Scatman Crothers

Actor
BirthdayMay 22, 1910 (76 years old)
DeathdayNov 21, 1986
Place of birthTerre Haute, Indiana, USA
GenderMale

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scatman Crothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Hallorann

May 23, 1980

Orderly Turkle

Nov 19, 1975

Scat Cat (voice)

Dec 24, 1970

Mr. Bloom

Jun 24, 1983

Sep 17, 1964

Jazz (voice)

Aug 8, 1986

Nov 4, 1977

Tickler

Dec 11, 1980

Jazz (voice)

Oct 6, 1984

Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)

Dec 12, 1969

Moses

Jul 21, 1976

Ralston

Dec 3, 1976

(voice)

Sep 22, 1979

Doc Lynch

Jun 11, 1980

Meadowlark Lemon (voice)

Sep 9, 1972

Mingo

Jan 23, 1977

Timothy

Oct 2, 1955

Virgil Gibson

Sep 24, 1977

Sep 10, 1975

Taxi

7.2

Walt

Sep 12, 1978

Hallorann

May 23, 1980

Orderly Turkle

Nov 19, 1975

Scat Cat (voice)

Dec 24, 1970

Mr. Bloom

Jun 24, 1983

Sep 17, 1964

Jazz (voice)

Aug 8, 1986

Acting


Participated in 63 movies, 49 TV series

2024


2015

Dick (archive footage) (uncredited)


2011

(voice) (archive footage)



1987

Jukebox (voice)


1986






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