Acting credits
109
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Scatman Crothers
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 62Series: 47Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 7077
IMDb ID: nm0001079
Known for: Acting
Born: May 23, 1910
Died: November 22, 1986
Age: 76
Place of birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1950 - 2024
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q501996
Also known as
Benjamin Crothers • Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers • Benjamin Sherman Crothers • اسکیتمن کراترز
Other jobs
Songs (1)
Biography
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Scatman Crothers.
as Self (archive footage)
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024 • Movie
as Jazz (archive audio)
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024 • Movie
as (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011 • Movie
as Jazz
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
1987 • Movie
as Jukebox (voice)
Rock Odyssey
1987 • Movie
as Jazz (voice)
The Transformers: The Movie
1986 • Movie
as Jazz (voice)
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
1986 • Movie
as Sherman
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 • Movie
as Earl
Two of a Kind
1983 • Movie
as Mr. Bloom
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 • Movie
as Mose Wheeler
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982 • Movie
as George Faskins
Deadly Eyes
1982 • Movie
as Dexter Jones
Zapped!
1982 • Movie
as Parking Attendant
Working
1982 • Movie
as Dewey Stevens
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 • Movie
as Self
Making 'The Shining'
1980 • Movie
as Doc Lynch
Bronco Billy
1980 • Movie
as Hallorann
The Shining
1980 • Movie
as Sam
Scavenger Hunt
1979 • Movie
as Crazy Legs (voice)
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 • Movie
as Self
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978 • Movie
as Tinker
The Cheap Detective
1978 • Movie
as Mudcat
Mean Dog Blues
1978 • Movie
as Ralston
Silver Streak
1976 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Scatman Crothers.
as Eugene the Genie (voice) • 21 eps
Paw Paws
1985 • Series
as Jazz (voice) • 92 eps
The Transformers
1984 • Series
as Sam • 5 eps
Casablanca
1983 • Series
1 eps
It Takes Two
1982 • Series
1 eps
Matt Houston
1982 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Madame's Place
1982 • Series
as Garland Fisk • 1 eps
Hotel
1982 • Series
as Bernard Soloman • 13 eps
One of the Boys
1982 • Series
as Parking Attendant • 1 eps
American Playhouse
1982 • Series
1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1981 • Series
as Tickler • 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
1980 • Series
as (voice) • 1 eps
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979 • Series
as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice) • 13 eps
The Super Globetrotters
1979 • Series
1 eps
Flying High
1978 • Series
1 eps
Vega$
1978 • Series
as Walt • 1 eps
Taxi
1978 • Series
1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
1977 • Series
as Virgil Gibson • 1 eps
The Love Boat
1977 • Series
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice) • 94 eps
Scooby's All-Stars
1977 • Series
as Mingo • 1 eps
Roots
1977 • Series
2 eps
Laverne & Shirley
1976 • Series
1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
1975 • Series
as Uncle Filemon • 1 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 • Series
as Louie • 88 eps
Chico and the Man
1974 • Series