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Scatman Crothers

Actor / Composer | * 05/23/1910 († 76, 11/22/1986) | Terre Haute, Indiana (United States of America (USA))
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Benjamin Sherman "Scatman” Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing 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 voice-over 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 film The Aristocats (1970). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Kids & Family

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A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who ru ...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

R

1975 | 4.2/5 | 2h 13min
Drama
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When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out ...

The Aristocats

G

1970 | 3.6/5 | 1h 18min
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
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An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the TV series "Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and featuring one original story "Time Out". ...

Twilight Zone: The Movie

PG

1983 | 3.2/5 | 1h 41min
Horror, Science Fiction
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Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prep ...

The Shining

R

1980 | 4.1/5 | 2h 24min
Horror, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Scatman Crothers

Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Scatman Crothers as Actor(56)

as Jukebox (voice)1987 Rock Odyssey
as Jazz (voice)1986 The Transformers: The Movie
as Sherman1985 The Journey of Natty Gann
as Jazz1984 The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
as Earl1983 Two of a Kind
as Mr. Bloom (segment "Kick the Can")1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Mose Wheeler1982 Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as George Faskins1982 Deadly Eyes
as Parking Attendant1982 Working
as Dexter Jones1982 Zapped!
as Dewey Stevens1981 The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as himself1980 Making 'The Shining'
as Doc Lynch1980 Bronco Billy
as Dick Hallorann1980 The Shining
as Crazy Legs1979 Banjo the Woodpile Cat
as Sam1979 Scavenger Hunt
as Mudcat1978 Mean Dog Blues
as Tinker1978 The Cheap Detective
as Ralston1976 Silver Streak
as Ben Benson1976 Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
as William1976 Stay Hungry
as Moses1976 The Shootist
as himself1976 Joys
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)1975 Coonskin
as Ruben Hammer1975 Man on the Outside
as Super Black1975 Linda Lovelace for President
as Fisherman1975 The Fortune
as Reverend Noble Franklin1975 Friday Foster
as Orderly Turkle1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Attendant1975 Win, Place or Steal
as Pop Byrd1974 Black Belt Jones
as Duke1974 Truck Turner
as Doc1974 Sty of the Blind Pig
as Reverend Markham1973 Detroit 9000
as Cleveland1973 Slaughter's Big Rip Off
as Big Ben1972 Lady Sings the Blues
as Lewis1972 The King of Marvin Gardens
as Singer1972 The Lorax
as Smoke1971 Chandler
as Scat Cat (voice)1970 The Aristocats
as Moses1970 Bloody Mama
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)1970 The Great White Hope
as The Corpse (uncredited)1969 Hook, Line and Sinker
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)1969 Hello, Dolly!
as Shoeshine Boy1964 The Patsy
as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)1964 Lady in a Cage
as Musinga1961 The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Crabman1959 Porgy and Bess
as Railroad Porter (uncredited)1959 Alias Jesse James
as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)1958 Tarzan and the Trappers
as George (uncredited)1956 Between Heaven and Hell
as himself1954 Johnny Dark
as Smiley Gordon1953 Walking My Baby Back Home
as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)1953 East of Sumatra
as Enoch Jones1953 Meet Me at the Fair
as Scatman1951 Yes Sir, Mr. Bones

TV Shows/Series with Scatman Crothers as Actor(41)

1985 Paw Paws
as Jazz (voice)1984 The Transformers
as himself1983 This Is Your Life
as Sam1983 Casablanca
as himself1982 Madame's Place
1982 Hotel
1982 It Takes Two
1982 Matt Houston
1982 One of the Boys
1981 Hill Street Blues
1980 Magnum, P.I.
as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)1979 The Super Globetrotters
as (voice)1979 Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1978 Vega$
1978 Flying High
1977 The Incredible Hulk
as Virgil Gibson1977 The Love Boat
1977 Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
1976 Laverne & Shirley
1975 Starsky & Hutch
as Uncle Filemon1974 The Night Stalker
1974 Hong Kong Phooey
as Louie1974 Chico and the Man
as Gaylord Fuller1973 Kojak
1972 Sanford and Son
1972 Temperatures Rising
as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)1972 The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Jack1971 Nichols
as Blind Man1970 The Odd Couple
1970 Harlem Globetrotters
as One-Man Band1969 Love, American Style
1967 Ironside
1967 Mannix
1964 Bewitched
as himself1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as himself1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1959 Bourbon Street Beat
1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as Timothy1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as himself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Johnson1950 Lux Video Theatre

Born: Monday, 05/23 1910 (May) in Terre Haute, Indiana (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 11/22 1986 (November) in Van Nuys (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Record Label: Challenge Records
Other names for Scatman Crothers (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Benjamin Sherman Crothers"
Scatman Crothers frequently works together with these people:
John Stephenson (19x, Actor)
Michael Bell (14x, Actor)
Vera Miles (13x, Actress)
Henry Jones (13x, Actor)
Paul Picerni (13x, Actor)
Phyllis Thaxter (13x, Actress)
Harry Tyler (13x, Actor)
Frank Welker (12x, Actor)
Julie Adams (12x, Actress)
Isobel Elsom (12x, Actress)
Garry Marshall (12x, Actor)
Bob Rafelson (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:869, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024