
Scatman Crothers
Acting
Born 1910-05-23 · 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.
Known for

The Transformers
1984 · TV

Scooby's All-Stars
1977 · TV

Chico and the Man
1974 · TV

Hong Kong Phooey
1974 · TV

Paw Paws
1985 · TV

Harlem Globetrotters
1970 · TV

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV

The Super Globetrotters
1979 · TV

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV

Casablanca
1983 · TV

The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV

The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972 · TV

Laverne & Shirley
1976 · TV

Bonanza
1959 · TV

Magnum, P.I.
1980 · TV

Bewitched
1964 · TV

Mannix
1967 · TV

The Love Boat
1977 · TV

Ironside
1967 · TV

Adam-12
1968 · TV

Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV

Hotel
1982 · TV

Love, American Style
1969 · TV

Starsky & Hutch
1975 · TV

The Incredible Hulk
1977 · TV

Taxi
1978 · TV

Kojak
1973 · TV

Sanford and Son
1972 · TV

The Odd Couple
1970 · TV

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV

Vega$
1978 · TV

Matt Houston
1982 · TV

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · TV

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979 · TV

Roots
1977 · TV

McMillan & Wife
1971 · TV

Temperatures Rising
1972 · TV

Madame's Place
1982 · TV

Nichols
1971 · TV

Johnny Midnight
1960 · TV

Flying High
1978 · TV

Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · TV

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · TV

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · TV

It Takes Two
1982 · TV