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Scatman Crothers
Scatman Crothers’s screen credits include Orderly Turkle in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hallorann in The Shining, and Scat Cat (voice) in The Aristocats.
Born May 23, 1910† November 22, 1986 Terre Haute, Indiana, USA4 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2024Shine On: The Forgotten Shining LocationSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Transformers: 40th Anniversary EventJazz (archive audio)
- 2011Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates(voice) (archive footage)
- 1987Transformers: The Return of Optimus PrimeJazz
- 1987Rock OdysseyJukebox (voice)
- 1986The Transformers: More Than Meets the EyeJazz (voice)
- 1985The Journey of Natty GannSherman
- 1983Two of a KindEarl
- 1983Twilight Zone: The MovieMr. Bloom
- 1983Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?Self - Sketch Performer
- 1982Missing Children: A Mother's StoryMose Wheeler
- 1982Deadly EyesGeorge Faskins
- 1982Zapped!Dexter Jones
- 1982WorkingParking Attendant
- 1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's IslandDewey Stevens
- 1980Making 'The Shining'Self
- 1980The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow WhiteNate (voice)
- 1980Bronco BillyDoc Lynch
- 1979Scavenger HuntSam
- 1979Banjo the Woodpile CatCrazy Legs (voice)
- 1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelf
- 1978The Cheap DetectiveTinker
- 1978Mean Dog BluesMudcat
- 1976Silver StreakRalston
- 1976Chesty Anderson U.S. NavyBen Benson
- 1976The ShootistMoses
- 1976Stay HungryWilliam
- 1976JoysSelf
- 1975Friday FosterReverend Noble Franklin
- 1975CoonskinPappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
- 1975Man on the OutsideRuben Hammer
- 1975The FortuneFisherman
- 1975Linda Lovelace for PresidentSuper Black
- 1975Win, Place or StealAttendant
- 1974Truck TurnerDuke
- 1974Sty of the Blind PigDoc
- 1974Black Belt JonesPop Byrd
- 1973Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters(voices)
- 1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffCleveland
- 1973Detroit 9000Reverend Markham
- 1972The King of Marvin GardensLewis
- 1972Lady Sings the BluesBig Ben
- 1972The LoraxSinger
- 1971ChandlerSmoke
- 1970The Great White HopeCarnival Barker (uncredited)
- 1970Bloody MamaMoses
- 1969Hello, Dolly!Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
- 1969Hook, Line and SinkerThe Corpse (uncredited)
- 1964The PatsyShoeshine Boy
- 1964Lady in a CageMr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1961The Sins of Rachel CadeMusinga
- 1960Tarzan and the TrappersTyana, Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
- 1959Porgy and BessCrabman
- 1959Alias Jesse JamesRailroad Porter (uncredited)
- 1956Between Heaven and HellGeorge (uncredited)
- 1954Johnny DarkHimself
- 1953Walking My Baby Back HomeSmiley
- 1953East of SumatraBaltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
- 1953Meet Me at the FairEnoch Jones
- 1951Yes Sir, Mr. BonesScatman
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