Scatman Crothers
AKA: Benjamin Crothers
Birthday: 1910-05-23
Died: 1986-11-22
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers 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.
Filmography
Character: Orderly Turkle
Character: Scat Cat (voice)
Character: Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
Character: George Faskins
Character: Reverend Noble Franklin
Character: Crazy Legs (voice)
Character: Reverend Markham
Character: Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
Character: Jukebox (voice)
Character: Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
Character: Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Character: Jazz (archive audio)
Character: The Corpse (uncredited)
Character: Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Character: George (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
Character: Parking Attendant
Character: (voice) (archive footage)
Character: Self - Sketch Performer
Character: Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
