny Dark
Movie1954
9.0
Walking My Baby Back Home
Movie1953
5.8
East of Sumatra
Movie1953
8.5
Meet Me at the Fair
Movie1953
5.0
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
Movie1951
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV Series1950