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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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Movies
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Orderly Turkle
The Shining Hallorann
The Aristocats Scat Cat (voice)
Stay Hungry William
Bronco Billy Doc Lynch
Silver Streak Ralston
Scavenger Hunt Sam
Zapped! Dexter Jones
Linda Lovelace for President Super Black
Bloody Mama Moses
The Shootist Moses
Two of a Kind Earl
Coonskin Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
The Journey of Natty Gann Sherman
The Cheap Detective Tinker
The Lorax Singer
Deadly Eyes George Faskins
Black Belt Jones Pop Byrd
Making 'The Shining' Self
The Fortune Fisherman
The Chickening Dick (archive footage) (uncredited)
The King of Marvin Gardens Lewis
The Sins of Rachel Cade Musinga
Friday Foster Reverend Noble Franklin
Banjo the Woodpile Cat Crazy Legs (voice)
Detroit 9000 Reverend Markham
Chandler Smoke
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy Ben Benson
Mean Dog Blues Mudcat
Walking My Baby Back Home Smiley Gordon
East of Sumatra Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
Rock Odyssey Jukebox (voice)
Twilight Zone: The Movie Mr. Bloom
Man on the Outside Ruben Hammer
Lady Sings the Blues Big Ben
Hello, Dolly! Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
The Great White Hope Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Truck Turner Duke
Tarzan and the Trappers Tyana
Meet Me at the Fair Enoch Jones
Missing Children: A Mother's Story Mose Wheeler
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island Dewey Stevens
Slaughter's Big Rip Off Cleveland
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event Jazz (voice) (archive footage)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney Self
Johnny Dark Himself
Hook, Line and Sinker The Corpse (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James Railroad Porter (uncredited)
The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Jazz
Joys Self
The Transformers: The Movie Jazz (voice)
Between Heaven and Hell George (uncredited)
Win, Place or Steal Attendant
Lady in a Cage Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones Scatman
Working Parking Attendant
Sty of the Blind Pig Doc
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters (voices)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates (voice) (archive footage)
The Patsy Shoeshine Boy
Porgy and Bess Crabman
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? Self - Sketch Performer
Tarzan and the Trappers Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime Jazz
Shows
Magnum, P.I.
Bourbon Street Beat Joe
The Incredible Hulk
The Colgate Comedy Hour Self
Scooby's All-Stars Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Starsky & Hutch
The Odd Couple Blind Man
The Love Boat Virgil Gibson
Chico and the Man Louie
Mannix
Hill Street Blues
Sanford and Son
Hotel
The Super Globetrotters Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
Laverne & Shirley
Kojak Gaylord Fuller
The Transformers Jazz (voice)
Bewitched
Ironside
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Uncle Filemon
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Timothy
Harlem Globetrotters
Temperatures Rising
Vega$
Hong Kong Phooey Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
Lux Video Theatre Johnson
Paw Paws
Matt Houston
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
One of the Boys
Flying High
Morningstar/Eveningstar
It Takes Two
Casablanca Sam
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts Self
Johnny Midnight Train Attendant (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self
Nichols Jack
This Is Your Life Self
The New Scooby-Doo Movies Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
Adam-12 George Strothers
Taxi Walt
Roots Mingo
McMillan & Wife Floyd
Love, American Style One-Man Band
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (voice)
Madame's Place Self
The Mike Douglas Show Self
