Actor
Scatman Crothers
Born 1910 · 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.
Acting
The Shining
Hallorann · 1980
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Orderly Turkle · 1975
The Aristocats
Scat Cat (voice) · 1970
Bewitched
Handler · 1964
The Transformers
Jazz (voice) · 1984
Bonanza
Jud · 1959
The Transformers: The Movie
Jazz (voice) · 1986
Magnum, P.I.
Tickler · 1980
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(voice) · 1979
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Mr. Bloom · 1983
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Timothy · 1955
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Meadowlark Lemon (voice) · 1972
The Shootist
Moses · 1976
Hello, Dolly!
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) · 1969
Roots
Mingo · 1977
Scooby's All-Stars
Hong Kong Phooey (voice) · 1977
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
(voices) · 1973
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
(voice) (archive footage) · 2011
Silver Streak
Ralston · 1976
Taxi
Walt · 1978
The Lorax
Singer · 1972
Bronco Billy
Doc Lynch · 1980
Kojak
Gaylord Fuller · 1973
The Journey of Natty Gann
Sherman · 1985